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The phrase 'have difficulty breathing' is correct and usable in written English.
You would typically use it when describing a person's physical health: for example, 'The patient had difficulty breathing due to their asthma.'.
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McDonagh grabbed his head a few times and appeared to have difficulty breathing.
Most have difficulty breathing at night and some are so bad that they run the risk of sudden death at night.
"I have difficulty breathing at the end of the day, my face is black with soot," says Kumar, waiting for his next fare on a noisy corner in south Delhi, beside a road jammed with honking cars, trucks and buses.
Others are apparently immobile and have difficulty breathing.
United Airlines said this week that starting June 18 it would no longer transport dozens of breeds with short or snub noses, including bulldogs, boxers and pugs, in the cargo hold, because studies have shown that they have difficulty breathing in planes.
At a health hackathon hosted by the MIT Hacking Medicine group and Massachusetts General Hospital, a physician and an engineer collaborated on a device to help infants who have difficulty breathing at birth, a problem that kills 1.8 million newborns a year.
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Now I'm having difficulty breathing.
"My eyes were stinging, and I had difficulty breathing.
I came back from work and was having difficulty breathing.
After about half an hour I was having difficulty breathing.
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