mommatrauma
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mommatrauma's post in Lung Sounds: Diminished or Shallow? was marked as the answerDiminished lung sounds are just what it sounds like. It means that the normal lung sounds are decreased and harder to hear. Either because of poor inspiratory effort. Asthma can cause this before you hear the wheezing because of poor air flow. COPD, common to have decreased sounds. Could also be pneumonia, CHF, although you usually hear other than normal sounds with that, ie rhonchi or rales. Also, having a pneumothorax can cause decreased sounds...if they aren't absent.