A) they allow an athlete to exercise longer
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Many things can cause shortness of breath, but the most common are asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, lung cancer, anxiety, an allergic reaction, a lung injury, obesity, heart dysfunction, COPD and many many more things.
As for treating this, see your physician. Hope I helped you!
The suffix ist means one who, that which.
The answer is D pulse oximeter
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