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Hello, have you ever come across any situation where a person's voice is contingent on how much food they're getting; whether they skip a meal, but eat later in the day (such as skip breakfast, but eat lunch and dinner) or how much they eat or how much nutrition they're getting. Voice is contingent meaning you feel like you don't have enough breath to talk normal and your voice is very weak. Thanks, Tim
With prolonged starvation/anorexia, overall weakness and even loss of structural stability of the vocal chords could likely be heard in a voice and shortness of breath.
With bulimia (using purging by vomiting) it's more common because the throat tissues are actually burned and scared by the stomach acids.
Otherwise, it sounds like you might be detecting asthma or some other acquired respiratory problem in someone - and it's also possible it could be a heart problem. Force them to a doctor and bring this specific problem up for the physician to research. Never make a doctor 'guess' about a problem - chances are they just don't have the time and the problem WILL be missed.
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