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breathing difficulty while awake and normal breathing when asleep what could it be?

a 14 year old girl been diagnosed with pneumonia and she's being treated for it but the problem is she's constantly having difficult breathing and is using a mask for ventilation all day but at night she can sleep normally. Sometimes she has chest pain. what causes the breathing difficulty and why it's normal during sleep?
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