I am a 36-year old who has never even TRIED a cigarette in my life. I was just diagnosed with emphysema. My lungs are working at 47% capacity. The doctor says that I have the lungs of a person who has smoked for 40 years!! He says that some catastrophic event in my life must have effected my lun...
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COPD & MedsFri, 14 Dec 2007 18:32:00 GMTHi,I'm new on these boards. I have questions regarding my mom, she was diagnosed with COPD in Feb. 1999. I am concerned that she is not on the right meds. She has progressively gotten worse, she goes through inhalers like they are candy. She is only 56 and can't even go to the restroom...
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vocal cord dysfunction?Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:52:00 GMTwhat kind of doctor would diagnose this? lung doctor, upper gi?...
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could i have CF?Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:51:00 GMTHi, i am a 17 yr old female who has been struggeling with constant mucus and sinus problems. Last july the dr. took my tonsils out thinking that would help and it hasnt. I still always have cloged passages and and spitting up mucus and have the drip in the back of my throat. Sometimes when i am...
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Vacation - Toddler with CFSat, 15 Dec 2007 06:29:00 GMTWe're planning a family vacation in a few weeks and it's our first major trip (other than weekends) with our toddler who has CF. We're also planning to fly to our destination (2 hours by plane vs. 14 hours by car) and are meeting family in the mountains.I'm planning to put h...
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pulmonary hypertensionFri, 14 Dec 2007 14:09:00 GMTwhat is it and what does it mean?my doctor told me i just need to lose weight and exercise....
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Continual pneumonia, what to do?Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:36:00 GMTI seem to have continual pneumonia. It goes away and comes back. I had a bronchoscopy a week ago Fri., but dr. hasn't called with any results. Perhaps no news is good news.I was wondering whether I should call my pulmo. dr. and tell him about my coughing up phlegm(greenish-yellow), pain whe...
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wil someone please helpFri, 14 Dec 2007 15:27:00 GMTdon't know if anyone can help. hope someone can cos i'm really worried. my sister who is 29 has just being told she has pleurisy. before this she has been having lymph nodes all over here body come up and then go down again several times. her hand has gone numb and she has swollen fing...
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Constant chest painsTue, 18 Dec 2007 21:23:00 GMTI have had constant chest pains now for a good three weeks, at first it felt like my lower ribs/floating ribs were pushing into my stomach. It then progressed into a dull pain in left side below my ribs, and now my chest feels very tight at the breastbone and having trouble breathing through my...
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Chlorine in swimming poolsMon, 17 Dec 2007 14:25:00 GMTI don't usually swim in pools, but over the past week I have been swimming almost daily in an indoor swimming pool that is chlorinated. The outdoor pools around here are too small and everybody just lays out in the sun anyway and nobody swims. Today, when I left the pool I felt odd because...
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what is EMPHYSEMAMon, 17 Dec 2007 23:57:00 GMT:dizzy: for 10 years now my mum in law has suffered with what the doctors told her was asthma , After numerous inhalers and other medications nothing seem to work . on monday she went to see another doctor and he said she as never had asthma but she has EMPHYSEMA. seeing im new to all this ,coul...
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Why does a COPD patient have a positive nitrogen balance?Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:36:00 GMTComments (1) | Promote | Bookmark
pneumoniaThu, 13 Dec 2007 19:20:00 GMTI posted this question under colds and flu sorry. My question is this. I got the runs once a day for 3 days then it stopped and I started feeling congested and it got worse over my eyes. Then when I tried to cough it would be so tight it would hurt between my breast bone. I called my Dr. and he...
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breathing problemsSat, 15 Dec 2007 08:10:00 GMTfor the last few weeks my breathing has felt not right, i have no other symptoms except it justs feels like my breathing is alot different. i read some posts about air hunger i never heard of it before can someone explain the sypmtoms and what it is? i also have had mitral vavlve prolapse for 10...
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What is the name of the department where people test their lungs?Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:02:00 GMTComments (1) | Promote | Bookmark
Deep thorax muscles that promote inspiratory of breathing?Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:38:00 GMTComments (1) | Promote | Bookmark
Why is it against the law to smoke in a food room?Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:45:00 GMTComments (1) | Promote | Bookmark
lungsWed, 19 Dec 2007 08:23:00 GMTI have been to doctor twice he hears rattle in my left lung. I am coughing and running nose for 2 weeks. He calls it bronchitis. Is it bronchitis?...
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Trouble BreathingSat, 15 Dec 2007 09:35:00 GMTMy girlfriend, who is 23, has had ocassional breathing trouble for quite some time. If you average it out over the year, she smokes maybe a pack every two to three months since she was about 19, but I think she said the problem actually started before that but more mildly. I have been able to ge...
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Chest pain from sleeping on floor.. Wont go awayMon, 17 Dec 2007 19:42:00 GMTHi,I'm 22 years old in pretty good physical health..Last weekend I spent the night on the floor at a cottage.. This was on Sat..When I woke up I was experiencing serious chest paint along the center of my ribs.. I cannot apply any pressure to my chest area.It is now Wednesday morning and t...
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freind with cfThu, 13 Dec 2007 08:50:00 GMThi im joe im 15 from the uk and i wanted some advicei have a freind with c.f and i want him 2 know that if he needs 2 he can talk 2 me when his illness is getting him down but i understand it is a sensitive issue so if u have ne advice pls post em on here------cry on, god understands your tears....
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AnemiaTue, 18 Dec 2007 19:25:00 GMTHas any of you who have been diagnoised with a lung disorder been anemic before or after your diagnosis?...
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How much oxygen do chickens need?Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:51:00 GMTComments (0) | Promote | Bookmark
How do you stop pulmonary embolism?Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:25:00 GMTComments (0) | Promote | Bookmark
Why are lungs vulnerable to radiation in the air?Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:40:00 GMTComments (0) | Promote | Bookmark
Pictures of the process of sleep apnea?Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:32:00 GMTComments (0) | Promote | Bookmark
Cany Anyone Help?Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:36:00 GMTHey Everyone,I've been having some bad pain which I think is related to my diaphram. I get sharp pains that shoot everywhere in my body. I've had it go all the way down my body on the right side from my ear to my hip. I have it go across my ribs through to my back. I's mostly my u...
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Thorax CT report - COPD/emphysemaSun, 16 Dec 2007 14:01:00 GMTMy pulmonologist found "left lobe nodule" 4 yrs. ago & I get checked every year for changes in it. He also told me at that time that I have COPD/emphysema, showing in the bottom of my lungs. Obviously, I was upset [my dad was only 40 when he died of emphysema & my older sister also has it].This...
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Can being in contact with ethanethiol gas make one SICK & if so how?Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:05:00 GMTComments (0) | Promote | Bookmark
What kind of diet can a patient with pulmonary embolism have?Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:49:00 GMTHi,I'm 22 years old in pretty good physical health..Last weekend I spent the night on the floor at a cottage.. This was on Sat..When I woke up I was experiencing serious chest paint along the center of my ribs.. I cannot apply any pressure to my chest area.It is now Wednesday morning and t...
hi im joe im 15 from the uk and i wanted some advicei have a freind with c.f and i want him 2 know that if he needs 2 he can talk 2 me when his illness is getting him down but i understand it is a sensitive issue so if u have ne advice pls post em on here------cry on, god understands your tears....
Has any of you who have been diagnoised with a lung disorder been anemic before or after your diagnosis?...
Hey Everyone,I've been having some bad pain which I think is related to my diaphram. I get sharp pains that shoot everywhere in my body. I've had it go all the way down my body on the right side from my ear to my hip. I have it go across my ribs through to my back. I's mostly my u...
My pulmonologist found "left lobe nodule" 4 yrs. ago & I get checked every year for changes in it. He also told me at that time that I have COPD/emphysema, showing in the bottom of my lungs. Obviously, I was upset [my dad was only 40 when he died of emphysema & my older sister also has it].This...