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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) involves two lung diseases, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, that often coexist. Both diseases cause airflow obstructions and disrupt normal breathing. The quality of life of COPD sufferers decreases with time and quitting smoking is a must in order to improve the odds. No drugs have been found to prevent or reverse the lung damage and decline in its functioning. On this forum, you can find COPD-related topics!

What is a lung perfusion scan?

Hello! My father has been smoking cigarettes for more then forty years. He usually coughs in the morning and wheezing is often heard from his chests. He has recently complained on fatigue and weakness. Since he lost his appetite and rapidly lost on weight his doctor recommended lung perfusion scan....

by User avatar mercy112653605

When is lung transplantation nedeed?

Hello! My friend suffers from pulmonary fibrosis and he told me he decided to try with lung transplantation. He made all needed examinations and his health condition was shown to be good enough to carry out the surgery. I am very afraid and I think there may be some other ways to improve his...

by User avatar Guest

constant pain around my rib cage

Answered by a doctor

i have been suffering for along time with pain in my ribs  i had ultra scan that never showed anything .i suffer from copd and was told the pain is muscular due to my breathing problems plus i have a slight hardening of muscle round my heart

by User avatar carol lockley

copd and nebulizers

Hi, I am 34 years old male and I am suffering from asthma. My experiences with this disease were pretty bad and I went to see my doctor last week. He made examination and prescribed me nebulizer telling me it would be better than usual therapy for me. Now I have nebulizer at my home but I want to...

by User avatar ivan38535