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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!

high hemoglobin in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient?

Hello! My grandfather has been diagnosed a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He used to be a heavy smoker and his doctor told us this was the main reason for his disease. He used to cough often but he didn’t want to see his doctor. When he started to feel shortness of breathe we managed to...

by User avatar joelynn48401

My mum has COPD, but she refuses any help

Hi my mum has copd shes had it for a few years now she used to smoke but gave up as soon as she got ill in the lwst few months shes had to have oxygen in the house she has to use it for 25mins a day i know its going to get worse but she wont let anyone into the room when she sees the specialist so...

by User avatar Guest

C, O, P, D, 1368

I have been diagnosised with C.O.P.D. I would lke to hear what the normal protocol is when treating this disease . Not an acute exacerbation just trying to live with the disease.

by User avatar wandadawg

Emphysema

Answered by a doctor

I’d like to hear what are the signs and symptoms of emphysema for I think my dad has it. He smokes too much and has trouble breathing. Anyway never heard of emphysema before but I have this neighbor claiming that my dad has it. So what emphysema is and how it can be diagnosed. Thanks.

by User avatar heiss196

Emphasema

I am so worried about my grandfather. He is 79 and has been smoking for more than 40 years. Recently he was diagnosed with emphysema. I would appreciate if someone could tell me more abou it. Thanks

by User avatar lotte887

old granulomatous disease of lung

i recently had a chest x-ray done and its findings were"punctate calcified density involving the left upper chest probably secondary to old granulomatous disease". a positive PPD skin test done 2 years ago is the reason for the chest x-rays. i am a helth adult have had common cold and...

by User avatar julie

emphasema prognosis

Can you please tell me the prognosis of life expectancy in approximate years or months, for a 76 year old man that has severe emphasema and still smokes about 10 cigarettes a day.

by User avatar Guest

life expectancy of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Hello! My father has been diagnosed a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was a heavy smoker. He used to cough very often and we knew this was caused by smoking. Few months ago he started to feel breath shortness and we could hear the wheezing sound. My mother and I forced him to see his...

by User avatar Guest

what is the life expectancy with pulmonary fibrosis 20% lung function uses O2 3L sometimes O2 18L

What is the life expectancy of someone with chronic pulmonary fibrosis that only has 20% lung capacity and is on daily O2 of 3-4 liters. Many times on this amount the levels drop to below 50% when walking to bathroom and requires hospitalization where the O2 is up to 18 Liters

by User avatar skapac

Options for advanced COPD

Hi, My father is a copd patient, he has got severe copd and has suffered respiratory failure. He has undergone tracheastomy and is on ventilator at home. What are the available options for his recovery ? Any alternative form of medicine like ayurveda/homeopathy helps ? Any help would be greatly...

by User avatar Guest