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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!

Agent Orange and COPD/Blood Clots

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Is anyone else "out there" suffering with blood clots in/on your lungs and you served in Viet Nam during the years that they were spraying Agent Orange on the foliage?  I served in Viet Nam during those years, have been diagnosised with COPD and am having a lot of trouble with blood clots in/on my...

by User avatar TommyRose242563

Can lower back pain cause a COPD attack?

Can lower back pain cause a COPD attack

by User avatar Guest

Waiting on PFT (Pulmonary Function Test) but active runner and former smoker

Waiting on PFT but active runner, former smoker. Im not really sure where this will go but this is the ONLY place I've found people with COPD that run. With the exception on the COPD athlete. I guess my main anxieties is that I won't be able to run anymore if there is a COPD diagnosis. The anxiety...

by User avatar Guest

Blood Clots and Agent Orange

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Has anyone "out there" been diagnosised with blood clots in/on their lungs and was exposed to Agent Orange while serving in the Military while in Viet Nam?  I keep getting blood clots on/in my lungs and my VA representative and I are both wondering if anyone else is having this problem who also...

by User avatar Tom

agent orange & emphysema

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My husband was just diagnosed with emphysema,he was in Viet Nam in 1967-68 and we spoke to the Sgt he had when he was there to see if there might be a connection. He said he was not sure but they did bath and cook with water that was involved and my husband was exposed to it while spraying was...

by User avatar Guest

HEAT FEELING INSIDE BODY AROUND WAISTLINE/STOMACH

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I HAVE A MALE FRIEND WHO HAS HAD CONSTANT HOTNESS INSIDE HIS BODY AROUND THE WAISTLINE/STOMACH. HE HAS HAD MRI'S AND CSCANS AND FOUND NOTHING. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS MS BUT TEST CAME BACK NEGATIVE. PLEASE HELP ME TO HELP HIM!

by User avatar STACIE8692

running and copd

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I am 47 and was told a year ago I have copd. I have always been pretty athletic so I began running. At first my chest was pretty tight and breathing at times difficult. Now I am up to two miles. I push pretty hard and am wondering is there any downside to this kind of forceful approach to...

by User avatar Guest

Is severe emphysema painful?

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Hello! My friend’s grandfather suffers from emphysema. He is almost seventy and he still smokes. We go and visit him almost every day since he lives few streets away and we help him in his daily activities. We usually go shopping and do all the things he does with trouble. I often hear him...

by User avatar constance143755768

COPD vs. asthma

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Hello, guys. We have all heard about asthma and we all know what kind of disease it is. On the other hand, I hear on television people talking more and more about COPD. I would like to know something more about this disease. What is it? Can it be compared to asthma? Thanks for all your replies.

by User avatar francklyn111073572

My husband has copd

My husband has a copd; he has cianosis on hands and nouse and he drinks a lots of beer cans and smoks a pack and a half of cigarrets per day, he said he is fine, than he can handle this and more, Im so worried some body can tell me what I can expect and when?

by User avatar Guest