Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Expert Forum
This forum is for questions and support regarding COPD, coughing/wheezing, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, lung infections, pollution, smoking, treatment for COPD and what causes COPD.
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I would appreciate if you could review the results of my PFT and give me your analysis or opinion. I am 61 (well in a...
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My wife is taking RIMSTAR for active TB. She did not have the common symptoms of TB but MT result was more than 17mm....
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Can using Zoloft for anxiety make shortness of breath from emphysema worse?
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Hello,I was wondering if you could tell me anything about what my ob told me this morning when i went to see him,he d...
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Three questions if I might
First, do the medications prescribed for COPD (Spiriva, Symbicort, Advair) slow the progr...
mickeymouse21548Oct 11, 2012
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FVC (L) 5.69 3.46 60%
FEV1 (L) 4.27 2.52 58%
FEV1/FVC(%) 75 73 96%
FEV3/FVC(%) 89
FEF 25-75%(L/sec) 3.36 1.63 48%...
goulettiSep 27, 2012
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This is a continuation from Part 1
I had a friend that just had a spirometry and was told he was 106% of expected. I...
jackdupSep 25, 2012
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Several years ago when I had my first spirometry I recall really struggling to keep blowing as long as I was being in...
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I am a white male 59 years old from the USA. I have been travling to NW Kenya since 2007 and now live here full time ...
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I have severe emphysema with a 1% lung function yet don't need supplemental oxygen. my dr. says medication and oxygen...
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after developing a sore throat(for me that usually indicates a sinus infection), loss of my voice a day later, a head...
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hello,I was just wondering if you could explain what this means,my mother is 66 years old and in stage 4 of copd, her...
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I had my P F T done last july and my FEV1 was 0.95 or 23%... I have severe shortness of breath just when I walk. I te...
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Is it possible to suffer a heart attack during a Pulmonary function test? My dad is hypertensive and is scared to get...
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Over the last 2-3 years my FEV1/ FVC ratio has dropped from over 80 % to 67 %. (I have regular company medicals)...
butterfly879Jul 26, 2012
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Hi, I have just received a diagnosis of COPD with a lung function test of 60%. I am a smoker but I am only 34 years o...
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