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 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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Spirometry results (see below for context):
(Normals: Knudson)
VC 111% of predicted (pre) and 115% (post-bronchodil...
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Hello, I did not know where else to post this question. Essentially this all started 2 1/2 months ago when suddenly I...
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My husband was prescribed oxygen at 2% for sleep apnea at night( couldn't deal with the masks). He feels that it ca...
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My husband had a mass removed last year from his colon and was diagnosed stage 4 colon cancer at age 49. The stage 4 ...
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2 weeks ago I went to the hospital for chest pains. They did ECG, Xray, general blood work to check for damage to hea...
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i would like to know within 2 months taking medicines for ptb.... do we need to expect that there is some improvement...
lind01Jun 26, 2012
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Hi thank you in advance for your help. I have been having pain burning dull ache between my shoulder blades since 20...
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Namaskar DR sab
my father 60 years old he had got problem before two years when he cough ti goes blo...
WhiskyCheeriosJun 15, 2012
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hi there my name is steve i have copd.... but this last week have been coughing ALOT !! with big gobs of brown stuff ...
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i had a spirometry test ....
fev1 146
fvc 144
pre d 69
pef 3.02
age limit 78yrs, but im a female of 48 how ba...
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I had a CT Thorax w/ Contrast recently and the report came back normal but under the note of impression it said MILD ...
allmymarblesJun 09, 2012
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My mother has COPD (maybe emphysema?). She has been told different things, that she has only 27% lung capacity, that...
davidzarJun 08, 2012
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I just got diagnosed with bronchiectasis. What does this mean for me? I am a non-smoker, I am 55 year-old female. ...
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