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Asthma or not, in need of some good help
Aug 10, 2009 10:46AM in the Asthma and Allergy Expert Forum
That you quit smoking around the time you developed a breathing problem suggests that you have had the problem you describe for about 4 years. That would be ample time for any progressive physical problem of the, 1) heart, 2) lungs or 3) the neuromuscular system to fully become manifest and readily diagnosable. Likewise such disease would be extremely unlik...
Exhust fumes question
Aug 04, 2009 02:22PM in the Respiratory Disorders Expert Forum
It is good of you to be concerned for this baby, but rest assured that it is very highly unlikely that the baby would have been harmed by the relatively transient exposure to your exhaust fumes. It is much more likely that you would be harmed by either of the two pollutants you mention. That you were able to send this E-mail is evidence that you did avoid C...
Trouble Completing Deep Breath or Yawning
Aug 04, 2009 02:19PM in the Respiratory Disorders Expert Forum
What you describe is, as you say, “not a heart issue.” And, with a normal Chest X-ray and a normal pulmonary function test (the “breathe into a tube test”) and your age and otherwise good health, the cause is very unlikely to be some type of lung disease. You might want to confirm with your doctor that both tests were unequivocally normal and not ...
Sudden Breating Problem...
Aug 04, 2009 02:15PM in the Respiratory Disorders Expert Forum
A loss of 80% of one’s lung function, secondary to pulmonary fibrosis, indicates fairly severe lung disease. Pulmonary fibrosis is usually a relatively untreatable disease, so your Dad’s being, “on meds he is doing better now,” suggests that pulmonary fibrosis may not be the correct diagnosis. Right or not, his response to meds is definitely good ne...
Allergy shot muscle loss
Jul 28, 2009 08:51AM in the Asthma and Allergy Expert Forum
The temporal relationship of the injection quickly followed by painless muscle atrophy suggests a cause and effect relationship between the two. Fortunately, such atrophy following deltoid injection is most uncommon. However, atrophy of one or more (of the 3) heads of the deltoid muscle, following an intramuscular injection of that muscle has been described...
Disease progression and travel
Jul 20, 2009 03:36PM in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder Expert Forum
Your PFT results and perfusion lung scans are consistent with the diagnosis of physiologically severe/very severe COPD. A more expansive view of disease severity would also take into account, functional incapacitation (severity of shortness of breath with exertion and degree of difficulty performing the activities of daily living.) The Echocardiogram resu...