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Sudden need for more oxygen.

Over the past few days I have encountered a rather sudden need for more oxygen from my concentrators to even get me close of minimum %. Last week I was using 3 Liters close to 24/7 with short off periods for eating and bathing. If I got SOB then I used …

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Can incentive spirometer slow the progression of COPD?

Incentive spirometer

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is vilanterol easier on the heart than albuterol?

I have experienced afib with albuterol in the past and want to know if the vilanterol in Trelegy would produce a similar effect

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Facial moisturizers acceptable for use with O2?

Hi! Can anyone recommend a good facial moisturizer for dryer skin that doesn't contain petroleum products? I used to use L'oreal Age Perfect moisturizer but it contains paraffinum and mineral oil. Thank you!

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I have copd but I don't have a cough or mucus. I do have shortness of breath. Is it good or bad I t

As the others have said we are all different. I don't usually get short of breath unless I'm exerting myself-for the most part. I'll go several days with no coughing-then-I'll get a couple of days of coughing and mucus. I just try to go with the flow …

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Should I follow doctors advice?

My spirometry test results concluded that I had moderate to severe COPD with 43% lung capacity. Now I recently took a 6 minute walking test and did excellent with 98% oxygen levels and perfect blood pressure. My doctor diagnosed me as Type A and …

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Check in – Sick Lungs Don’t Show

“Sicklungs don’t show,” said our late friend and founder of the COPD Foundation, JohnWalsh. As usual, he went right to the heart of the matter, speaking fromexperience because he himself had COPD. Whena person has a broken leg or an amputation, that’s …

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Ready for an easier challange?

2C. - Nothing left to do with me or Nothing left for me to do ??? Or Nothing to do with me??

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Loe oxygen levels

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Movie wonders anyone?

This looks like something you guys will really get into. ed

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Need help and advice

Hello and thankyou for accepting me .My husband who is 62 has copd emptheysema heart failure and and overgrown blood vessel by his heart .I am his carer also a mother of 8 .I would like some help and advice please .He got told in 2017 he had copd and …

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Lowest Oxymeter reading..?

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Are you an advocate? Help me define what that means to you...

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Is chronic shortness of breath COPD ? Please suggest me

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Oxygen Tank Refill's

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Inhaled steroids instead of LABA/LAMA?

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How to get a co2 level down? What should doctor be doing?

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Low sats while lying down... but not asleep?

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Covid Pneumonia - early warning can be found with pulse oximeter

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Continuous vs pulse dosing?

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Newly diagnosed confused about PFT results and completely freaked out

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Oxygen when sleeping?

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End Stage-Is it too late to help?

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1st spiromertry test

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