Im newly diagnosed by x-ray yesterdayand started Prednisone and Albuterol. My question is will the Prednisone cause my CT to look too much better for them to see how bad they said the x-ray looks? Thanks DenniM

I did smoke for 20 years 1/4-1/2 pack of ultra lights but quite 2 years ago when I started having random health problems. Everyone keeps telling me I'm WAY too young for this. Is this becoming normal?  With oxygen 24/7 my nose bleEd's and hurts …

I have been put on Oxygen for almost 2 years now (2 LPM resting) and most of this time I have been coughing up a lot of mucus. I have had pneumonia twice this year. For about the last 4 months I have been using a nebulizer with Ipratropium-Albuterol 3 …

does anyone gain weight on symbicort. I have been taking 2 puffs 2x day and gained 15 lbs.

I was diagnosed last summer with moderate copd. When I went to see a pulmonologist for the first time in February, there was an intern working in place of the lead doctor. He checked me out and asked questions, then told me I was doing well, that I could …

There are multiple FEV1 results and I don't understand what pre/pred means. Can anyone help me interpret?

Its been under two years I quit smoking. Ignore my last posts. Something did not feel right and I remember at the age of 40 going to the doc and he gave me this thing to blow in. His response after that was…uh your kind of low. So- I bought a peak flow …

Does anyone use Breztri and not take the 2 puffs twice a day? I’m wondering if you can take 1 puff four times a day instead of if 1 puff twice a day is enough? It seems to be helping me but I’m getting so shaky afterwards for a couple of hours that I’m …

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An ex-smoker, I have COPD stage 3 on the GOLD standard with FEV1 at 46%, and it is slowly declining with each spirometry test. I have no mucus, wheezing or coughing problems, but when I exert, like walking up hill or stairs, I become very short of breath …

Sorry you're not feeling well. I've been using Trelegy for 4+ years and it works well for me too but a few times every year I'll get a chest infection or just extra mucus and coughing. I have antibiotics on hand also and I start taking them when this …

Hello am 40 years old,smoker from 2008 to 2017 daily,and from 2017 to 2019 rarely (may be 4-5 times monthly with intervals of 2-3 months without smoking-trying to stop smoking),and almost two years now without smoking. two to three years ago i developed …

Wambach20, I agree 100% with what Dave said above. While her FEV/FVC AT 67% puts her in the Stage 2, her GOLD may put her in the moderate category given her symptoms and exacerbation history, which IMO, is a better classification than the staging by …

Talking About Your Mental and Emotional Needs: Breaking D own B arrier s to H eart -to- H eart C ommunication Communicating our needs is often difficult, but a very important thing to do. F irst, I want to applaud you for reading this, because that …

I do all the time. I breathe better through my mouth compared to my nose so when I sometimes get severly out of breath I put the canula between my teeth.

Everyone with COPD at 360 always seems so optimistic, or at least admirably stoic about the future. Does anyone, besides me, ever grieve for the life that could have been, had they dodged this bullet?

Conversations about your wishes for the end of your life are some of the most important ones you will ever have, but they are also likely to be some of the most difficult. As a respiratory therapist, I have seen too many times the confusion and …

What is the latest on testing ATRA (vitamin A) for COPD? I can't find any articles saying it didn't work but I might have missed it. Is this still being investigated?

Anyone with copd taken this on a cruise. Wondered if it make you feel any better or worse? Thanks

Okay I previously posted a similar question a while ago but would like to possibly see if anyone else is in a similar situation as myself but before I get into the details I would like to explain a little about myself. I am currently a 22 year old white …

Hi Everyone says that emphysema can't be cured or reversed, but in many animal studies (particularity mice) the experiments do sometimes reverse the disease. If animal lungs can do that then would it not make sense that human ones might be able to …

Hello everyone! We have some exciting news here at the Foundation. We are now featuring a new item in our downloads library: a Medication and Immunization Wallet Card ! The card has sections for you to write down your vaccine history, medications, and …

So I will recap and let you know my situation. I was in a work related accident a 5 weeks ago. I was doing maintenance inside a holding tank wearing an air supplied hood and suffered severe heat exhaustion (Temp. inside the tank was over 100 degrees). …

Hi Made, this is a great topic.  There are two main pathways that lead to the development of COPD in the lungs. One is oxidative stress, counter-balanced by anti-oxidants and the other is proteinases counterbalanced by anti-proteinases which includes …

Alex, do you have below symptoms: 1. Cough up some jelly-like mucus, leaning more towards yellow in the morning and all clear/white through out the day 2. You feel every forceful exhalation blows a small amount of mucus from your lung to your mouth …