My lungs feel like they're on fire a great deal.  I'm not sure if it's the Costochondritis or the COPD itself.  

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... with mild COPD and quite freaked out about it. Had a chronic cough this past winter and apparently didn't do so well on the PFT. No other symptoms, but lately I feel a heaviness in my chest, is this all part of COPD and should I be going to a lung …

I have had an cough the last more than three to four months. .My nose seems to run all the time.. could this be that my COPD is worsening. How do you I know if the cough is from COPD? My doctor prescribed me antibiotics and predisone couple of months ago …

Hi All my name is Donna. I am 57 yrs old and was diagnosed with COPD 2 months ago. I was not aware I had COPD but I started to swell big time in my feet and legs. Went to the doctor who sent me to the hospital. Turned out I was having heart failure due …

Hello Mark 72, I am 42 years old and diagnosed with COPD in February of this year. I have a FEV of 68. I can do all the activities without great difficulty, I only feel SOB when I exercise fast or I quickly climb a ladder. Moreover, following the …

Hi there, I registered for this site because im feeling confused. I have been experiencing PVC's. Holter monitor showed but EKG, and ECHO are normal. My heart and lung Dr gave me a diagnosis of COPD, but I didnt have any testing except an overnight …

Good afternoon, I started a new job a few months ago. We manufacture Headliners for automobiles. The material that is used and cut is a polyurethane foam. I have had severe attacks at work and suffered breathing and coughing problems since I started. I …

I am a 57 year old woman, who has got stage 4 severe COPD and emphysema, I was diagnosed about three years ago. i was a smoker for many years, and just finally gave them up about ten years ago, but not soon enough, the damaged was already done. I went …

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This wiki article has an overview on COPD. Refers to emphysema and chronic bronchitis as older terms and gives some info on that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_obstructive_... This articleseems very helpful in understanding COPD. I started …

As Mark S said, have your GP get you a referral for a pulmonologist, they are better able to handle this disease. Until then follow the doctors instructions and take it easy. I am not real sure about small collapses so I won't venture a guess. I would …

I'm just turning 65 and signed up for Medicare with a supplement. I require O2 24/7. My insurance supplement says if Medicare pays, we pay. Let's say I want a POC from Inogen and they except Medicare. So Medicare pays 80% and my supplement pays the other …

My pulmo did ask me my sequences in taking my meds from neb to the end with spiriva. He smiled and so I must been doing ok.

Don't really know how to say this but here goes. My Pulmonologist is through a lung center and now they are in with these comprehensive cancer centers. My Pulmo said they are doing a study for severe COPD patients and I can get a CT scan and all the X …