Does anyone have tips for the group?

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Hello everyone im new member from glasgow, I have had COPD for many years but lately i have been struggling so I went to the doctors / nurse and she said i have "MRC stage 4 of COPD , can anyone tell me how severe my COPD is and what scale it is thank …

I am a COPD patient. I can think of no reason why I would not want to be involved with the COPD PPRN. It is a network of COPD patients or individuals at risk who have agreed to share their health information and the impact the disease has on their …

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Lungs are fine, except with I exert myself. I do have anxiety, depression, and other issues associated with COPD.

I belong to a couple of other COPD on-line groups and this morning a new member of one of them posted that she had been able to cure her COPD by taking probiotics and nutritional supplements.   I did a Google search for any scholarly articles …

Hi Mike78......I haven't heard of that one but there's another one where you light a birthday candle-hold it at arms length-if you can blow it out your lungs could be in decent shape. Well I can do it-!- I still have COPD. You need the spirometry test to …

I had someone mention to me that thick fingernails means lung disease, strange thing is, I noticed mine were a little!

Greetings!, Sorry I haven't been on here since the last time I posted a question. I got my CT Results for that pulmonary nodule that was showing in Oct. I will share results here. It looks to me the Nodule is long gone!!! Thank Goodness! Now I have no …

When one exercises with COPD, breathlessness will seemingly be expected. I have felt out of breath, but what pray tell is the sign or symptom that alerts us to the fact we may need use our "emergency inhaler"? 

This patient received a COPD diagnosis over 15 years ago and was only now hospitalized. She had smoked since she was nine years of age and is now 74. She hasn't smoked since she was hospitalized last time approximately 3 1/2 weeks ago. She has had …

I would like to thank everyone for your advice and knowledge. I think that I have not as yet accepted that I have a disease in which the symptoms cannot be completely reversed. I have learned to live with the symptoms that still remain from the Graves …

About 1 million people with severe lung disease, most commonly COPD, are treated with oxygen in the U.S. Appropriate oxygen use can save lives and increase quality of life, yet adherence to therapy is poor. In focus groups conducted by the COPD …

Since Yesterday, I have been coming down with what ever the Children have, My question is and please I hope it doesn't gross anyone out, but when I blow my nose it's yellow and I am bringing up some dark forest green crap - Does this mean I would need to …

I have visited many sites on the subject. Some sites say that certain houseplants are good for copd patients, then other sites are saying the opposite. I have heard of some saying they keep some plants in their bedroom to help. my question is, do ant of …

Those of us with COPD need a high calorie diet and should eat some foods that people who have weight loss issues should not eat.  This was shared by Ken Benson, but I thought we needed more exposure so I proposed it as a question.  …

Im a 30 years old female diagnosed with a COPD and a congestive heart failure That makes me requires for a oxygen and maintence medications Its been 3 years but I still feel breathless if w/o oxygen I think my pulmonologist only give me medications for …

I was in a ski school training class beginning of this ski season. I didn't have any problems when I wasn't skiing. The first day I was tired. The second day I was short of breath. I didn't ski for 3 days and on the 4th day it was the worst ever. I …

Hi. I have been a smoker for the past 5 years. On average, I smoked around 8-10 cigarettes a day. I decided to quit smoking on December 31, 2020 due to smoker issues like mild pain in the chest, shortness of breath (sometimes) and poor teeth/ gum health. …

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I have COPD Should I mix powder sodium ascorbate with distilled water in my nebulizer?

Welcome mcat43.....Congrats on quitting smoking!!! It is DEFINITELY time. Hang in there--It can be a hard thing to do. That FEV1 number isn't too bad but it will get worse if you keep smoking!! A lot of those symptoms should improve as you go forward not …

Hi ericacantbreathe - It sounds as though you’ve been through a whole lot this year, which can really wear a person down. It’s good that you’re having the pulmonary function test done relatively soon A few thoughts... ..You mentioned that you have lupus and …

My mom is having a having shortness of breath after being exposed to red tide in Florida. What can she do until she can call her doctor on Monday? She has COPD.