First I want to say heart issues have been ruled out and I do have fibryo. I have noticed when I have pain, in the soft tissue of the ribs front and back, that my 02 is low. Is this a coincidence or related? Maybe a little of both?

What temperature should a severe copd patient should maintain indoor and how to venture out in cold weather

My husband (49) developed COPD after an lung injury in 08. He currently suffers from the following conditions in addition to his COPD: Critical Illness Neuropathy (both legs though I think this is spreading) Osteopenia Proteinuria(CKD)-which causes edema …

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Well I went to see my doctor he was surprisingly no plussed by what he saw on my medical reports. I take back what I said about him before in another post. And feel bad about that. He took the time to explain what COPD is - and the effects it can have. …

Your father is most probably undergoing what is called an exacerbation. These are episodes where his breathing and symptoms suddenly get worse. When sats are in the low range like what you describe, it is both scary and dangerous. In many cases, …

My 62 mother was put into ICU 4 day ago because her CO2 levels was way to high. She has stage 4 COPD and was diagnosis with pneumonia in her right lung. She has made improvements in the last 4 days and they have tried to take her off life support but her …

Lots of questions and comments here about the lack of attention, knowledge and support for COPD relative to other diseases. I think we suffer from being an invisible illness in that other than oxygen use in public which only applies to some of us, we …

Is there any relationship between COPD and kidney function?

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 …