Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder Community

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Could I possible have COPD?

ZSOmom

I smoked for forty years but quit 7 years ago at age 53. I saw a pulmonologist once about this but he said what I described didn’t sound ...

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aorta arteritis

kajal123

i am 30 yrs old. i am suffering from takayasu arteritis(aorta arteritis). it was diagonosed 2 yrs back. i m taking steriods n other medic...

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Hard mucus disc from lungs? or sinuses?

Chugginalong

I have recently been diagnosed with emphysema even though I've never smoked. I do have an autoimmune disease - Sjogren's Syndrome, which...

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Need help putting lung issues in perspective

SkaterDave

I'm a former heavy marijuana smoker (all day every day for 10 years) and light cigarette smoker (half a pack a day for 10 years). In 2006...

3 answers

Is balloon treatment an real treatment?

Ucankunefe28

I am 15 years old and diagnosed with COLD(Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases). I know its uncurable but there is a proffessor called Yalçı...

1 answer

Chest xray: Mildly over inflated lungs. But..Final impression: Negative

ScaredCats

Report said that my lungs are mildly over inflated but no infiltrates or effusions. costophrenic angles are clear. Final impression is ne...

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