Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder Community

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Whats a lung reduction?

C_schroeder

Reading up on emphysema cause my husband has less than 22 percent lung capacity 2 years ago. Hes 47

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Can the CPAP Damage the lungs or cause infections?

Jabbok

My husband was recently told by a doctor that he has early emphysema. He is not a smoker, but he has used the cpap for several years now...

9 answers | 11 comments

are there communitys for i p f ?

adapete1

I have pulmonary fibrosis.want to relate to others

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COPD help - looks interesting

Soopersoo

Sorry if this has been done already. Check out MYCOPD app. Looks good on paper. 39.99 to buy but just checked with my NHS trust and in a ...

My Spirometry Results Range From Very Bad to Normal!

jonkob

I was a smoker of 1 pack a day for 15 years. I am 44, 50 pounds overweight and in bad shape. I have always been in bad shape since im a c...

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COPD (never smoked)

Brenda2849

COPD (never smoked), left paralyzed diaphragm, CTEPH, DVT, 3 blood clots in lungs, Factor V Leiden, hypoxia, afib None of my doctors are...

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I was diagnosed with a 0.4cm nodule and a 0.3cm in my lungs

cocoa123

I am scared about the nodules in my lungs 0.4cm and a 0.3cm nodule is these large?

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emphysema life expectancy

DanarCorseth

I am a 40 yr old male // smoked for 22 yrs and have recently been diagnosed with emphysema apparently stage 4 because I have already been...

33 answers | 3 comments

Nasal Cannula's and tubing

chillis

I am in stage #4 of copd. I am on oxygen 24/7. All chemicals and smells bother me terribly. There is really nothing that does not bother ...

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I've had severe cough on and off. Need help in deciphering the results.

MaheenSid

I've had severe cough on and off for the last year and a half. Four months earlier, episodes of cough exacerbated with fever and sore thr...

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T there is fibrohazed densities in left upper lobe.. What is that mean?

Yumi19

This is about my xray result.

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Does emphysema progress on its own?

nctrucker

Am I to understand that emphysema is a disease that will progress on its own, no matter what you do? I have quit smoking, but it worries ...

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