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What is best us climate for people with lung conditions, such as COPD?
A: I know with asthma my son did not need meds when we moved to the east coast....(pa). Good luck! Mine Shafts! A smoke - free climate is best. do not move to a state where the altitude is high because this affects your respiration and circulation in your blood. (i think one of the highest altitudes is denver, colorado) Sometimes there is no place like home. You might try to get a dehumidifier and make sure you have central air to make your home as comfortable as possible. If you move away, you will be away from your friends, family, doctors and the things that you like about where you are now. If you have family in another location that has mild summers and mild winters you might consider moving there. It makes no sense to move away from an area because of one bad month if the other place...
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Is there a new medicine for lung conditions or new treatments
A: Please specify what lung condition you are seeking medicine for. Thanks! !...
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What lung conditions would this fall under?
A: Mid February will be here before you know it. If you can''t get in sooner. I would stop smoking immediately if I were you and had those symptoms. http://lungcancer.about.com/od/whatislungcancer/a/earlysymptoms.htm You will find out when they culture your sputum and take the chest X-ray. Let''s hope it''s bronchitis. ditto that, stop smoking! This is the perfect opportunity for you to quit (not to be a nag), smoking will only make it worse. Now let''s hope it''s nothing serious. I smoked for 16 years and that never happened to me, I was on and off though. As long as you''re not coughing up blood, because that is a bad warning sign. Good luck to you then. If you are interested in quitting and need some help shoot me a message. I''ve been quit...
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lung condition-bronchiectasis
A: Hi Andrea
Thanks for the question. Routine sputum culture for dust would be unhelpful in this situation. House dust is mainly made up of skin scales shed by ourselves, so there would be organic matter in it that would grow in culture. However, dust from the renovation of a building will contain different particles (depending on what the walls etc were constructed of). These aren"t organic and wouldn"t grow in culture medium. I think the best thing is to tell the Pulmonologist about your concerns and let him decide if there"s a link between the conditions in the care facility and your mother"s deterioration. I"m sorry but I don"t have the knowledge to comment further than this. Good luck with this and I hope she recovers soon.
Kind regards
Gary...
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What lung conditions would this fall under?
A: Mid February will be here before you know it. If you can’t get in sooner.. I would stop smoking immediately if I were you and had those symptoms.. http://lungcancer.about.com/od/whatislungcancer/a/earlysymptoms.htm. You will find out when they culture your sputum and take the chest X-ray. Let’s hope it’s bronchitis.. ditto that, stop smoking! This is the perfect opportunity for you to quit (not to be a nag), smoking will only make it worse. Now let’s hope it’s nothing serious. I smoked for 16 years and that never happened to me, I was on and off though. As long as you’re not coughing up blood, because that is a bad warning sign. Good luck to you then. If you are interested in quitting and need some help shoot me a message. I’ve been quit...
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Fact or opinion Asthma is a chronic lung condition?
A: This is a fact. Asthma is a chronic lung condition resulting in chronic inflammation and periods of bronchospasm....
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I do not have breast cancer so perhaps I don''t have a right to ask a question on this site. However, perhaps you or your experts could point me in the right direction for advice? I am a 69 yr. old woman who has never smoked and has recently been diagnosed with obliterative bronchiolitis. This seems to be a rare disease in adults unless one has had a lung transplant which I have not had. The proposed treatment will be long term usage of Cytoxian and prednisone. My dilemma is this: at this point I have limited breathing but am on oxygen which helps give me a somewhat normal lifestyle. But, this could deteriorate without treatment. However, with Cytoxian I run the risk of getting cancer since I understand this drug fights the immune system. My family has a strong history of breast cancer -- my mother, her mother, and recently, my two sisters. I''m torn between taking the drug to halt my lung condition but risking cancer. Have any of your submittees had similiar dilemmas?
A: cytoxan doesn''t contribute to getting breast cancer in the future. take care of your respiratory health....
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If I inherited weak lung condition and get pneumonia, is this critical or life threatening? Should I heal in bed with meds., like the Dr. said, or go to emergency room??
A: Pneumonia - I found this information for you. Here it states:How serious pneumonia is for you depends on your overall health and the type and extent of pneumonia you have. If you''re young and healthy, your pneumonia can usually be treated successfully. But if you have heart failure or lung ailments, especially from smoking, or if you''re older, your pneumonia may be harder to cure. Best wishes....
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I do not have breast cancer so perhaps I don''t have a right to ask a question on this site. However, perhaps you or your experts could point me in the right direction for advice? I am a 69 yr. old woman who has never smoked and has recently been diagnosed with obliterative bronchiolitis. This seems to be a rare disease in adults unless one has had a lung transplant which I have not had. The proposed treatment will be long term usage of Cytoxian and prednisone. My dilemma is this: at this point I have limited breathing but am on oxygen which helps give me a somewhat normal lifestyle. But, this could deteriorate without treatment. However, with Cytoxian I run the risk of getting cancer since I understand this drug fights the immune system. My family has a strong history of breast cancer -- my mother, her mother, and recently, my two sisters. I''m torn between taking the drug to halt my lung condition but risking cancer. Have any of your submittees had similiar dilemmas?
A: cytoxan doesn''t contribute to getting breast cancer in the future. take care of your respiratory health....
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What Are the Causes of lung Lesions?
A: lung lesions, abnormal changes in the tissue of the lungs, can be caused by a wide variety of things from parasitic infections to exposure to pollution. When a lung lesion is identified, medical testing is usually conducted to learn more about it so a doctor can develop an appropriate management and treatment plan. It is important to be aware that while a “lesion” may sound frightening, lung lesions may be benign and easily treatable, and the identification of abnormal tissue in the lungs should not be a cause for immediate panic.. Many disease processes in the lungs can lead to tissue changes over time. People with
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