COPD
Questions + Answers
Hello everyone. I'm reluctant to return to the gym
I have been faithful in going to the gym for the past few years. I haven't been back since I had an exacerbation and got pneumonia last December. I was hospitalized with it and took me about 6 weeks to even begin to feel better. I feel fine now, except for feeling fatigued and a bit short of breath at times. I want to return to the gym, but not sure if it would do more harm than good. When I was going,I felt great. Now that it's been a couple of months since the… read more
Hi all, does anyone else suffer with nausea?
Could it perhaps be the medication I am taking? Furosemide 40mg, Theophylline anhydrous 200, as well as inhalers, Asthavent and Seretide.
I was in hospital a couple of weeks ago, where they found that my blood sugar was a bit high. Could my blood sugar levels be affected by any of these medications?
Thank you so much,
Lynette xxxx
Always check with your own doc for sure but prednisone raises my sugar. Don't know how often you have flares or even take prednisone for your flares but… read more
Ellipta Inhalers
Hi all, I have just been prescribed a Trelegy Ellipta inhaler and i wondered if anyone has any experience of the Ellipta range of inhalers, if anyone does could you please tell me whether you swallow the powder that comes out or if you rinse and spit it out. Many thanks Karen
I have been on oxygen therapy for 3 years. The past month or so the cannula tube has been causing skin irritation everywhere it touches my
Skin. I have changed brand names of cannula with no change. Any ideas as to reason or solution?
Mucus colors
Have been seeing an ENT for about a month. Said I had a sinus infection and gave me some nasal steroid spray.and did a CT scan. Still not much change. Went to my primary last Friday and he gave me antibiotics and steroids. I already see an improvement. He said that my lungs are clear and sound good.. I still have the colored mucus (yellow, dark yellow, beige and dark beige). Is this normal for those of us with COPD? I am always scared to see the different colors..............
Emphysematous changes on a cxr
My chest xray showed "emphysematous changes". I have no symptoms and my PFTs looked good according to the tech. I have no symptoms. Still waiting to see Pulmonologist. Could the changes on xray possibly mean something other than emphysema? Or just showing early signs of emphysema? Had PFTs 2 years ago that were normal, and CT scan over the summer that was ok. I'm confused.
can you take daliresp and azithromycin at the same time, long term?
No one's studied that combination, so I think the long-term answer's a ways down the road. At this point I do know a few people who are taking both.… read more
