COPD is an umbrella term that describes people with both emphysema and chronic bronchitis, so you were basically told you have the same thing with two different names. Usually they take an x-ray to determine if the pneumonia (fluid) is gone from your lungs.

Thank you very much. this answered so many things I did not know. My Dr. did not tell me at the time I had fluid in my lungs was pneumonia. I was in the hospital for a different reason. So thanks so much,it was a great help.

I suppose any sort of respiratory illness is a form of COPD? asthma fit in there too!

Has anyone heard of a spring coil that can be inserted into your airways to stop them from shrinking I only know that they have been used and approved in the USA / Europe/ and the UK for the last 4yrs my doctor just poo poo the idea maybe it's because I am too old have a good day all Dorothy hartlepool UK

Thank you very much, that helps a great deal. I am having a lung exay is week just to check. Right now I have an infection in both lungs. Am on an antibiotic right now.Thanks so much. You're in my prayers.