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Does anyone else bruise their arms and legs easily. My left arm gets covered in bruises especially the lower top half. No idea how it happens.
@A MyCOPDTeam Member Hm! I forget far too often myself my wife would say it was selective hearing ! As time passes she now goes oh! I forgot ha ha!
I was on it for a while but changed over to the generic when it became available. I also like the Spiriva Respimat.
I am only on inhalers . If I get hit or anything on my arms it"s instant blood bruise !! Why .. What can help.. What causes this ?? (update.) .. Have went to a skin doctor she said that cotizones or any type of skin creams with this helps make thin skin . . prednisone really is bad for the skin .. .When outside long sleeves.. taking vitamin c to help built up collagen in the skin . Go back well now the end of this month Aug
The prednisone makes the little thin arteries become more thinner. when u hit your arms they burst. Leaving a blood bruise . My dermatologists said there no cure for it.
Ok fellow oxygen wearers.
How do you keep nostrils from drying out, bleeding? I use water soluble cream but it just clogs up deep in cavity. I sometimes can't breathe in or out because of stuff in nose. I use syringes with warm water to flush out but lately it just burns..
Q tips help grab some of it. Is there something out there that I haven't tried? Nose spray, Vicks inhaler, nasal lube.
I use the humidifier on my concentrator. It hepls with the dryness. For me I fill it up half way. If I fill it fuller then the water comes out through the cannula.
Have recently been prescribed 3lpm~24/7. For those already on 24/7, how do you handle Showering?
Second ?....Anyone have a Cat and issues with 'said Cat' poking holes in trailing tubing?
I have finally found out how to get my 02 hose and my cat to coexist. I put the long hose I use indoors in pool tubes. The cat can not chew through to get to the hose, it doesn't make him sick and he… read more
Why does the use of prednisolone make the skin thinner and is there a way to sort the problem out
Me too! If I hear anything I will post it. Hugs. Southernbell
Why would you put your oxygen tubing in a dryer w/a. Towel???
I've never heard of anyone doing this. Oxygen tubing gets stiff and hard with age from the oxygen going through it especially the canela. I just replaced it.
Does taking a shower help you breathe better?
Mel
I leave the br door open a bit and have my machine just outside of the room so I get fairly dry air. On bad days I use bathing wipes to at least quell the stink😀
I had my power go out last night, but just the flicker a couple of times kind, just to mess up your clocks, and my Inogen at-home concentrator shut down. I didn't even think about it for a long time and then realized it was too quiet. It was a little scary I didn't notice sooner. I would think there might be an alarm but there's not. Does anyone who has the bigger rental Invacare or other brands have an alarm for this?
I don’t know that I could lift the oxygen tanks, @A MyCOPDTeam Member. How about a generator as well as solar power to back up the main electrical power sources?
As for burning up a concentrator… read more
Have been on it now for 3 years+ Given the deconditioning of no physical therapy for two years plus due to COVID etc hard for me to comment on whether my increased challenges are based on my decline… read more