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March 16th, 2011
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What should I expect after COPD diagnosis?Every weekday, a CNNHealth expert doctor answers a viewer question. On Wednesdays, it's Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society. Question asked by Pamela of Nashville, Tennessee: I just learned that I have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema. Can you tell me about it and what the prognosis is? I also have coronary artery disease and have had stents placed. Expert answer: Dear Pamela, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a disease that truly negatively affects quality of life. Patients with COPD are prone to asthma-like wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing that can occur in episodes caused by chromic inflammation. They're also prone to viral and bacterial infections. It is the fourth most common cause of death in the United States, killing an estimated 120,000 people each year. While COPD is most noted for episodes of shortness of breath and wheezing, the disease is typically slowly progressive and persistent. Medical treatment can be successful in relieving symptoms and reducing the severity of exacerbations. Treatment is with inhaled bronchodilators, steroids to reduce inflammation and other oral medications. Breathing problems? Check them with this test Early diagnosis and good treatment are important as they can reduce the number and severity of exacerbations and prolong survival. Some people can live with this condition for several decades. More than 80% of patients with COPD have a history of cigarette smoking. A few patients have it because of chemical inhalation exposure. Most are overweight or obese. Weight loss can also occur in severe COPD and is a sign of severe disease with a poor prognosis. At one time, we distinguished different types of COPD, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. All patients with COPD have an element of each, although one component will usually predominate in the individual patient. Chronic bronchitis is defined by a chronic cough that produces sputum. Emphysema is defined by enlargement and destruction of the airspaces in the lung. When the physician examines a patient with very severe COPD one finds decreased breath sounds, wheezes, crackles at the lungs, and distant heart sounds. The patient's diaphragm in limited in movement, meaning the patient cannot take in deep breaths. In extremely severe disease, the chest size is increased. Patients lean forward to use all the muscles of the chest and neck to bring air in. COPD can progress to cause heart failure, as the right side of the heart cannot pump blood into the damaged lungs. Could your job be hurting your lungs? Physicians use pulmonary function tests to assess the severity of COPD. These are tests to measure how fast it take a patient to fully exhale air, how much air he can exhale in one second, how much air he can inhale. X-ray and especially CT scans can also be used to assess damage to the lungs. The arterial blood gases are a series of blood tests to determine how much oxygen and carbon dioxide is in the blood. As the disease worsens oxygenation goes down and carbon dioxide levels rise. Blood gas abnormalities acutely worsen during COPD exacerbations and often worsen during exercise and sleep. Because most patients have a significant smoking history, most patients have many of the other illnesses associated with smoking, especially cardiovascular disease. These patients also have high risk for smoking related malignancies. Unfortunately, poor lung function often interferes with or prevents treatment of the other diseases.
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My mother passed away from COPD in January 2008. It was a long and debilitating illness and while she was forced to stop smoking at the point she became incapacitated and ultimately entered a nursing home, she wanted a cigarette until the day she died. Prior to her death at 85, she was on a nebulizer and every other inhaler/medication that was available to assist in her breathing. While any amount of smoking of any kind will act to worsen breathing capacity, at 71 the damage has already been done. I literally watched my mother die of this insidious disease and she gasped and struggled as she took her last breath. We were warned that this was an incredibly painful way to die (you cannot catch your breath) and it was painful for us to watch even though we knew what was coming. If smokers were to have watched her die, I swear they would have given up smoking on the spot. No amount of pleading with her to stop smoking as we were growing up made an impact and this was the end result (both parents were heavy smokers; however, none of us do). My dad died in 1996 from surgical complications thought to have been related to his smoking, too. You don't want to die this way, trust me. PLEASE stop smoking ...
Wendy, I wish you were right, that smokers who watched your mom die would have quit on the spot. But they just can't, and it's sickening. My father died from laryngeal and lung cancer due to 40+ years of smoking and my mom died from COPD due to 30 years of smoking plus years of secondhand smoke, and both times, smokers who witnessed the pain, stress, and discomfort they were both going through actually said to me, sorry, even that won't make me quit, it's just too powerful of an addiction. Very scary. So I lost both parents to smoking and I worry that the years of being exposed to horrible, smelly, disgusting secondhand smoke will take their toll on me as well. I would give almost anything if there were no such thing as cigarettes. The secondhand smoke is hurting all of us, but most smokers don't care. For those who truly long to quit and can't, I extend my sympathies. I also agree with the comment about how the damage is already done and if they can't stop or don't want to, maybe it offers some small measure of comfort to them (as gross as it is to the rest of us) during their final days.
@Wendy
We could be sisters. You just described my mother perfectly although she is still gasping for breath. I am sorry that you had to witness her painful passing.
Such a sad and yet common scenario. My dad is dying from COPD now and still smokes, as does my mom. I have adult onset asthma from exposure to the second-hand smoke all my life. I bought my parents the e-cigarettes to try but they did not like them. It's too painful to think about what they are doing to themselves.
Hi Wendy,
As we speak I am in the hospital just after finding out that I, at 58, mother to three, grandmother to 7, have COPD, and Emphysema. I read what you wrote and it inspired me to not make my children go through what you and others went through with your parent (loved one). I came in to the hospital last Friday Night thinking I might have had pneumonia..I have had a bad cough for years, but I started smoking when I was about 14. I was so use the everytime I went to the Dr. them telling me that I needed to quit was like a broken record. I'm not stupid, I know it is not good for you, but never did I dream that I would be the one to get this disease...someone else, not me...When I got to the hospital my oxygen blood level was 80, I had the wheezy asthma, gasping for breath, could not talk attack, and then I thought they would probably give me a shot, give me some pills, an inhaler, and I would be good as new. Now it has been five days in the hospital...I feel a little better today, I can walk to the bathroom with out having an asthma attack..may get to go home tomorrow or next day...the dr. said if I do not quit smoking I will be dead within five years, if I quit I could possibly live 20...There is no choice to me, last Friday Morning I smoked my last cigarette, Thank you for sharing what happened to you, it did make a difference in how I will deal with the disease that took your loved one from you. Thank You Wendy...Melody
My mom just died from COPD in February of this year. She was 79. She smoked in her 20's but wasn't a heavy smoker and hadn't had a cigarette in 40 years. What she and her doctors thought started out as asthma, turned into COPD. The last 5 years of her life she was on oxygen 24/7 and every inhaler/medication to help her breathe. It was very painful to watch her health get worse as the years went on and to see her struggle with every breath. All she wanted was to be able to breathe for 1/2 hour without any effort. Our family felt so helpless watching her suffer with this disease. She is at peace now and isn't suffering anymore. I miss her very much.
My mom died at age of 68 from COPD. It was horrible to watch.
I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my mom to emphysema last year. It is hard watching someone you love struggle. In the end, even the ventilator could not help. Heartbreaking.
I believe that 99% of the time COPD is caused by smoking.
The answer is to stop. Sadly, once you have damaged your lungs you can't undo the damage.
Believe whatever you want though it is irrelevant as epidemiological studies demonstrate that the number is much closer to 80% +/-. That is 80% of COPD patients have a history of cigarette smoking (either former or current). Beyond that only 20-40% of long term smokers develop the disease so there is obviously a genetic component.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6146a2.htm
My husband may have COPD, he is 54 and a life-long nonsmoker and has never lived with smokers nor worked with them. We built our home 20 years ago using safe, allergy-proof materials, and no one has ever smoked in here. He is genetically predisposed to COPD, all the men in his immediate line (father, grandfather, father's brother) died from lung disease. Two of my husband's brothers have sleep apnea, and have devices to help them breathe at night, the other brother has severe asthma. Hemochromatosis was a factor for some of these relatives (too much iron in the blood), but not in my husband's case. We are hoping early detection will work for him, he has great longevity genes otherwise–and no one is obese, either.
If your husband has a family history of COPD it is very possible that he might have Alpha-1, which is a genetic (the one we know of) form of COPD. Alpha-1 occurs when the body does not secrete a protien called anti-trypsin which counter-acts elastsis which is produced by our body to clean soft tissue especially the lungs. This causes emphysema. The good news is that there is a treatment for Alpha-1. For more information contact the Alpha-1 Foundation on the web at http://www.alpha-1foundation.org. You can also get info on obtaining a free test kit. Please make the call!
I agree with Bill. Your husband (and you and his siblings) need to be tested. Alpha-1 causes lung and liver disease. There are treatments available that are different than the treatment for COPD (there are some that are similar also like inhalers) that can prove beneficial. Check out the website that was mentioned, there are free tests available
My mother was diagnosed with COPD a couple of years ago.She also has emphysema.She stopped smoking for 10 days while she was in the hospital but as soon as she was released,she lit up again.She didn't even crave a cigarette when she was in the hospital.I guess,when she got out of the hospital and got back home,she started smoking because it was a habit.I have tried for years to get her to stop but she won't.she is 71 now and has been smoking since her teen years.I myself am not a smoker.I can't stand the smell.My mother has damaged her lungs beyond repair.I just dread the day that her condition gets worse.She means the world to me.
Someone once told a joke saying that the healthiest person in the world would be laughed at when he was on his deathbed dying from nothing.
Telling a senior loved one that he/she should stop something they have loved their whole life? No way. Its disrespectful after a fashion. Its almost like telling them they havent lived their life properly. We all want our loved ones to be there forever but that isnt what life is about. Life is about the dying. A great movie I saw taught me something else..."get busy living or get busy dying." The other thing about that statement is that you have to live life to the fullest in your own way and if you love smoking, then so be it. Cigars are way better than cigarettes in my opinion and that is what I shall enjoy as my way of living my way.
See you on the other side (not in heaven or hell because there is no such thing)
"Telling a senior loved one that he/she should stop something they have loved their whole life? No way. Its disrespectful after a fashion."
Your right, after reaching a certain age it becomes pointless to keep lecturing a loved one who has already beat the odds, and it does border on disrespectful. But, to call a nicotine addiction "love" is something someone working in the tobacco industry might use to rationalize their contribution to the death of millions of people.
My Dad passed away at 73 in September of last year. He too was a smoker for many many years. Although he was first diagnosed with COPD may years ago, it really caught up with him during the last three years. He had to go on Oxygen and was no longer able to climb even a few stairs . No begging or pleading to get him to quit worked. He was so addicted to his cigarettes and knew they would eventally kill him but they had a strong hold over him he just couldnt do it. The last month of his life was very painful to watch as struggled to breathe even with the oxygen. How I wished he could have just quit when he first found out many years ago he maybe could have still been here, as he had no other major health issues. If you or a loved one suffers from this terrible disease please try with all your might to quit while you still can breathe, not only will it help you but will help your love ones try and deal with your condition and not have to watch the suffering that comes with this horrible illness. Widhe he could still be here with us but not in that condition .. Trying to remembering him as the healthy person he once was ...
I have chronic bronchitis, but not from smoking. I had Strep Throat when I was a kid. Both my in-laws died from smoking. My father -in-law also worked with asbestos wrapped pipes in a machine shop for over two decades,so his lungs were gone by the time he passed. I quit smoking because my Mom is a bad asthmatic plus she has allergies.I quit smoking after not even two years almost forty years ago, and my lungs are clear. The popular quip that cigarettes are cancer sticks is too real for too many people.l
My husband was diagnosed with Chronic Bronchitis after a bout of pneumonia that was very difficult to clear up. They did not explain tha Chronic Bronchitis was considered COPD & we did not even know until a nurse pointed it out several years later. He uses an emergency inhaler occasionally & a once daily inhaler. Sometimes things jsut happen.....
I have had asthma since I was about 9 years old. Now I'm 25, and I have chronic bronchitis. I use a rescue inhaler, an inhaled steroid, and I am put on prednisone every winter, because I get horribly sick between October and March. I have never smoked in my life, and didn't live with smokers growing up. No clue how I ended up with this...
you should consider getting tested for Alpha 1.
I've been reading these posts and most of the people were in their 70's. I was diagnosed with COPD when I was 47, I kept smoking and got so bad I had to quit work and go on disability at the age 50. I went thru not only dealing with the disease, but a depression that lasted for at least 2 years. I had family to help me but I am a single mother and my kids were 13 and 17. They suffered watching me get worse with this horrible disease. That was worse than the disease. The worst part was I was STILL Secretly SMOKING. I'. not going to bore you with the sad part. Lets just say I was waiting to die. I'm happy to say I've been smoke free for over 3 years and was lucky enough to have "lung volume reduction surgery" in nov.of 2010. It isn't a cure but a have been given a second chance as long as I follow a healthy diet an EXCERSIZE! Even if I only get 2 more years, at least I will have a much better quality of life
Are you still with us Kathy
My mom died from second biggest cause of smoking which was CHF(congestive heart failure). The doctors never
told us what she had when she was diagnosed with COPD. I tried to get her to to quit smoking but being over 80 years
old she was going to do it anyway.
I quit smoking 4 years ago after 34 years of it and to this day i get cravings for nicotine. .not the smoke the nicotine. .crazy
Nicotine doesn't cause cancer; it's a pure alkaloid drug found naturally in Tobacco thus nicotine in pure form (gum, patches) is not carcinogenic although it's not exactly healthy. You crave it because it's the most addictive drug on the planet so I'd say that's normal!
I smoked two to three packs of cigarettes a day for 40 years and I think that Doctors and Pharmaceutical companies are the barrier to what makes quitting smoking easy. They want you to keep going to Doctors, who will charge you major money and keep sending you to your pharmacy to get more drugs. You don't need to do any of that. I decided it was time for me to quit, so I quit. Just like that. No pills, no patches, no lozenges, no drugs of any kind... I just stopped smoking. It doesn't make sense to trade one addiction for another one, and that is exactly what all those "quit smoking aids" are doing. It doesn't matter whether you get the nicotine from a cigarette, a cigar, a pipe, or a pill, a lozenge, or a patch. If you put it into your body you are still feeding your addiction. JUST QUIT and you can break that cycle. Quit for one hour at a time. After one hour goes by, stay quit for another hour. After three days your body will be nicotine free. Then it's just a matter of training yourself to not be a smoker. It's a lot easier than they want you to think it is... YOU CAN DO IT!
I read your comment and was inspired....I smoke up to 2 packs a day and I can honestly say that 80% of the time, i actually HATE it !!! I am so addicted and want to stop in the worst way..I have a family and a grandson and so much to live for....but with daily stress, working 2 jobs I can't seem to...I am crying as I am reading this as I am so disgusted with myself and lack of willpower.....Please email some more words of advise.....Thanks....ps...I work at a cemetery and funeral homr....go figure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ on trying to quit, I quit so many times I quit counting.Finally my breathing was starting to get bad. I knew I was killing myself with every puff.I took. I was told by my Dr. I had COPD. . I decided if I couldn't do it myself, I would ask God to give me the strength to never crave another tobacco product, for as long as I live. I threw them in the trash that night and thank God I have not had any desire or craving sence then. I was week, but I knew God can do all things, all you have to do is ask, He blessed me with the strength to do what I had to do. I have given thanks to him every day sence then. I regret not turning to him many,many years ago for help. But, Praise God he has delivered me from all Tobacco. Blessings on your journey, like 66Biker said YOU CAN DO IT.....
My father passed with what is now called COPD. He had several hospital stays before the last one, each time he got out of the hospital his first stop on the way home was to buy a carton of cigarettes. I smoked at the time, and continued to for 6 years after his passing. I quit smoking 'cold turkey' on will power and toothpicks. I have now been smoke free for 26 years. While I am nowhere near COPD, through my exercise program I can tell that my lung capacity is slowly decreasing as I age.
Actually, it's the third leading cause of death now. One would think CNN reporters might research their work before going to press.
My Mom's in the hospital right now – At 57 She's got COPD and she's suffering bad – She's on a ventilator, they keep trying to test her to see if she can come off of it and she keeps failing the test – I'm hurting bad right now...There's nothing I can do to help
I am in this situation right now. I am scared for my mom. She has been on a vent for 5 days and not being able to get off yet. It is killing me to see her like this.:(
jUST KEPT PRAYING
My best friend is 39 years old she had a open biopsy on monday. She is a nonsmoker, and tested negative for alpha 1 protein defficiency. Her pulmonologist can't figure out how she has emphysema now. I'm needing to find anyone who is a nonsmoker that's young and diagnosed with emphysema. They also said her lungs were to damaged to. Reverse it. I need answers for her please help or if anyone has heard of this rare emphysema we could use answers
danita,
I will be 34 years old in two weeks, I was diagnosed last year with COPD. I have never smoked, but have had a lifetime of second hand smoke. My mother has been a heavy smoker my entire life, and I was married to a pack a day man for 12 years. In the last seven months my condition has gone from "some mild COPD" to "mild to moderate COPD". I wish I had answers for you and your friend, but I don't even have any for myself. All I have are questions, and a teenage son to worry about. How much time do I have left? Will I make it to 50? How much longer will I be able to bike, kayak and camp before I need to carry around the dreaded oxygen tank. As a single woman I want to find a man who can take my breath away for the good romantic reasons, not the ugly reality of COPD.
God willing, miraculous recoveries will happen for everyone of us.
I was diagnosed with emphysema and or early COPD today. I was prescribed Albuterol @ Spariva, will I be on these meds for the rest of my life? I am a smoker tryig to quit, 44 years old, have smoke since I was 15. I have done research here and I'm scared of what is ahead. I work in the med dialysis field and our building has mold due to all of the moisture. Could that be apart of my problem
I'm the Communications Specialist for the COPD Foundation. There are lots of questions on here, and we're ready and willing to answer all of them. Feel free to browse our website: http://www.copdfoundaiton.org, or call our C.O.P.D. Information Line at 866-316-2673. It's staffed with individuals with COPD, so they can speak to you from experience. You are not alone in this. Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/COPDFoundation) or Twitter (@COPDFoundation). We're here to help you in any way we can!
Thanks,
Katelyn
RIght, that would be http://www.copdfoundation.org. Typed too fast!
Hello. my mom is 60 yrs old and has COPD. She has had it for about 7-8 years. In the past 2 yrs it has been bad. She quit smoking 2 yrs ago. Her Dr just put her on oxygen level 2. She is still working. She uses her oxygen as soon as she gets home and while she is asleep. She doesn't use it at work. She is an activity director for a nursing home. She is worried if she tells them her DR wants her on oxygen 24/7 she will be fired. We are fearful as a family as to how to pay for her medication until she would be approved for assistance. She lives on her own. My brother and I don't have room in our homes. We feel we could help maintain her living situation if we could get assistance for her medical needs. I'm not sure what stage she's in. She has had 2 exacerbations. The last one was January 1, 2011. She wheezes all the time. They put her on steroids which make her feel better but as she ends the dose she gets severe headaches. She has been off steroids for 3 weeks and Saturday she had another violent headache with vomitting. Dr's say thats due to the long use of steroids. I'm really at a loss as to where to go from here. She can still function but slower. Any advice is apprecaited. I'm finding it hard to know where to even start with her employer and if she is let go where we go from there. Thank you.
I have Marfans Syndrome which can cause early emphysemia. I quit smoking 30 yrs ago but the damage was already done. I feel I definitely get treated differently because of the diagnosis of COPD, and have to fight to stay above the depression I feel because I know I helped shortend my life. I was living with a puffer every so often and then had heart surgery and became much worse as far as breathing goes.
today yahoo have a news, here is the web page: http://in.news.yahoo.com/traditional-chinese-herbal-paste-may-help-cut-exacerbations-111331089.html they say herb can treat copd. but 10 years ago in the USA have herb "SoupA", it is can treat copd and result by x-ray, why our medical system do not let patients know this? everything waiting China do first?
Hello. my mom is 60 yrs old and has COPD. She has had it for about 7-8 years. In the past 2 yrs it has been bad. She quit smoking 2 yrs ago. Her Dr just put her on oxygen level 2. She is still working. She uses her oxygen as soon as she gets home and while she is asleep. She doesn't use it at work. She is an activity director for a nursing home. She is worried if she tells them her DR wants her on oxygen 24/7 she will be fired. We are fearful as a family as to how to pay for her medication until she would be approved for assistance. She lives on her own. My brother and I don't have room in our homes. We feel we could help maintain her living situation if we could get assistance for her medical needs. I'm not sure what stage she's in. She has had 2 exacerbations. The last one was January 1, 2011. She wheezes all the time. They put her on steroids which make her feel better but as she ends the dose she gets severe headaches. She has been off steroids for 3 weeks and Saturday she had another violent headache with vomitting. Dr's say thats due to the long use of steroids. I'm really at a loss as to where to go from here. She can still function but slower. Any advice is apprecaited. I'm finding it hard to know where to even start with her employer and if she is let go where we go from there. Thank you.
Smoker's, or live with those that smoke, often cough a good deal. Their normally termed as cigarette smokers cough, playing with more than 80% of situations, it really is COPD. To only acquire ...copd
I started smoking when Iwas 14yrs old (thought it was cool) immediatly was addicted, was the best smoker(if you know what i mean) throughout high school and when I was 18 became a batrtender, of 22yrs. I inhaled enough smoke to choke the world daily, I can't say I didn't know the consiquinces and continued to smoke even after I left the profession at age 40 when I then took on a job at at huge warehouse as a salaried mgr. where I inhaled every type of harsh chemical sold including concrete and lawn chemicals, the floors were swept nightly and all the dust, dirt and spilage from these chemicals were in the air. I spent 10yrs at this job breathing in numerous harmful chemicals from broken bagged goods 18hr days were almost an every day average I have worked so long and so hard that the calm of a smoke was at minimum a reward compared to my work day. I have recently moved and am now in a situation where my kids are grown and my husband and I have realized we can survive on an hourly jobs pay. I have slowed down for the first time in my life to smell the roses but I have trouble breathing and can't smell as well as I used to due to COPD I have obviously had it for many years but have not realized it. I quit smoking 8 months ago and had a huge flare up of Bronchitis but when the ER Dr asked if I smoked and I replied I did for many yrs, bartented...bla bla bla,and did it to my self he replied, "well then I guess you already know what your chest x-rays read"... In the past I've just been diagonised with Bronchitis and figured I was just run down and couldn't fight off the infection, Yes the chest Xray revealed I was suffering from COPD andthe Dr did not bat an ey when he delivered the exppected news, why should he? I have decided what life I will spend it bettering everything I can especially the love my children missed out on while I was so buisily preparing to have a place to die like some one said earlier get busy living or get busy dying, don't get so busy trying to make a living that you forget to take care of your health. Before you know it your 50 with a sad story and nothing to cure your disease. Wow...
COPD is not a death sentence. COPD is very progressive if you keep smoking or dont recognize what is progressing the damage. Simple life style changes do wonder for the disease. I've been diagnosed and continue to play paintball,cut two acres of grass by a hand mower amongst other things. I simply chose to wear masks in dusty areas, avoid smoky areas and dont spend too much time in areas where airborne pollutants are. Diet helps as well. Most of the stories on here are based on smokers who didnt quit. Keep your head up!!!
wondering something i just got out of the hospital and am 42 they said phnemonia and copd. i smoked for 30 years. I just got a vapor machine, vapor cigs do you know if this is a good alternative to smoking.
MY HUSBAND STEP MUM HATE HIM SO MUCH
My man died 6 weeks ago after 12 month illness where he required increasing amounts of oxygen. I was told 6 months previously that he was about to die and we moved heaven and earth to get him home from hospital. My wonderful strong man carried on for 6 months despite what everyone said. I stopped work and we spent nights and days together mostly with me watching him almost suffocate to death every day. one day in September when there was no one else around I lay down beside him and fell asleep, when I woke up he had gone. I never believe that my husband death was natural..cos i know those that did not want his progress, every night and day i always cry i fill like killing my self because things where hard on my side, my husband family throw us out of the house me and my children where on the street begging for food and water..cos no and told me my husband death was not natural she told me i should not worry she is going to hmoney any more. one of my friend that i have not see for a very long time saw my on a street and she called my name, when i turn i was an old friend of mine, i explain every thing that happen she gave us accommodation elp me, will contact Dr Opingo who salve family problems i explain every thing about my husband to him and he said he will help me know about the death of my husband i was very happy that very day...cos i no something was behind my husband death and i see who is going to help me out, Dr ask me to send my husband picture, surname, and his name i did every thing immediately. After Dr Opingo have use the information i send him, two weeks later my husband step mum confess that she was the one that kill my husband through sickness...i am so happy i am free because the family believe that i kill my husband to take over the properties. thank you once again HELEN my best friend for introducing me to Dr Opingo you can contact his email if you still need his help alterofcandletemple@gmail.com
My husband has got the first stage of copd and he want stop smoking im so worried it will turn into cancer he has s burning in his left lung could someone tell me if this is related to copd...
hi my dad has just been diagnosed with copd and has gone for too x rays now and it should scaring on one of the lung my dad has had a 30 a day smoking habbit since age of 17 and has astmha too needing the blue inhaler the round inhaler and purple night inhaler is this far down the line in the illness is his live expectancey long he also has a very high fat diet but isnt overweight
im 19 I was born premature at 6 months and was dying so they put me on a ventilator and finally got off at 3 or 4 months then had to go home on oxygen then had to go back a couple months later to be put back on the ventilator then back on oxygen and I was almost 2 before I could breath on my own well my lungs looked so bad like they've been scratched by a wild cat on the inside I guess because of the ventilator so they accepted me to draw a check from day 1 like when I was a baby till I was atleast 22 I got sick a couple months back and they referred me to a pulmonary specialist and he said I had chronic copd and prescribed me 2 special inhalators Spiriva symbicort and a rescue inhalator oh and nasalnex nose spray and I gotta take them daily and a week after I got them I had to go back to see if my lungs and breathing was getting any better and it was the same so it really sucks and ive been sleepy and fatigue a lot well I went for a test to see if I still was qualified just 2 weeks ago and I got a paper sayin ive been denied im just so aggravated not cause I may not get money anymore im gonna try to appeal it but there are people out there that have no problem that affects their ability to work and get it and work on the side to make more money I know someone who does it I mean I tried working I really did at a daycare for 4 months but it just about killed me I got sick all the time and I cant even clean my whole house without getting outta breath and feeling fatigue and feeling like crying much less chase kids around all day maybe im being unfair but it just makes me sick
C O P D is linked to smoking and causes death if you don't quit right away....if you do quit ....its a slower death .....I feel
my mom was 83 years old when she passed in 2010 but the question i have she was on oxygen in a assited living quarters and the came in and jack hammered her cement floor while she was in the room on oxygen what are the odds that this helped alon her passing she was doing ok on 2 liters of o2 on the 12th of month and dead on the 18th of month when the did this in the 12th could this have brought on her death by inhaling that cement she was coughing up grey like stuff that looked like cement is this possible
It would be great if we could hear just one happy story about COPD. Give us all a lift!!, Good luck to you all.
Last month I lost my mom to lung cancer. I have 5 kids 4 grandbabies and teach high school so while caring for her I did not have time to properly take care of myself. She was on a ventilator and feeding tube. After her death I went in for chest x-rays worried that my lingering cough may be lung cancer as everyone in my family dies of that only to be told it is mild COPD. I have never smoked a day in my life. I have a rescue inhalor but the doctor would not tell me ANYTHING else. Obviously sice I never smoked I cannot quit smoking. I have a second job at Disney World and I am concerned that this job may aggravate the condition but I do not KNOW I love the Disney job as it adds balance to my life. I do not know what I should do at all and this led me to a 3am internet session. Since my Docotr is being close mouthed (I think he believes I will find ignorance comforting) I am turing to you. What can I do and what should I not do?
my husband has had c.o.p.d for about 13 years .he is 63 .both of his parents died of the same .what is the life span .i heard it was about 15 years
(MUST READ: HOW I GOT CURED FROM EMPHYSEMA (COPD) DISEASE)
I am Isabella from Canada, I was diagnosed of Emphysema (COPD) in 2011 and I have tried all possible means to get cured, i even visited pulmonologist but all to no avail, until i saw a post in a health forum about a herbal doctor from South Africa who prepare herbal medicine to cure all kind of diseases including Emphysema, at first i doubted if it was real but decided to give it a try, when i contact this herbal doctor via his email he sent me Emphysema herbal medicine through courier service, when i received this herbal medicine, he gave me step by instructions on how to apply it, when i applied it as instructed i was totally cured of this deadly disease within 12-14 days of usage, Contact this great herbal doctor via his email drsuccessfulcuringhome@gmail.com
Healing from COPD, i never taught dr.abegbu who could ever get my COPD cured with his healing herbs, i have tried almost everything but i couldn't find any solution on my disease, despite all these happening to me, i always spend a lot to buy a COPD drugs from hospital and taking some several medications but no relieve, until one day i was just browsing on the internet when i come across a great post of ! Williams Fran-ca who truly said that she was been diagnose with COPD and was healed that very week through the help of these great powerful healing doctor, sometime i really wonder why people called him Baba ABEGBU i never knew it was all because of the great and perfect work that he has been doing that is causing all this. so i quickly contacted him, and he ask me some few questions and he said a thing i will never forget that anyone who contacted him, is always getting his or her healing after take the herbs cure in a week so i was amazed all the time i heard that from him, so i did all things only to see that at the very day which he said i will be healed, all the strength that has left me before rush back and i became very strong and healthy, this disease almost kills my life all because of me, so i rush to hospital for the final test. So the disease and the doctor said i am COPD negative, i am very amazed and happy about the healing DR.ABEGBU gave to me from the ancient part of Africa, you can email him now for your own healing too at DR.ABEGBUHEALER@GMAIL.COM
Hi i suffer from copd really bad and i am a smoker and can't stop as i enjoy it a know what you will think but it's very hard to try and stop i have a 21 year old son who i love to bit's am crying just now as i write this as he still stay's with me and it's very hard to stop smoking as everyone else in the house smoke can you please try and give me some advice
Is their a chance someone could live with this disease for years
After been in pain and sorrow for 2years and 11months, DR.ABEGBU was able to restore my life back with his herbal medicine, my good friends i have been COPD positive for 2years and everyday of my life i cry to God as i was a mother of 2 cute kids who were looking up to me, I was taking my medication from the hospital, I also did some prayers to God that he should do some miracle in my life, my friends this is a life touching story i am sharing with you all on net today, Few Months ago i was browsing on net when i found some good testimonials about DR.ABEGBU spell, and someone recommended that he has cured COPD by DR.ABEGBU , i always had faith that God could use someone to heal me, i contacted DR.ABEGBU and i told him concerning my problem he told me not to worry that with God all things are possible and also that he was going to go on with the curing spell after everythings DR.ABEGBU he advice that i go for check again to see my status result and he assured me of good result, i was afraid at this point cause i never wanted someone to tell me again that i am positive, after 2days i went to the Hospital for check up and they said the result was to come out by Friday, at 11:00am on Friday the hospital Doctor called me and told me that the result was out and i am Negative, i was shocked and could not believe it, i immediately called DR.ABEGBU and told him about the good news he told me to rejoice and make sure i share my testimony with my friends and that is why i am doing this right now, friends you can contact DR.ABEGBU today on DR.ABEGBUHEALER@GMAIL.COM DR.ABEGBU can help you solve any problem contact him now.
HELLO
How can I explain this to the world that there is a man who can cure
COPD, I was diagnosed for the past 3years I have being into COPD drug since
then,so I decide to look for help in the internet then I found this woman
post write about
this great man Dr successful, telling people about him that this man have
cured
to COPD I don’t believe that because all I have in mind is COPD had no cure,
thank god for my life today am COPD negative through the power of Dr
successful, I
contacted this man for help because who write about him drop an email of
the man I pick the email and emailed him for the cure this man told me what
to do about the cure well am from Australia this man cast a curing spell on
me and he told me that he will call me after the cure is done truly he did
I was cured for 24hurs spell what a wonderful man this Dr successful, if
you need
his cured just email him now on any of this Email address drsuccessfulcuringhome@gmail.com or drsuccessfulcuringhome@outlook.com or drsuccessfulcuringhome@yahoo.com thank you DR ,for this i will never stop shearing you testimony.
I am from USA, I was diagnosed of Emphysema (COPD) in 2015 and I have tried all possible means to get cured, i even visited pulmonologist but all to no avail, until i saw a post in a health forum about a herbal doctor from West Africa who prepare herbal medicine to cure all kind of diseases including Emphysema, at first i doubted if it was real but decided to give it a try, when i contact this herbal doctor via his email he sent me Emphysema herbal medicine through courier service, when i received this herbal medicine, he gave me step by instructions on how to apply it, when i applied it as instructed i was totally cured of this deadly disease within 12-14 days of usage, if you are suffering of this diseases you can as well Contact this great herbal doctor via his email ogbidikiharbalremendyhome@gmail.com
I found more Courage, Happiness and Faith in me, when I contacted Dr TWINS over the issue I have on me on ground, But all thanks goes to God Almighty for using the great healer called Dr .TWINS to heal me and it has been six months from now and I have been free from all diseases. My Names are Jitendra Bhsgdo, Am a journalist based in California, I was diagnosed positive of COPD since Two Years Ago now, and I have tried all my possible best I can to get rid of it, but nothing is working out, I have spend hell, spend all my savings but nothing work out, and I even stop smoking and taking alcohol drinks, I have been directed and advise in different types/aspect of cures still yet no changes, One faithful morning, when I was listening to the news at the TV set, BBC NEWS TOOK IT LIVE AND EVERY EVERYBODY SAW IT AND ITS NOW OUT IN PAPERS
AND MAGAZINES THAT THERE IS A HERBAL CURE FOR COPD AND ALL WITH THE HELP
OF THIS MAN,,and Later on they switch to COPD discussion, and I was really interested in it, I focus my mind listening and a man came and started sharing a testimony about a particular doctor called Dr. TWINS, he said this man has helped thousands of people out there and people still do run to him for help and this has make him 33yrs of experienced in curing people from different diseases and God has been helping him, Mightily, they showed the contact of this great Dr and I quickly copied everything out and contact him immediately, I send all my information's to him and after three days, i received a parcel from him containing the medicine/cure and I was told to use it for Just a week, and I greatly use it and God be all the Glory, I am now negative and I have gone to the hospital many times without numbers, and the Doctor confirmed I am clean and OK, all thanks to Dr.TWINS for his miraculous Healing.
I am giving his contact today so that if you also reading this testimony of mine are still in a same problem, that you should not have anything to worry about, just contact him today Via his email address peacehelpmedicalcentre@hotmail.com
Thanks and Remain Bless
(MUST READ: HOW I GOT CURED FROM COPD)
My name is Claudia Kosa I thought i should share this here as someone may need this information; I was diagnosed of COPD in February 2015, my doctor told me it has no permanent cure, i was given inhaler to help relax my airway and other medications to ease the situation, this continued till a friend of mine Anna Burke told me about Dr Ejiro from South Africa who cured her father of COPD and Glaucoma. I contacted this herbal doctor via his email and bought the herbal medicine from him, i received it within 6 days and applied it as prescribed and was totally cured within 19 days of usage. My life is back again! Contact this herbal doctor via his email ejiroherbalcure(at)gmail(dot)com Goodluck. (Write the email address in the right format) Goodluck
Thank you for the information, i contact Dr Ejiro Mapipa and i received the herbal medicine days ago
(HOW I GOT CURED FROM COPD)
I am Maria Whetzel, I was diagnosed of COPD in July 2014. I was on Albuterol Nebs and levalbuterol to ease the situation as i constantly go out of breath when talking or when walking, I was adviced for Lung Volume reduction surgery (LVRS) because my both upper lobes of the lungs were affected, i was making preparation for this surgery when a friend told me about a herbal doctor from South Africa doctor Ejiro who prepares herbal medicine to cure all kind of diseases including COPD, i contacted Dr Ejiro via his email and bought the herbal medicine I received the herbal medicine through courier service in 7 days, when i received this herbal medicine i used it as prescribed and was totally cured of COPD within 18-20 days of usage, contact Dr Ejiro via his email ejiroherbalcure(at)gmail(dot)com or call/whatsapp on +27617403481 (Write email in right format)
I have COPD and get headaches regularly there so bad they make me cry i hold my head it dont help is not just the morning i get them in in the day as well wear i live the doctor is not much help please can you help
Rose, pulmonologist don't seem to be real helpful, either. But, you could try a teaching hospital or a more advanced, hospital. They seem to be alittle ahead on advancements than the others. You'd think there would be a cure. Afterall, this is a disease that's been around since the Vikings...or longer....like cancer...no one cares it's a money maker..let's hope and pray for good researchers to save us.
I smoked for 23 years, in June 2014 i was diagnosed of Emphysema, i constantly go out of breath and lost my Job in 2015 due to this condition, this continued till a friend of mine told me about Ejiro Herbal Home, according to her she bought Glaucoma herbal medicine from Ejiro Herbal Home that totally cured her mother, so i decided to give it a try too. I was given Dr Ejiro's mobile number and i called him and explained my condition, he recommended a COPD herbal remedy which he said its 100% guaranteed to cure me. I bought this herbal remedy and received it in less than 2 weeks, It was 3 weeks program, i used it as prescribed and was surprised how i gradually gained back my health like the herbal medicine was some sort of magical medicine. All thanks to Ejiro herbal home, contact Ejiro Herbal Home via their website or email ejiroherbalcure(at)gmail(dot)com or call +27617403481 (Write email in right format)
WHY WILL THEY NOT CURE THIS DISEASE? OR FIND ADVANCED TREATMENTS TO STOP PROGRESSION....THIS IS NOT JUST THE DISEASES OF SMOKERS....ONLY 20% OF SMOKERS GET COPD. VERY OVER DIAGNOSED THESEMAIL DAYS...IT'S A DISEASE FROM ANCIENT TIMES....HAVE WE NOT PROCESSED ENOUGH TO FIND A CURE...OR DON'T THEY HAVE INTELLIGENT RESEARCHERS WORKING ON THIS. THE AIR ON EARTH IS POLLUTED.....YOU BREATH...YOUR GONNA GET THIS TOO. SO SOMEBODY BETTER BE DOING SOMETHING. INSTEAD OF BEING COMPLACENT.
Hello you are welcome
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. Symptoms include breathing difficulty, cough, sputum production and wheezing. It's caused by long-term exposure to irritating gases or particulate matter, most often from cigarette smoke. People with COPD are at increased risk of developing heart disease, lung cancer and a variety of other conditions.
Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two most common conditions that contribute to COPD. Chronic bronchitis is inflammation of the lining of the bronchial tubes, which carry air to and from the air sacs (alveoli) of the lungs. It is characterized by daily cough and sputum production. Emphysema is a condition in which the air sacs (alveoli) at the end of the smallest air passages (bronchioles) of the lungs are destroyed as a result of damaging exposure.though the scientist said that there is no cure for COPD then i undergo for re screech for the herbal remedy for the cure With proper management, most people with COPD can achieve good symptom control and quality of life, well liable to die, the cost of my herbal remedy to this virus is 1. benoslydkine leaves
2.water from ozala sea
3. ocenigodo
4. kokomanido back tree but patents are to pay fro deposit at lest sum money for this then after receiving the cure then he or she can as well pay for the balance as soon as possible okay my dear you have noting to worry about waiting to hear from you as soon as possible. Regard below are the sample of my herb for copd okay i will be waiting to hear from you soon via dr.successfulcuringhome@gmail.com or via mobile number +2349054910629
(HOW I WAS CURED TOTALLY WITH HERBAL MEDICINE)
Am micheal Alex from USA..I smoked for 20 years, January 2011, i was diagnosed of Emphysema, my family doctor gave me bronchodilators to help me relax my bronchiolar muscles,because there was no cure for emphysema.so one day i was glancing through the internet,i saw a forum ,too many people writing about how Doctor BONGANI cure them of emphysema and he sell herbal medicines to cure different kinds of diseases,such as HERPES,ALS,MND,EPILEPSY,LEUKEMIA,ASTHMA,,GONORRHEA,,EMPHYSEMA,GENITAL WARTS,PARKINSON"S,DIABETES and lots more.I contacted Doctor Bongani via email;drbonganiherbalcure(at)gmail(dot)com. and made purchase of the emphysema herbal medicine, i received the herbal medicine through courier services within 3 days, when i received the herbal medicine i applied it as prescribed and was totally cured of emphysema within 4 weeks of usage, my family doctor confirmed am free from emphysema.is two months now,am living a normal life again ..thanks to doctor bongani...please dont ignore this post is real ...