Alesandra Bevilacqua
Smoking, your career, the alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency... what do you think contributed to your diagnosis?
Patty70
Leon Lebowitz, BA, RRT Moderator
Hi Patty, and thank you for chiming in here and sharing your thoughts about how you were diagnosed with COPD. It does sound like the diagnosis may have been triggered when you contracted COVID. I've heard many stories, like yours, about folks having issues during the pandemic and then, being diagnosed with a pulmonary disease of one kind or another. It also sounds like your 'life history' may have contributed to this as well, just as you said.
How are you doing nowadays? Are you being treated for COPD and/or the after-effects of COVID?
If there is anything we can do to assist you, please let me or any other moderator / team member know. Please know, you are always welcome here in our community.
Wishing you well,
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)
Jenna
johnmarshall Admin
Lonely vegan girl
Janet Plank Moderator
You aren't alone, there are many here who smoked. Some very heavy and some not as many. Some people never smoked. There is a generic form of COPD, which is Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Have you hear of that?
John shared links on this article as well.
https://copd.net/living/human-barometer
Here is an article by Jackie English
https://copd.net/living/tested
Janet Plank Moderator
(Moderator/COPD.net)
kloker
Leon Lebowitz, BA, RRT Moderator
Hi again, kloker, and thanks for joining in this forum and answering Alesandra's question, posed at the beginning of 2021.
Just so you aware, Alesandra has moved on earlier this year to pursue other career interests.
In her place, we now have
As always, we are happy to have you here as such an active and involved member of the community.
Be well,
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)
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