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What does LESS EMPHYSEMA and MORE EMPHYSEMA Mean? | 7:30 πŸ•’ AM, EST Tue Jan 17, 2023 | HITE1955 With: β€˜ DOUG β€˜ INOGEN ONE G5 | IO- 500

What DOES the FOLLOWING DOCTOR / PULMONOLOGIST TERMS Mean ?
LESS EMPHYSEMA
βœ… * HIGHER BODY MASS INDEX
βœ… * MORE METABOLIC CO - MORBIDITIES
⁉️ * Cardiac Compromise
βœ… * OSA - COPD OVERLAP
⁉️ * Less Hyperinflation
❌ * More Chronic Bronchitis
⁉️ * Increased EXACERBATIONS
⁉️ * More Normal Diffusion Capacity
⁉️ * Higher Serum Levels of Inflammatory
Markers ( IL - 6 and CRP )
SYMPTOMS
❌ * Chronic * Productive Cough
❌ * PURULENT SPUTUM.
( My Late MOM had this, but, LπŸ‘πŸ‘KED the Part of MORE EMPHYSEMA with the THIN PHYSIQUE!! )
⁉️ * Hemoptysis
❌ * MILD DYSPHASIA Initially
❌ * Cyanosis, ( Due to Hypoxemia )
βœ… * Crackles, WHEEZES
βœ… * PROLONGED EXPIRATION
βœ… * OBESE
COMPLICATIONS
* Secondary Polycythemia Vera Due to
Hypoxemia
* Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Reactive
Vasoconstriction from Hypoxemia
* Car Pumonale from Chronic Pulmonary
Hypertension

MORE EMPHYSEMA
❌ * LoBody Mass
⁉️ * Fewer Cardiovascular Co - Morbidities
⁉️* Fewer Metabolic Co - Morbidities
βœ… * LESS MUSCLE MASS
βœ… * HYPERINFLATION
⁉️ * Low Diffusion Capacity for CO
βœ… * MORE DYSPNOEA
βœ… * DECREASED EXERCISE CAPACITY
βœ… * WORST HEALTH STATUS
⁉️ * Lower Serum Levels of sRAGEs
SYMPTOMS
βœ… * DYSPNEA
βœ… * MIINIMAL COUGH
βœ… * INCREASED MINUTE VENTILATION
βœ… * PINK SKIN , PURSED - LIP BREATHING
❌ * Accessory Muscle Use
⁉️ * Cachexia
βœ… * HYPERINFLATION, BARREL CHEST
βœ… * DECREASED BREATH SOUNDS
⁉️ * Tachypnea
COMPLICATIONS
❀️🫁 * PNEUMOTHORAX Dur to BULLAE
❀️🫁 * WEIGHT LOSS Due to WORK of BREATHING


  1. What are LEXICON of?
    Less EMPHYSEMA
    1: βœ… * MORE METABOLIC CO - MORBIDITIES
    2: ⁉️ * Cardiac Compromise
    3: ⁉️ * Less Hyperinflation
    4: ❌ * More Chronic Bronchitis
    5: ⁉️ * Increased EXACERBATIONS
    6: ⁉️ * More Normal Diffusion Capacity
    7: ⁉️ * Higher Serum Levels of Inflammatory
    Markers ( IL - 6 and CRP )
    SYMPTOMS
    8: ❌ * Chronic * Productive Cough
    9: ❌ * PURULENT SPUTUM
    10 : ⁉️ * Hemoptysis
    11:❌ * MILD DYSPHASIA Initially
    12: ❌ * Cyanosis, ( Due to Hypoxemia )
    13: βœ… * Crackles, WHEEZES
    14: βœ… * PROLONGED EXPIRATION
    15: βœ… * OBESE
    COMPLICATIONS
    16: * Secondary Polycythemia Vera Due to Hypoxemia
    17: * Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Reactive Vasoconstriction from Hypoxemia
    18: * Car Pumonale from Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension


    ❀️🫁 MORE EMPHYSEMA 🫁❀️
    1: ❌ * Low Body Mass
    2: ⁉️ * Fewer Cardiovascular Co - Morbidities
    3:⁉️* Fewer Metabolic Co - Morbidities
    4: βœ… * LESS MUSCLE MASS
    5: βœ… * HYPERINFLATION
    6: ⁉️ * Low Diffusion Capacity for CO
    7: βœ… * MORE DYSPNOEA
    8: βœ… * DECREASED EXERCISE CAPACITY
    9:βœ… * WORST HEALTH STATUS
    10:⁉️ * Lower Serum Levels of sRAGEs
    SYMPTOMS
    11: βœ… * DYSPNEA
    12: βœ… * MIINIMAL COUGH
    13: βœ… * INCREASED MINUTE VENTILATION
    14: βœ… * PINK SKIN , PURSED - LIP BREATHING
    15: ❌ * Accessory Muscle Use
    16: ⁉️ * Cachexia
    17: βœ… * HYPERINFLATION, BARREL CHEST
    18: βœ… * DECREASED BREATH SOUNDS
    19: ⁉️ * Tachypnea
    COMPLICATIONS
    20: ❀️🫁 * PNEUMOTHORAX Dur to BULLAE
    21: ❀️🫁 * WEIGHT LOSS Due to WORK of BREATHING

    1. I will need to though

    2. Hi again, hite, and thank you for this response. You may find that speaking with your medical team will provide you with answers to all your concerns. Please do check back and let us know how the conversation turns out for you.
      Good luck!
      Leon (site moderator COPD.net)

  2. Had Orthopnea. This means that you feel like you cannot breathe when lying flat on your back. You need to
    sit up to breathe.
    But NOVEMBER 26, 2015, i couldNot!!

    1. No, thank GOD}}!! I have improved since then

    2. Hi again, hite, and thanks for both of your responses. I am glad to hear that you are now much improved from 2015, when you shared you were experiencing orthopnea.
      Keep up the good work!
      Leon (site moderator COPD.net)

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