Is there any validity to a claim that Dry Salt Therapy (halotherapy) relieves COPD symptoms?...Someone is telling me that dry salt therapy "...reaches the lower respiratory system and works as a bronchial toothbrush for the airways?"...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
I use oxygen 24/7 as we;; as a bronchodilator as needed....It is, of course, respiratory in nature. My pulmonologist waivers about the safety, does anyone have experience with that area while having COPD?...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesTravel
Copd ...I’m a 70 yr old female I started smoking in the 60s I recently was admitted to hospital, my diagnosis were acute chronic respiratory failure I’m now on...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
feeling like a fish out of water!...At what stage do you get referred to respiratory rehab? So many questions...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
COPD and Oxygen ...Oxygen,I have a Bi pap machine,I use everynight because I can’t do the exchange in my lungs and heart so the Bi pap gets the Co2 out of my body...Reactions0reactionsComments13 repliesCopingAwarenessHealthcare Team
Exacerbations...I have COPD emphasema I am on prednisolone it feels like every two weeks the breathlessness starts to get worse the respiratory doc put me on uniphyllin...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Organicell Regenerative Medicine...lAccording to Organicell, the clinical status of these patients improved, including their respiratory health....Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
distracting my brain......The best advice my therapist gave me was to count 100 backwards or start looking at my surrounding and start counting....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesBreathing
RSV...Hi all, this latest respiratory virus has me so scared I won't even look up information about it. I just don't want to know....Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesCoping
Symptoms ...I am needing a lung transplant I was diagnosed in 2018 non symptomatic I then had the Astra Zenica And 3 days later suffered respiratory failure I...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesDiagnosis
Learning the new *normal* and how to tell if I am going downhill...The respiratory doc has me scheduled in for six monthly reviews and I've got two inhalers She wouldn't perform Spiro tests as I'd had that done two years...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosisEmphysemaChronic Bronchitis
Diagnosed via ct scan last week with extensive emphysema...When I spoke to my gp he told me he cannot refer me to respiratory until I’ve had a spirometry test which is booked for the 20th July, they...Reactions0reactionsComments15 replies
In Vivo Generation of Lung and Thyroid Tissues from Embryonic Stem Cells Using B...: The regeneration and replacement of lung cells or tissues from induced pluripotent stem cell– or embryonic stem cell–derived cells represent future therapies...Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Newly diagnosed help with dlco...Had respiratory failure in the spring with o2 levels at 45 upon the ambulance showing up. Spent a week in the hospital....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosisNewly Diagnosed
Spouse with COPD is so irritable...I do see a therapist, and take medication, which helps, but I feel so anxious with what's to come and upset with him so much of the time....Reactions0reactionsComments11 repliesCaregiving
A targeted treatment for emphysema?...In addition to emphysema, PR1P may have therapeutic potential for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a common and devastating disease which also...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Mask outdoors...Ended up in upper respiratory distress for 4 days. Will not forget the mask again. Does anyone else work in the gardens and yard wearing a mask?...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesSymptomsTriggersBreathing
A few questions........Being recently diagnosed, I have so many questions, and I have a 4 - 6 wait for my respiratory specialist....Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesNewly Diagnosed
Noninvasive ventilator (Trilogy Machine)...He has chronic respiratory failure... he retains CO2. They put him on a Noninvasive Ventilator called Trilogy....Reactions0reactionsComments19 replies
Just diagnosed...Hi, a couple of days ago I went to the respratory clinic for a consult....Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
