Archive for September, 2009
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
COPD cant be reversed. Once you have it, you have it for life but there are different therapies to help reduce your symptoms, improve quality of life, and encourage your active participation in your treatment. It will not reverse the damage to your lungs already caused by COPD. Instead, it ...
Posted in copd disease | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
The cost will vary depending on the hospital and the patients overall condition, and some other factors. Without insurance the cost can be somewhere near $250,000.
Medicare will cover lung transplantation in hospitals with documented experience and success in performing that procedure. In general, Medicare pays 80 percent, which leaves 20 ...
Posted in lung transplant | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
I have been swamped with work as some of you already know and today on my way home from work, a close friend of mine called and informed me that she is indeed dying from "COPD" "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease" just as her husband did last year.
I am unable ...
Posted in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Most references with the Lung association do not list Asthma as a cause of Lung Scarring. Also how is lung scarring diagnosed? Is it only by CT scan?
Yes ... it can ... diagnosis is usually seen by chest x-ray ... it is generally seen in the patient with Chronic Asthma ...
Posted in lung scarring | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
My mother in law has just found out she has lung cancer and a tumor in her lung. She will be getting surgery to remove the tumor tomorrow. What are the chances of everything being okay? Will she have to take radiation or chemotherapy afterwards? I would like to ...
Posted in lung cancer | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
I'm a Nursing student, and for practice I tried to find the heart and lung sounds on my iguana. I can't find any at all, short of scales scratching on my diaphragm.
To hear the heart sounds place the stethoscope on the thorax in between the front legs. It can ...
Posted in lung | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
What do you suggest we give to a patient who has a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, coming to the emergency room for a sudden attack of chest pain and pallor
Dear worm - "we" might "give" the patient an appropriate history & physical, followed by an EKG & chest X-ray. ...
Posted in pulmonary disease | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
there are many diseases that affect the lungs like emphysema, cystic fibrosis, and lung cancer.
Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive lung disease. It is often caused by exposure to toxic chemicals or long-term exposure to tobacco smoke. Emphysema is caused by loss of elasticity (increased compliance) of the ...
Posted in lung disorders | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
not sure but i was diagnosed with mild emphysema in 2004.before that was hell on earth as far as rashes n stuff go i think the stress factor alone would do it lack of o2 does some scary things.
Posted in lung infection | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Mycoplasma pulmonis which is the major respiratory problem that rats will face is NOT contagious because all rats are born with a high chance of having this "virus" lie dormant in their system.
When Myco flares up there are many things that could cause it: cage conditions, overcrowding, poor bedding -> ...
Posted in respiratory disease | 5 Comments »