Archive for the ‘chronic obstructive pulmonary disease’ Category
Friday, February 12th, 2010
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. I would like to know the pathophysiology behind it.
Actually CHF (chronic heart failure) is known to cause the ankles to swell. Sometimes people have both COPD and CHF. CHF causes the ankles to swell because the heart does not pump effectively. Because of ...
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
COPD is an acronym for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. My wife has fought bronchitis for the last two or three years. She recently came down with a severe case of double pneumonia. After that was cleared up, we found out from a pulmonologist that all of this caused by COPD, ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
I know that Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) involving damage to the air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs. As a result, your body does not get the oxygen it needs. Emphysema makes it hard to catch your breath. You may also have a chronic cough ...
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
My mother was recently diagnosed with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). She was issued a very long list of prescription drugs that she must now take including inhalers, steroids, antibiotics, etc. She does not have any insurance and these drugs are very expensive. Does anyone know how ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
it REALLY CAUSES :
Men:affects teeth to 30% in color
heart attacks
blood diseases
impotence
Female: hurts pregnancy FOR GOD SAKE AND YOUR CHILDREN SAKE TOO!
WHAT THE hell
Most people know that smoking can cause lung cancer, but it can also cause many other cancers and illnesses.
Smoking kills around 114,000 people in the UK each ...
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
I was a smoker for 12 years (started at age 16); I have been smoke free for 25 days now. The fist 10-15 days no problems felt like I was floating, now I feel like crap. I have this feeling in my chest like I want to cough-up a hair ...
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
It comes and goes throughtout the day, but it is becoming really annoying to me that I am scared to have conversations with people in the fear that I will lose my breath just talking to them. Any idea what this could be?
I have never had asthma nor have ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
who give you dirty looks and you can hear them say "she doesn't look disabled to me". This just happened to me at Walmart - and I didn't know what to do or even if I should do anything. My disability is "hidden"- Congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, chronic ...
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
I was a smoker for 12 years (started at age 16); I have been smoke free for 25 days now. The fist 10-15 days no problems felt like I was floating, now I feel like crap. I have this feeling in my chest like I want to cough-up a hair ...
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
I was a smoker for 12 years (started at age 16); I have been smoke free for 25 days now. The fist 10-15 days no problems felt like I was floating, now I feel like crap. I have this feeling in my chest like I want to cough-up a hair ...
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