New to copd carer

[Printerjayne]

My mums been in hospital all Christmas and now diagnosed with copd. She's now home and stopped smoking after 60 years. She's now on nicotine patches, and has a inhaler.

Since coming home she has had quite bad toilet tummies and is now runni g a high temperature. Is this something to do with copd or the nicotine patches?

[penney1825]

hi and welcome

I am not sure but if I was you I would get the doctor to see her because something not right and if she getting worse over the weekend call them out x

kimp

[music]

hi i dont think that is to do with copd but it may be the meds she is on , someone may explane better soon on here.

[kimmy59]

Nicotine patches gave me a bad stomach but it could be the meds, I would ask the doctor. I had the electronic cigarette in the end, didn't really use it after a couple of days that was 3 years ago.

Good luck to her

Kim xxx

[itsBAme]

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[peege]

I'm no doctor but I'd have thought a temperature wouldn't have anything to do with the patches. Best to get a check up.

Also, if you were brought up as a child in cigarette smoke you really should treat your lungs with kid gloves. Many of us here with lung problems haven't smoked but brought up as passive smokers.

Good luck to your mum. ... ps for the inhaler, put the name of it in to a YouTube search to get a demo of how to take it correctly to get the best out of it.

[Printerjayne]

Thanks everyone for your help

[Nikkers]

I have heard a lot of cases like this after long time smokers stop, myself being one of them. A GP told me (don't know how correct it is?) that smoking does something to the lining of the gut, and when you stop smoking that changes it an all kinds of things occur. I stopped smoking in 1992 and in 1996 was diagnosed with UC (Ulcerative Colitis.) This an agonising and disabling disease Not only is it excruciatingly painful, it totally wipes you out and leaves you weak as a baby. It can be controlled with drugs so get your GP to check for this, there's nothing worse than spending 24/7 in the loo.

Good luck to your Mum. XX

[stilltruckin in reply to Nikkers]

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[MightyS]

Stop the patches and swap to electric cigs. Plus if on tablets or steroids try eating yogurt everyday and aloe Vera to settle your mums tummy. is your mum struggling from breath when she walks up the stairs?