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What cold remedies are effective for you?

My poor husband is really suffering - just wondered what other cops sufferers use eg lemsip etc. he is on abs, stopped the steroids this time they really made...

My poor husband is really suffering - just wondered what other cops sufferers us...

Hidden

•11 years ago

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'COPD'..... Why do GP's and consultants like to use the term? Just a thought!

I have been puzzled by this and have just found a curious co-incidence..... All the conditions that come under the umbrella term are all mainly caused by...

I have been puzzled by this and have just found a curious co-incidence..... All ...

HeatherS-UK

•11 years ago

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Airline assisted service

Can anyone tell me whether, when using an airline's assisted service (wheelchair through check-in, customes etc.,) I will be offered the opportunity to visit...

Can anyone tell me whether, when using an airline's assisted service (wheelchair...

elian

•11 years ago

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Anybody know where in the uk lung stem cell research is being carried out?

phillipehenry

•11 years ago

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Who can tell me what the process is between referal by a consultant to assessment at one of the Lung transplant centres

phillipehenry

•11 years ago

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Rescue meds or not?

Hi, yes it's me again. Different problem this time. My other half has had a really bad cough for about 6 days now.he had no other symptoms before the cough...

Hi, yes it's me again. Different problem this time. My other half has had a re...

Fantasy3

•11 years ago

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Where would I look for statistical research databases on IPF sufferers past and present

phillipehenry

•11 years ago

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Summer's been ......... and gone

Let the fire out, sat outside blue sky and sunshine summers here at long last. It's now pouring with rain and I'm very cold because I let the fire out. Lib x

Let the fire out, sat outside blue sky and sunshine summers here at long last. I...

libbygood

•11 years ago

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My skin feels really sore to the touch, around my rib area it really stings also pressure, anyone with copd suffer with this its awful x

carolg1

•11 years ago

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Does anyone get a feeling of having something permanently stuck in their throat with copd?

First of all Hello to everyone. I'm female, 51 and was diagnosed with copd 5 years ago (after spending 18 months having been told I had Emphysema). I've...

First of all Hello to everyone. I'm female, 51 and was diagnosed with copd 5 yea...

Squidgeum

•11 years ago

9 Replies

Help!!

Can anybody give me a phone number for the CAB in the romford,Essex area. I have searched their site,no numbers,just general ones.none for the area you live...

Can anybody give me a phone number for the CAB in the romford,Essex area. I hav...

Fantasy3

•11 years ago

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ESA

does anybody know how long ESA takes to come through, it says 8 days on direct gov but i've been walting for over 2 weeks now, and the lady at macmillan said...

does anybody know how long ESA takes to come through, it says 8 days on direct g...

Hidden

•11 years ago

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Nebulizer

I have just purchased a Philips nebulizer. Similar to the one in my GP's surgery. I am allowed to use it four times a day but so far twice is enough. I get...

I have just purchased a Philips nebulizer. Similar to the one in my GP's surgery...

hannahmac

•11 years ago

4 Replies

does anyone use a salt pipe

I am new to the site and so keen to learn from others.I have recently been diagnosed with COPD and I aso have fibrosis in my right lung that doctors say may...

I am new to the site and so keen to learn from others.I have recently been diagn...

divaanne

•11 years ago

7 Replies

Sleep

Hi everyone I came across this article on the BBC news site last night - http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/20427553 There was also an item about the "myth...

Hi everyone I came across this article on the BBC news site last night - http...

Hidden

•11 years ago

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Have I or haven't I?

I don't know if anyone else gets this, but sometimes I really feel like I am coming down with a cold and then after a couple of days all the symptoms go and I...

I don't know if anyone else gets this, but sometimes I really feel like I am com...

Lynne1955

•11 years ago

7 Replies

Doxycycline

I started this med. on Wednesday. Since then, I get violet sickness when I go to bed. Coughing and vomiting. Drinking milk does help, but I bring up all my...

I started this med. on Wednesday. Since then, I get violet sickness when I go t...

Hidden

•11 years ago

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Whats Script On Pulmonary Fibrosis BLF And Antifibrotics Drugs Are Thay Same As Corticosteroids

After Reading About These Antifibrotics Drugs .... Think A Need Some To BUT Not Sure My Lung Doc Seems To Be Upto Speed On My Condition As Have Had Few...

After Reading About These Antifibrotics Drugs .... Think A Need Some To BUT Not ...

Hidden

•11 years ago

1 Reply

Breathe Easy Support groups

Hi Following the new poll about Breathe Easy membership I thought I would start this blog to give any Breathe Easy group members an opportunity to promote...

Hi Following the new poll about Breathe Easy membership I thought I would s...

Hidden

•11 years ago

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There is help out there

I would like to thank all the people who left comments on my blog 'very worried'. The BLF are ringing me back tomorrow morning with some advice. It is very...

I would like to thank all the people who left comments on my blog 'very worried'...

Quintus

•11 years ago

4 Replies

Hyperinflated lungs ...has anyone else been diagnosed with this after an X-ray? I developed asthma/COPD 20 years ago after pneumonia.

knitter

•11 years ago

10 Replies

Very worried

I was diagnosed with copd three days ago. My condition is graded as severe and my lung age was 95 although I am really 64. I have been put on Seretide 250, two...

I was diagnosed with copd three days ago. My condition is graded as severe and m...

Quintus

•11 years ago

20 Replies

Chest cold

2wks ago got chest cold ,went to a@e,got a/b and soluble steroids,meow ever my peak flow still not brill,still got a wheeze,went to docs today ,got some normal...

2wks ago got chest cold ,went to a@e,got a/b and soluble steroids,meow ever my p...

Hidden

•11 years ago

9 Replies

am i having an attck or am i just panicing

Just a quick q, i have been having a mini attacks of breathing rapid and not being able to stop. Is this asthma or me getting stressed??? or is it on of the...

Just a quick q, i have been having a mini attacks of breathing rapid and not bei...

izzy007

•11 years ago

4 Replies

Any tips on Blue Badge Appeal. Turned down even though I need Oxygen when walking or on exertion?

Johnboy0070

•11 years ago

24 Replies

Spiriva capsule didn't vibrate in handihaler

Has anyone else had this? Did I still get the medication? Used my Spiriva for the first time yesterday and all was as it should be. Came to use it this...

Has anyone else had this? Did I still get the medication? Used my Spiriva for...

SeasideSusie

•11 years ago

46 Replies

Eklira Genuair (aclidinium bromide)

A few weeks ago I received a letter from my surgery outlining their plan to transfer copd patients currently using Spiriva to the new Elkira Genuair inhaler....

A few weeks ago I received a letter from my surgery outlining their plan to tran...

Hidden

•11 years ago

11 Replies

Information please

Hi everyone,is there anyone out there who has had lung reduction surgery, and can tell me what there experiences were i have been reading about the...

Hi everyone,is there anyone out there who has had lung reduction surgery, and ca...

meike

•11 years ago

4 Replies

Just diagnosed with mild copd, gave up smoking 2 months ago, my husband says its not bad coz its mild and won't get any worse, is this so?

New to site and worried, am I over reacting?

Lindylou52

•11 years ago

18 Replies

Understanding alpha1 antitrypsin defiency

Hi I'm new here I'm 37 and been diagnosed with moderate emphysema , copd , asthma I've had loads of test which found the defiency I'm so breathless all the...

Hi I'm new here I'm 37 and been diagnosed with moderate emphysema , copd , asthm...

Nik37

•11 years ago

10 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for April 2013

What cold remedies are effective for you?

'COPD'..... Why do GP's and consultants like to use the term? Just a thought!

Airline assisted service

Anybody know where in the uk lung stem cell research is being carried out?

Who can tell me what the process is between referal by a consultant to assessment at one of the Lung transplant centres

Rescue meds or not?

Where would I look for statistical research databases on IPF sufferers past and present

Summer's been ......... and gone

My skin feels really sore to the touch, around my rib area it really stings also pressure, anyone with copd suffer with this its awful x

Does anyone get a feeling of having something permanently stuck in their throat with copd?

Help!!

ESA

Nebulizer

does anyone use a salt pipe

Sleep

Have I or haven't I?

Doxycycline

Whats Script On Pulmonary Fibrosis BLF And Antifibrotics Drugs Are Thay Same As Corticosteroids

Breathe Easy Support groups

There is help out there

Hyperinflated lungs ...has anyone else been diagnosed with this after an X-ray? I developed asthma/COPD 20 years ago after pneumonia.

Very worried

Chest cold

am i having an attck or am i just panicing

Any tips on Blue Badge Appeal. Turned down even though I need Oxygen when walking or on exertion?

Spiriva capsule didn't vibrate in handihaler

Eklira Genuair (aclidinium bromide)

Information please

Just diagnosed with mild copd, gave up smoking 2 months ago, my husband says its not bad coz its mild and won't get any worse, is this so?

Understanding alpha1 antitrypsin defiency

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