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bone density

Has anyone using steroid inhalers; or has taken at least 3 courses of steroids lasting a week each yearly; had a bone density test? What is it? Someone has...

Has anyone using steroid inhalers; or has taken at least 3 courses of steroids l...

watergazer

•7 years ago

59 Replies

Oxygen referral

After my difficulties with the referral for ambulatory oxygen assessment I finally saw the respiratory nurse again on Thursday , after a six month break. As...

After my difficulties with the referral for ambulatory oxygen assessment I final...

Carnival567

•7 years ago

13 Replies

Bronchiectasis

Hi everyone, I've just been reading through posts and replies about bronchiectasis. I was diagnosed with mild bronchiectasis amongst other things earlier this...

Hi everyone, I've just been reading through posts and replies about bronchiectas...

Ca3489

•7 years ago

27 Replies

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Fast Heart Rate

Morning everyone, I would really appreciate your advice about something that is worrying me . I was found to have raised blood pressure at my annual...

Morning everyone, I would really appreciate your advice about something that is...

Kristen48

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Emphysema

hi..my name is angie..I am a little in shock,if that's the right word...3weeks ago had a bad chest infection. Coughed up blood..friends persuaded me to phone...

hi..my name is angie..I am a little in shock,if that's the right word...3weeks a...

Anjie123

•7 years ago

16 Replies

Bronchestis

Hi all! Hope your'e day is going well. I have a question to ask whoever can answer it would be appreciated. 36 years ago I was diagnosed with COPD and then I...

Hi all! Hope your'e day is going well. I have a question to ask whoever can answ...

Lindy-loo1949

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Confused

Hi there, I've been ill 9 wks now. Had an X-ray about 5 weeks ago and was informed it was pneumonia. I had a repeat X-ray on Monday and the GP stated...

Hi there, I've been ill 9 wks now. Had an X-ray about 5 weeks ago and was infor...

Sooshandy

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Rapid response visit

Nurse just Been sats were fine though if she had come 20 minutes before would have been a diffrent matter anyway I gave her letter hospital gave me to show...

Nurse just Been sats were fine though if she had come 20 minutes before would ha...

Time_2_drink

•7 years ago

15 Replies

Pseudamonus and oxygen

I have a really bad exhaberation of pseudomonas I am also on 2L oxygen 15 hrs, whilst I am at present on abs for treating it will the oxygen cannula s and...

I have a really bad exhaberation of pseudomonas I am also on 2L oxygen 15 hrs, w...

carolg1

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Does anyone know the difference between pulmonary fibrosis and severe copd stag 3? Also how of often should you have a pft.

DIi

deedee5

•7 years ago

10 Replies

By the SATS quick march

Well I never ever thought that I the incredible awe inspiring Dozy would ever play by the numbers. Numbers are for others, Dozy lives on the edge. Yeah, but,...

Well I never ever thought that I the incredible awe inspiring Dozy would ever pl...

DozyDormouse

•7 years ago

25 Replies

surrounded country

we live in hell.no treatment no medicin no tools & most of CF patients are dying. (iran)

we live in hell.no treatment no medicin no tools & most of CF patients are dying...

hz498

•7 years ago

2 Replies

Predictive text

It should read salamol

Lilelse

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Still feeling rough

Hi I'm new so hope you can bare with me ,I have been told by my Dr that I have COPD after having a chest X-ray at local hospital I was getting really bad...

Hi I'm new so hope you can bare with me ,I have been told by my Dr that I have ...

Lilelse

•7 years ago

2 Replies

copd

hi I've had copd all my life im 55 now and getting worse by the day just brought a salt pip praying that it would help now joy so far just a nasty taste in my...

hi I've had copd all my life im 55 now and getting worse by the day just brought...

Hidden

•7 years ago

15 Replies

Lungs infection

Hello My mom is in ICU ventilater and got infected in lungs since 6 days. How many days will take to get cure.

Hello My mom is in ICU ventilater and got infected in lungs since 6 days. How ...

Srawan_gurung

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Copd and bronchiectasis

Hi there, I have bronchiectasis, My mum has copd I just had a mitral valve replacement so have not been attending hospital appts with my mum This week my mum...

Hi there, I have bronchiectasis, My mum has copd I just had a mitral valve repla...

Dazzler142

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Pulmonary Embolism

Hi everyone. Hope you are all staying positive. I was rushed into a&e last week and after a ct scan was diagnosed with a blood clot on one of my lungs. I was...

Hi everyone. Hope you are all staying positive. I was rushed into a&e last week ...

Geronimo

•7 years ago

3 Replies

On a cold and frosty morning

Just walked a 5km this morning and have come back freezing but refreshed as did no exercise yesterday not even the gym I had to take him indoors shopping for...

Just walked a 5km this morning and have come back freezing but refreshed as did ...

Hidden

•7 years ago

25 Replies

to my windy peeps

Me23 minutes ago So what I''m thinking is maybe we are here to teach athletes how to save energy, We demonstrate, quite admirably might I add, the essence,...

Me23 minutes ago So what I''m thinking is maybe we are here to teach athletes h...

mellyme

•7 years ago

16 Replies

Amocycillan and clarithromycian

Can both of the above antibiotics be taken together for chest inflection history's copd,pleural thickening h, bacter

Can both of the above antibiotics be taken together for chest inflection history...

Tarabe

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Eating and breathing

Hi all does anyone know what sort of foods Are best for someone with Emphysmea I can not eat and breath at the mo and finding it hard what to eat . any...

Hi all does anyone know what sort of foods Are best for someone with Emphysmea...

Lyn1955

•7 years ago

14 Replies

Anyone had a bronchoscopy?

Hello all My consultant is considering a bronchoscopy as apparently I have gunk in the bottom of my lungs but my sputum samples come back clear so he want to...

Hello all My consultant is considering a bronchoscopy as apparently I have gunk ...

Knicho

•7 years ago

39 Replies

Catch up on hospital

Hospital reckons it's not a pneumothorax. On IV antibiotics. So will see what happens. Got a bit of a shock when I read the letter Doctor gave me for hospital...

Hospital reckons it's not a pneumothorax. On IV antibiotics. So will see what ha...

Time_2_drink

•7 years ago

41 Replies

I quit smoking for ever 4 months ago, feel worst than ever in my live, need help

Hi to All: I quit smoking 4 months ago, after 20 years of a daily pack, I´m 56. Suddenly I started to feel SOB and chest tightness so I intermediately stopped...

Hi to All: I quit smoking 4 months ago, after 20 years of a daily pack, I´m 56. ...

Hidden

•7 years ago

15 Replies

BLF helpline is fantastic

Just thought I would let people know that the helpline is a brilliant resource. I wasn't sure about how to use a couple of medications and my respiratory nurse...

Just thought I would let people know that the helpline is a brilliant resource. ...

Portales

•7 years ago

1 Reply

asthma paitent stammer

hello，everyone, first I need to apologize my bad English, this is my first post in this forum, I am a Chinese, male, 36, when I came into my thirty, were...

hello，everyone, first I need to apologize my bad English, this is my first post ...

afraidfuture

•7 years ago

22 Replies

Bipap machine

I need to buy a bpap machine, can someone advise me the best and quietest

Sc99By542

•7 years ago

8 Replies

copd

hi all i have severe emphysema 28% lung capacity i am hoping for an op (fingers crossed) if i fit the bill for the valves or the lung volume reduction has...

hi all i have severe emphysema 28% lung capacity i am hoping for an op (fingers ...

Bjayr123

•7 years ago

5 Replies

Significant emphysema

Can any one tell me what significant emphysema means as this is the term my specialist used.

Can any one tell me what significant emphysema means as this is the term my spec...

Deana1914

•7 years ago

5 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for September 2017

bone density

Oxygen referral

Bronchiectasis

Fast Heart Rate

Emphysema

Bronchestis

Confused

Rapid response visit

Pseudamonus and oxygen

Does anyone know the difference between pulmonary fibrosis and severe copd stag 3? Also how of often should you have a pft.

By the SATS quick march

surrounded country

Predictive text

Still feeling rough

copd

Lungs infection

Copd and bronchiectasis

Pulmonary Embolism

On a cold and frosty morning

to my windy peeps

Amocycillan and clarithromycian

Eating and breathing

Anyone had a bronchoscopy?

Catch up on hospital

I quit smoking for ever 4 months ago, feel worst than ever in my live, need help

BLF helpline is fantastic

asthma paitent stammer

Bipap machine

copd

Significant emphysema

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