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IPF management

Is Blackcurrant juice good in IPF?

Aumshivam

•4 years ago

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A Replacement for Exercise?

Whether it be a brisk walk around the park or high intensity training at the gym, exercise does a body good. But what if you could harness the benefits of a...

Whether it be a brisk walk around the park or high intensity training at the gym...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Influenza-induced monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages confer prolonged antibacterial protection.

Despite the prevalence and clinical importance of influenza, its long-term effect on lung immunity is unclear. Here we describe that following viral clearance...

Despite the prevalence and clinical importance of influenza, its long-term effec...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Programmed ‘disarming’ of the neutrophil proteome reduces the magnitude of inflammation.

The antimicrobial functions of neutrophils are facilitated by a defensive armamentarium of proteins stored in granules, and by the formation of neutrophil...

The antimicrobial functions of neutrophils are facilitated by a defensive armame...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Accelerated speed of discovery could lead to more effective smoking cessation aids.

Smoking claims the lives of more than seven million people each year. Smoking tobacco delivers nicotine to the neuroreceptors responsible for addiction,...

Smoking claims the lives of more than seven million people each year. Smoking to...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) can detect low-glucose levels via ECG without fingerpick test.

Tracking sugar in the blood is crucial for both healthy individuals and diabetic patients. Current methods to measure glucose requires needles and repeated...

Tracking sugar in the blood is crucial for both healthy individuals and diabetic...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Bronchiectasis and struggling!

I'm very new here! I'm at home right now with pseudomonas and on Cipro....no side effects, yet. I have bronchiectasis but have been pretty well for a few...

I'm very new here! I'm at home right now with pseudomonas and on Cipro....no si...

OTTERfun70

•4 years ago

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going off steroids

lm try to come of prednisolone steroids i.e. 2 day has any one been successful in going on another prescription ? rodders

lm try to come of prednisolone steroids i.e. 2 day has any one been successful ...

rodders1941

•4 years ago

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Aids to expel mucus

Anyone using anything to expel mucus and exercise lungs?

Magarita

•4 years ago

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Any globetrotters or holiday makers on oxygen therapy - how do you manage to travel with portable oxygen concentrators?

Any globetrotters or holiday makers on oxygen therapy - how do you manage to travel with portable oxygen concentrators? Do you have to hire portable oxygen...

Any globetrotters or holiday makers on oxygen therapy - how do you manage to tra...

iconoclasts

•4 years ago

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Oxygen burns leading to uncontrollable nosebleed (oxygen therapy for pulmonary fibrosis)

My partner who is on oxygen therapy for pulmonary fibrosis gave me a scare recently by uncontrollable nosebleed. We called an ambulance, and they took him to...

My partner who is on oxygen therapy for pulmonary fibrosis gave me a scare recen...

iconoclasts

•4 years ago

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Shock results

I had to change doctors on moving to my latest home! The previous month I’d gone for my usual respiratory check with my nurse at old surgery! She asked if I...

I had to change doctors on moving to my latest home! The previous month I’d gone...

Jessie8ruff

•4 years ago

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Sorry guys I need to moan it's a poor me also worried I am going to die

I have emphysema last year I have fluid in the lung then cancer couple of days after op had blood clots 1 in each lung knew nothing only hard to breath drain...

I have emphysema last year I have fluid in the lung then cancer couple of days ...

Yousaok

•4 years ago

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Consultant appt for results

Appt on Tuesday to get results from lymph nodes collected from my op on the 16th December. Still struggling with pain mostly on the drain site. It was...

Appt on Tuesday to get results from lymph nodes collected from my op on the 16th...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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First time physio

I have my first physio soon and I’m just wondering what it’s like when you attend the first appointment, what can I expect and do I really need it? My phlegm...

I have my first physio soon and I’m just wondering what it’s like when you atten...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Getting scared

Now have a date for my LVRS next Wednesday, the 22nd Jan.

Wheezylady

•4 years ago

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Arm pain ?

Hi I'm new here does anyone suffer arm and shoulder pain with their emphsema? Thanks

Hi I'm new here does anyone suffer arm and shoulder pain with their emphsema? Th...

Ruby490

•4 years ago

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On a mooch in the forest the old broken branches take on there own shapes and forms

Happy sunday 💞💞

Blackbird6

•4 years ago

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Cigarette smoke damages mental health, too.

For decades, doctors have warned about the health risks of smoking. However, their warnings focused on the physical risks that cigarettes pose to health, such...

For decades, doctors have warned about the health risks of smoking. However, the...

2greys

•4 years ago

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We know bushfire smoke affects our health, but the long-term consequences are hazy.

In previous years, Australians might have been exposed to bushfire smoke for a few days, or even a week. But this bushfire season is extreme in every respect....

In previous years, Australians might have been exposed to bushfire smoke for a f...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Oxygen question

Hello I have Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and am on oxygen 16 hrs a day at home with a concentrater I also use oxygen canisters for when I'm out and about. I...

Hello I have Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and am on oxygen 16 hrs a day at home ...

cazza34

•4 years ago

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HOLIDAY PICS

HAVING A 1 MONTH BREAK IN BENIDORM. Today been to a market at La Cala Finestrat. The market was a steady climb, uphill of at least half a mile. But had no...

HAVING A 1 MONTH BREAK IN BENIDORM. Today been to a market at La Cala Finestrat....

Bingo88

•4 years ago

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Copd

Had suffered shortness of breath at work ,and for 2yrs this continued with a bad taste in my mouth continuous.Then 2015 pneumonia at work,my journey...

Had suffered shortness of breath at work ,and for 2yrs this continued with a bad...

Barnes6660

•4 years ago

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COPD

Hi I have now been off my 7 day course of prednislone 5mg 6 tablets a day for a chest infection for over 3 weeks now and still feel has if nothing wrong with...

Hi I have now been off my 7 day course of prednislone 5mg 6 tablets a day for a ...

music

•4 years ago

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The NHS. Too big to fail?

The UK media frequently blazes the headline above as it it were a fact. But is this true? Does the sheer scale of the NHS make it a bastion to attack? A...

The UK media frequently blazes the headline above as it it were a fact. But is t...

Cateran

•4 years ago

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Wolf moon minus the photo

Scruff.s and her mates decided to take the kids to look at the wolf moon tonight,not being very adept at photography they decided to bin the camera and just...

Scruff.s and her mates decided to take the kids to look at the wolf moon tonight...

skischool

•4 years ago

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Home

Feel like rubbish told to make appointment to see dr in couple of days time..guess respiratory nurses will be out at some point...feeling sorry for myself...

Feel like rubbish told to make appointment to see dr in couple of days time..gue...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Wolf moon stunning

💞💞💞💞

Blackbird6

•4 years ago

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Lung infection symptoms

presentation: When infections, microbes or some of the time growths arrive at the lungs of an individual and start to create, contamination starts in the...

presentation: When infections, microbes or some of the time growths arrive at ...

Sanjayy

•4 years ago

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IPF,

I have IPF, what medication/s are available in Scotland.

pauld8

•4 years ago

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All posts for January 2020

IPF management

A Replacement for Exercise?

Influenza-induced monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages confer prolonged antibacterial protection.

Programmed ‘disarming’ of the neutrophil proteome reduces the magnitude of inflammation.

Accelerated speed of discovery could lead to more effective smoking cessation aids.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can detect low-glucose levels via ECG without fingerpick test.

Bronchiectasis and struggling!

going off steroids

Aids to expel mucus

Any globetrotters or holiday makers on oxygen therapy - how do you manage to travel with portable oxygen concentrators?

Oxygen burns leading to uncontrollable nosebleed (oxygen therapy for pulmonary fibrosis)

Shock results

Sorry guys I need to moan it's a poor me also worried I am going to die

Consultant appt for results

First time physio

Getting scared

Arm pain ?

On a mooch in the forest the old broken branches take on there own shapes and forms

Cigarette smoke damages mental health, too.

We know bushfire smoke affects our health, but the long-term consequences are hazy.

Oxygen question

HOLIDAY PICS

Copd

COPD

The NHS. Too big to fail?

Wolf moon minus the photo

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Wolf moon stunning

Lung infection symptoms

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