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I went to the nhs walk in with a sore chest and I was prescribed doxycyline for a chest infection and now I’m having trouble when I urinate it feels Liek a UTI...

I went to the nhs walk in with a sore chest and I was prescribed doxycyline for ...

Clo_xo-

•5 years ago

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COPD question???

I have COPD do we know if people with respiratory complaints are surviving the coronavirus 🤞Hopefully this will be contained and a vaccine discovered. But I'd...

I have COPD do we know if people with respiratory complaints are surviving the c...

Creanerweldonjanet1

•5 years ago

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How much exercise

Hi my husband is breathless when resting, the lung consultant who we saw last week, said he doesn't need oxygen, exercise is the best, my question is … How...

Hi my husband is breathless when resting, the lung consultant who we saw last we...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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increased breathlessness

I have COPS stage 3, in recent weeks I have become more tired and breathless. I have requested to see chest consultant but as ever it takes times. I am feeling...

I have COPS stage 3, in recent weeks I have become more tired and breathless. I ...

Annieosb

•5 years ago

20 Replies

New

Hi I'm new with copd ,just wondering if anyone gets pains in upper back and ribs

Hi I'm new with copd ,just wondering if anyone gets pains in upper back and ribs...

Colliesam

•5 years ago

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A very harrowing story, the stuff of nightmares.

As some of you know we do not watch broadcast television anymore, preferring to spend what would be the licence fee on the, cheaper, internet streaming...

As some of you know we do not watch broadcast television anymore, preferring to ...

2greys

•5 years ago

9 Replies

Emphysema

Emphysema diagnosis

300849

•5 years ago

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Ever have trouble yawning?

Do any of you have trouble completing a yawn? Since my seemingly inexplicable breathing problems began, completing yawns has become more and more of a problem...

Do any of you have trouble completing a yawn? Since my seemingly inexplicable b...

DaveT81

•5 years ago

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End-Stage doesn’t mean it’s the end.

They sometimes refer to Stage lV as End-stage emphysema but don’t think it means you will die soon. I’ve been stage IV (FEV1 <30%) for 10 years now, following...

They sometimes refer to Stage lV as End-stage emphysema but don’t think it means...

Sharp5Flat13

•5 years ago

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Breathlessness Any ideas ?

Has anyone experienced breathlessness while reducing steroids ? Started on 60 mg have an Auto-immune condition Eosophilia Fasciitis , My lung function test was...

Has anyone experienced breathlessness while reducing steroids ? Started on 60 mg...

Emerdale

•5 years ago

25 Replies

Looking for advise

Can anyone advise me please, I have COPD and recently had a number of flare ups. I was called to a meeting by my employer and have been issued with a warning,...

Can anyone advise me please, I have COPD and recently had a number of flare ups....

Bolton-Lass

•5 years ago

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Coronavirus: What does it mean if you have health problems?

https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health?utm_campaign=1305154_HeartMatters_enewsletter_NonHCP2_February

https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronaviru...

LoncinLad

•5 years ago

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Pay-back Time.

All those happy hours I spent in a smoke filled English pub, Drinking real English ale and scoffing English grub. Then when I got much older, a businessman...

All those happy hours I spent in a smoke filled English pub, Drinking real Engli...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Dizzy with Nebuliser.

I was given a Nebuliser by my Respiratory Nurse to try. On my 2nd day I'm finding that it does loosen the Sputem but it makes me very dizzy and light headed....

I was given a Nebuliser by my Respiratory Nurse to try. On my 2nd day I'm findin...

Grayjay

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Coughing gone

On my previous post I said that my 24yr old daughter has been diagnosed with ppfe , to long to spell out. She was exhausted and miserable from being in pain...

On my previous post I said that my 24yr old daughter has been diagnosed with ppf...

Kcn3

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Changing names

How do I change my spacecat1 name.

Spacecat1

•5 years ago

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A Mobile Phone App for COPD

https://www.copdfoundation.org/Learn-More/The-COPD-Pocket-Consultant-Guide/Healthcare-Provider-Track.aspx You can view it from either patient or provider...

https://www.copdfoundation.org/Learn-More/The-COPD-Pocket-Consultant-Guide/Healt...

Sharp5Flat13

•5 years ago

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Good Consultant In S. Devon?

As perhaps you have seen in my previous posts, I am not coping very well at the moment. I finally got an appointment with the respiratory nurse at the...

As perhaps you have seen in my previous posts, I am not coping very well at the ...

Woofly

•5 years ago

12 Replies

COPD

Hello it’s me again...! My dad has a respiratory nurse now and they took sputum samples and found an infection hadn’t cleared up. She called. My dads GP and...

Hello it’s me again...! My dad has a respiratory nurse now and they took sputum ...

Sallyhoad

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Beautiful sunrise this morning

Have a blissful weekend all of you 💞

Blackbird6

•5 years ago

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Fed up not being able to breathe properly

Last November I was given pink inhaler. I gave it 8 weeks but didn't really notice any difference. I've had 2 spirometry tests. One before inhaler was bad. One...

Last November I was given pink inhaler. I gave it 8 weeks but didn't really noti...

Lunglady

•5 years ago

22 Replies

Dont get the call cause of high steriods

As anyone not been called in if they have lungs for you because of being on high doses of steroids all the time . I'm on 40mg a day again n got to b on 15mg or...

As anyone not been called in if they have lungs for you because of being on high...

skylas

•5 years ago

10 Replies

‘Significant step’ in COVID-19 vaccine quest

A University of Queensland team has met a key milestone in their fast-tracked research to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19. In just three...

A University of Queensland team has met a key milestone in their fast-tracked re...

2greys

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Question About Side Effects of Fostair

I've tried Fostair for a month and don't think it does wonders for my breathing, at all. However, during the the last week, I have developed a partial numbness...

I've tried Fostair for a month and don't think it does wonders for my breathing,...

anng18

•5 years ago

16 Replies

Strange query.

I have a blue badge and I'm in receipt of pip for daily living. For my bronch and severe asthma. My badge is my saviour and allows me to get out by myself,...

I have a blue badge and I'm in receipt of pip for daily living. For my bronch an...

Treed12

•5 years ago

31 Replies

Actress - June Brown....

Hmm, we hear that Actress June Brown who is now 93 is leaving " EastEnders" TV show , who has been a SMOKER FOR ALL THESE YEARS …-. how did she escape our...

Hmm, we hear that Actress June Brown who is now 93 is leaving " EastEnders" TV ...

vittorio

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Power - by Midge 🐶

My man Don once had a job Where people called him Sir That was many years ago So I then wasn't there Now he has to do as told What a come down that must be...

My man Don once had a job Where people called him Sir That was many years ago S...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Can benign nodules be painful/cause symptoms?

How likely is it that benign nodules cause symptoms such as a cough and chest pain? My mum has had some nodules appear on an X-ray (CT scan to take place on...

How likely is it that benign nodules cause symptoms such as a cough and chest pa...

Jlcwonderboy

•5 years ago

2 Replies

My spirometery results, thoughts?

Hi, yesterday I had a spirometery results were peak flow 480, and 76% before bronchodilator, after bronchodilator I was 72%. I have being having upper back...

Hi, yesterday I had a spirometery results were peak flow 480, and 76% before bro...

Gg4l

•5 years ago

2 Replies

MULLEIN TEA

Good Morning You lovely friends. Hope i find you all as well as can be. I know we are all at different stages. Was wanting to know your thoughts on this...

Good Morning You lovely friends. Hope i find you all as well as can be. I know w...

Bingo88

•5 years ago

7 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for February 2020

Help

COPD question???

How much exercise

increased breathlessness

New

A very harrowing story, the stuff of nightmares.

Emphysema

Ever have trouble yawning?

End-Stage doesn’t mean it’s the end.

Breathlessness Any ideas ?

Looking for advise

Coronavirus: What does it mean if you have health problems?

Pay-back Time.

Dizzy with Nebuliser.

Coughing gone

Changing names

A Mobile Phone App for COPD

Good Consultant In S. Devon?

COPD

Beautiful sunrise this morning

Fed up not being able to breathe properly

Dont get the call cause of high steriods

‘Significant step’ in COVID-19 vaccine quest

Question About Side Effects of Fostair

Strange query.

Actress - June Brown....

Power - by Midge 🐶

Can benign nodules be painful/cause symptoms?

My spirometery results, thoughts?

MULLEIN TEA

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