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A sign of the times!

Yesterday I was chatting online with my 6 years old grandson and the topic turned inevitably to Christmas. After telling me what presents he would like he...

Yesterday I was chatting online with my 6 years old grandson and the topic turne...

Geronimo

•4 years ago

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Herbal / alternative medicines

Hi All, Wee quick update regarding a previous post. So far due to coughing and breathlessness I have been unable to find a practise who will allow me to visit...

Hi All, Wee quick update regarding a previous post. So far due to coughing and b...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Has any one gone through and still going through with what I have had and still have would be interested to here.

Childhood ILLness lung problems.

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•4 years ago

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Prednisolone

Hi, For my lung inflammation I was prescribed 40mg prednisolone for 3 weeks and then 20mg prednisolone for 3 weeks. I'm finally on my final week of this...

Hi, For my lung inflammation I was prescribed 40mg prednisolone for 3 weeks and ...

sleepycocoa

•4 years ago

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Please lighten up.

Re politicising this forum. Honestly folks, if ppl feel the need to mix things up slightly then what harm are they doing? This Covid crisis and the handling of...

Re politicising this forum. Honestly folks, if ppl feel the need to mix things u...

Mrbojangles

•4 years ago

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Ipf/emphysema

Hi everyone I will apologise in advance for this moan! My health has definitely become worse this year & I catch myself thinking next year I’ll do whatever...

Hi everyone I will apologise in advance for this moan! My health has definitely ...

Looseloafers

•4 years ago

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Cliff

When I do my lung clearance for Bronchiectasis, it's only after about 30 to 45 minutes that the real work begins: that is a tickling sensation in the left lung...

When I do my lung clearance for Bronchiectasis, it's only after about 30 to 45 m...

skipwork

•4 years ago

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Tenacity.

However do you do it? What holds you there so tight? The fact that you are sitting there Shows I'm doing something it right. The white and shiny basin...

However do you do it? What holds you there so tight? The fact that you are sitti...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Hi, I'm new here. Has anyone found a decent face mask- one that lets them breathe more or less normally?

If I wear one for long I'm gasping.

Alberta56

•4 years ago

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Adequate levels of vitamin D reduces complications, death among COVID-19 patients.

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were vitamin D sufficient, with a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of at least 30 ng/mL (a measure of vitamin D status),...

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were vitamin D sufficient, with a blood level...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Team assessing if dual-antibody injection prevents COVID-19 illness.

A combination antibody treatment for preventing COVID-19 illness in individuals who have had sustained exposure to someone with the virus is being studied by...

A combination antibody treatment for preventing COVID-19 illness in individuals ...

2greys

•4 years ago

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TUBERCULOSIS AND TREATMENT

Hi all, I have been diagnosed with pulmonary TB. After months of struggling I finally am seeing a difference with medication. I still have a long way to go...

Hi all, I have been diagnosed with pulmonary TB. After months of struggling I ...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Can't Eat

Wearing a mask and visor all day at school. I am trying my best but its very difficult. My mouth is so sore.. i cant eat. It is affecting my breathing. My...

Wearing a mask and visor all day at school. I am trying my best but its very dif...

Crimsoon

•4 years ago

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Independant Sage. Live today at 1:30 pm and the same link as a recording for later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmSB_qy47hQ I shall be watching this with enormous interest today, given this weeks events.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmSB_qy47hQ I shall be watching this with enormo...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock admits the truth.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock appeared on BBC News this morning and admitted that the Tories’ claims that there is little evidence for the young suffering...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock appeared on BBC News this morning and admitted tha...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Rikki and the pandemic.

The UK chancellor is apparently a disciple of Joseph Schumpeter, the Austrian economist, who thought up the theory of "the gale of creative destruction". This...

The UK chancellor is apparently a disciple of Joseph Schumpeter, the Austrian ec...

Cateran

•4 years ago

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New vulnerability found in lung squamous cancer may facilitate drug targeting.

New cancer research by scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and colleagues, shows the potential for targeting a specific circular RNA,...

New cancer research by scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Colomycin query

Hello all, I'm new to Colomycin and wondered if you had any tips on how best to mix it with the saline solution to minimise the amount of time you have to...

Hello all, I'm new to Colomycin and wondered if you had any tips on how best to ...

Guy_Incognito

•4 years ago

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Some severe COVID-19 cases linked to genetic mutations or antibodies that attack the body.

People infected by the novel coronavirus can have symptoms that range from mild to deadly. Now, two new analyses suggest that some life-threatening cases can...

People infected by the novel coronavirus can have symptoms that range from mild ...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Hypercoagulability in patients with COVID-19

According to an open-access article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), because coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may present with medium to large...

According to an open-access article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Scientists track down a protein that may add to lung damage in asthma and related diseases.

Your lungs and airways need to be stretchy, sort of like balloons. Take a big breath, and they’ll open right up. Damaged lungs can’t open properly. Patients...

Your lungs and airways need to be stretchy, sort of like balloons. Take a big br...

2greys

•4 years ago

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The Mystery of the shoe...

To those who saw my random post about my lost shoe... It’s the funniest thing...I can’t stop laughing I just went to get into bed, and there along with Mr...

To those who saw my random post about my lost shoe... It’s the funniest thing......

madonbrew

•4 years ago

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❤️ upset

Thankyou for your lovely replies everyone ❤️

Itsmeagain1

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Antibodies protect against wide range of influenza B virus strains.

Researchers have identified two antibodies that protect mice against lethal infections of influenza B virus, report scientists at Washington University School...

Researchers have identified two antibodies that protect mice against lethal infe...

2greys

•4 years ago

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any advice appreciated

Hi I have been off work about 8 months now with chest infections and shielding I am currently recovering from yet another chest infection I now suffer with...

Hi I have been off work about 8 months now with chest infections and shielding I...

mysti62

•4 years ago

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Genetic variation unlikely to influence COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.

African Americans and Latinos in the United States and ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. They are more...

African Americans and Latinos in the United States and ethnic minorities in the ...

2greys

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Surgery vs. CyberKnife

Had another PET 9/1 and the tumor grew from 1/8-2.2cm in three months. The needle biopsy I had in June was 'inconclusive'. The thoracic surgeon I went to for...

Had another PET 9/1 and the tumor grew from 1/8-2.2cm in three months. The need...

dunnellon

•4 years ago

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COVID-19: Berlin scientists lay basis for a passive vaccination.

Treating infectious diseases with antibodies has a long history. For COVID-19, this approach is also being investigated through the administration of plasma...

Treating infectious diseases with antibodies has a long history. For COVID-19, t...

2greys

•4 years ago

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MPs challenge Prime Minister to take action on Long Covid.

General awareness of Long Covid, and its seriousness, is too low in Westminster, they argue MPs are urging the Prime Minister to address the health, wellbeing...

General awareness of Long Covid, and its seriousness, is too low in Westminster,...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Hanging Basket- last flowers of Summer.

Here goes a photo !! as I said , can’t take the credit , my husband is the Gardener!!!!

Here goes a photo !! as I said , can’t take the credit , my husband is the Garde...

Beachballs

•4 years ago

29 Replies

Posts - Lung Conditions Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Lung Conditions Community Forum

All posts for September 2020

A sign of the times!

Herbal / alternative medicines

Has any one gone through and still going through with what I have had and still have would be interested to here.

Prednisolone

Please lighten up.

Ipf/emphysema

Cliff

Tenacity.

Hi, I'm new here. Has anyone found a decent face mask- one that lets them breathe more or less normally?

Adequate levels of vitamin D reduces complications, death among COVID-19 patients.

Team assessing if dual-antibody injection prevents COVID-19 illness.

TUBERCULOSIS AND TREATMENT

Can't Eat

Independant Sage. Live today at 1:30 pm and the same link as a recording for later.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock admits the truth.

Rikki and the pandemic.

New vulnerability found in lung squamous cancer may facilitate drug targeting.

Colomycin query

Some severe COVID-19 cases linked to genetic mutations or antibodies that attack the body.

Hypercoagulability in patients with COVID-19

Scientists track down a protein that may add to lung damage in asthma and related diseases.

The Mystery of the shoe...

❤️ upset

Antibodies protect against wide range of influenza B virus strains.

any advice appreciated

Genetic variation unlikely to influence COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.

Surgery vs. CyberKnife

COVID-19: Berlin scientists lay basis for a passive vaccination.

MPs challenge Prime Minister to take action on Long Covid.

Hanging Basket- last flowers of Summer.

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