Does anyone know if low thyroid would affect chronic lung disease?
My dad has been told he has it and he is fine at the moment, but you can see this illness will get worse with time. He is 80, but he still looks fit and healthy and is generally in good shape. Got all his hair and is tall and thin still.
Anyway I thought I would see what people thought about a possible thyroid issue as I know lower thyroid can give you shortness of breath symptoms.
I don’t have any bloods for him unfortunately.
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Yes he’s had lots of tests as he had had a lung issue for about a year. His last cold before Christmas really went on and on and I think it worried him.
He doesn’t have any thyroid issue but I wondered if thyroid hormone might help the breathing.
Spacers only work with mdi ( the one with aerosol canisters) inhalers, where as many combined inhalers are dpi( dry powder inhalers) which are breath actuated.
Yes I know that as I use inhalers myself. Just checking whether the OP's dad has been prescribed inhalers (question not yet answered) and if so is he using them properly and if using an MDI then a spacer can be much more effective. Many respiratory nurses don't bother checking patient's inhaler techniques.
My Dad has COPD and is 78 and is very breathless and he is hypothyroid. I think he is undermedicated on 100mcg a day but he refuses to listen to me even though his TSH is about 5. He will only listen to his GP and refuses to disagree with him even though a few months ago he had a TSH of 20. My Dad tells me he feels fine for someone who has COPD. He is on a lot of medication because he had a heart attack when he was 60 which was caused by smoking since the age of about 14. I saw him yesterday because he is self isolating until the coronavirus is under control and he looked ill and a bit breathless as usual. If I was you I would find out what his TSH is.
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