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September 10, 2015 By Breathing Specialist Leave a Comment

Do You Really have COPD?

Congratulations, you have been categorized. First, I don’t want to minimize the impact COPD has on a person. Just getting the diagnosis of COPD from a doctor, and then learning to live with it, are very daunting tasks. If you got your diagnosis from a Pulmonologist, who did some sort of spirometry or Pulmonary Function […]

Filed Under: Public Tagged With: asthma, bronchitis, diagnosis of COPD, emphysema

September 9, 2015 By Breathing Specialist Leave a Comment

Can Someone with Asthma ever completely Ditch the Inhalers?

Can someone with asthma ever completely ditch the inhalers?  I came across an interesting article in the Huffington Post Healthy Living Blog, about the possibility of getting off inhalers.   The story outlines a patient who has symptoms of asthma, and went through the classic course: antibiotics, then inhalers, then medication for gastric reflux, all […]

Filed Under: Public Tagged With: asthma, breathing, breathlessness, inhalers, lungs, pulmonary, shortness of breath

September 9, 2015 By Breathing Specialist Leave a Comment

Keeping the Pace After Pulmonary Rehab

Keeping the pace after Pulmonary Rehab Just graduated from Pulmonary Rehab? Congrats!  Now you need to keep up all the gains you’ve earned. I’m sure your rehab therapist harped on you every possible moment- join a gym! Join a walking group! And for good reason. Before I go one character further I want to drive […]

Filed Under: Public Tagged With: conditioning, deconditioning, endurance, exercise, progress, walking

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