I belong to a lot of online discussion forums, the participants being patients with lung disease. Many of them tell the story of how they thought they just had a lingering cold, went to the ER when they couldn’t breathe, and were told they have COPD or another chronic lung disease process. They were shocked […]
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 […]
Let the Respiratory Season Begin!
~Sigh. You just got a message that Mr. Jones is back in the hospital. Again. You just saw him last week! He looked fine…. no complaints. He hasn’t smoked now in 5 years. He tries to exercise, but gets tired quickly. You did a quick 02 test on him in the hallways, and he doesn’t […]