I had three general anesthesias in ten days about 30 years ago. After that I noticed that my exercise endurance dropped way down... can't bike, climb hills, run, climb more than two flights of stairs, etc. Could the anesthesia have done something to my lungs?
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More likely coincidence.\nBut a question comes immediately to mind. First, are you asking this 30 years later for the first time?  Or have you been tested, for certain medical causes?\n\nYou may have one of several conditions, possibly not related to your surgeries.  Although some might argue that decreased CNS activity (even for a short time with anesthesia) could breed a break down in the body's immune system.  You could be experiencing Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome, which lasts for years and years.  Epstein_Barr is another related syndrome. \n\nThere is also a difference between Chronic Fatigue, and Reduced Endurance.  \n\nYour endurance can be increased by walking and working out just a bit more each day, until you reach a normal work out threshold.  This is really a tough question to answer without seeing your history, and a doctor is your obvious first line of questioning.  There are so many factors such as your general condition, hence overweight? Diabetic? Hepatitis? The list goes on..\n\nIf you have ruled out serious disease, then,\nYou might try yoga, and breathing exercises (to increase your lung capacity), but first I would verify you don't have a physical condition that is causing your problem. Have the appropriate tests done to rule out any pathology, and or problems with your ability to get oxygen to your blood.  Normally lack of oxygen in the blood will create shortness of breath, fatigue and lethargy.\n\nAlways seek the advice and counsel of a professional health care practitioner.
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supposedly, the chemical craving for the drug nicotine is out of your system in 3 days, although some may experience it longer. the most permanent damage to the lungs is emphysema, this is where the aveoli (round, grapelike chambers) walls harden and enlarge so it it difficult for the oxygen to get transferred to the blood. im sure lther are lots of pictures, google it.
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My Dr. and I just discusses this last week. Not all people who go through that are going through it due to being lazy. I have limited things i can do as of exercise as i was a passenger in a car accident that almost broke my neck. My feet are bad and i can't walk much or use a tread mill.\n\nDr. talked about this due to trying to help me lower my blood pressure, diabetes, high cholestrol, ect.\n\n I will review all the info here and all the sites you listed and talk to my Dr. again. Thank you Ziggy for your information.
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Adults can develop asthma. It is determined by breathing tests including the methacholine challenge and a pulmonary function test. \n\nI am going through the same thing right now. My heart checked out fine about four years ago. Asthma has been ruled out. Chest X-rays led to CT scan of my lungs which led to a broncoscopy. I still have no answers but am waiting on cultures to come back from the broncoscopy. It could be weeks. I am still short of breath and fatigued. My doctor gave me an Albuterol inhaler which helped with the breathing but I was hitting it 2-3 times a day. A few days ago he put me on Spiriva which has made a real difference and I am using the albuterol maybe once a day now. I am also getting some of my energy back and feeling better all round. It is so frustrating having no diagnosis but at least I have found some medication to help me feel better until the doctors figure out what is going on.\n\nYou may want to consider seeing a pulmonologist and an immunologist. I'm suprised they haven't given you albuterol. They seem to pass it out like candy to people suffering from breathing problems. Talk to you doctor about some of these medications I have described and see if he thinks they might benifit you. \n\nMost importantly, you have to chase this thing down. You know if something is off with you body. Unfortunatly, many doctors will write you off as nuts when they can't figure out what is wrong. I went to several doctors for about three and a half years telling them that something was wrong with me. They would look at me like I was crazy or stupid or seeking attention. I even had to raise my voice with one doctor and demand a referal to a specialist. I was finally diagnosed with a very rare genetic condition a few months ago. When the doctor who diagnosed me got my blood work back, he couldn't believe I was up and walking around saying that my blood levels are usually those of someone lying in a hospital bed fighting for their lives. I knew something was wrong and had to really work to get answers. Keep chasing it down. Sometines doctors are very prideful and don't want to admit they just don't know what is wrong so they blame the patient or tell you it is all in your head. \n\nI hope you get answers soon.
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I have found that Xanax works wonders when I have to fly. Talk to your doctor...
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Shouldn't be a problem as long as the anesthesiologist knows about it.  You'd need to make sure your asthma is well-controlled beforehand.  If you show up on the surgery date wheezing, they're going to send you home.\n\nDepending on how bad your asthma can get, you might want to consider going to a larger institution vs. a smaller clinic.  For example, if you've had to go to the ER recently for an asthma exacerbation, I would probably rather have you in a hospital OR and not a private office.\n\nYou'll get your best answer by consulting a doctor.
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I know of two other people who had this operation due to cancer and neither one of them survived very long after. They were not related and they did not have the operation at the same hospitals.\nThe thing is that people some times forget when the doctor tells them that the risks of the operation are-------- and maybe 30% chance of survival---the next question being for how long? Lung cancer is a terrible disease. I,m so sorry to hear this distressing news.
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The surgery is relatively quick.  There will be packing in your nose, but none of this will cause a feeling of suffocation. This is completely different than what you have suffered in the past. Go for it, and like everything else it will come and go. Best of luck in  your career.
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Honey, if you are being honest and only took 1 or 2 hits and it was 20 days ago, I wouldn't spaz out.  Do drink tons of fluid...and just pass the doobage to the next bonehead next time if your job does random tests..not worth it.\n\nLook it up on the web seriously.  If this is your job at stake, there are tons of reliable sources on the web that will answer this question..don't look for answers from Yahoo'ers....no offense guys...but c'mon!
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How long ago did you have it done?  As soon as the ENT pulled the 4 billion yards of gauze (LOL) out of my sinus (3 days after surgery) I felt fine.  I could breathe well for the first time in years.  And it's still good 8 years post-op.  I only needed the Percocet for the first two days.  I never had ear aches or tooth aches.  You better talk to your surgeon.
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I need to know what medical history, Medications , allergies. What were you doing at the time, did you experience Chest pn with this, or shortness of breath. did you seel medical attention, did you have flu like symptoms.\n\nI am a paramedic , not a doctor but I may be able to answer your questions.
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parachuting doesn't affect your inner organs??:D
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Bruce just live, exercise is part of normal life. if you don't move enough your body will not work well. even going to the toilet is funtioned by good movement. you must find a good motivation, walking, running, cycling, swimming, I am disabled to certain degree 30%, but I try to move as much as possable, walking in the mountains cycling along side a river. I have to go to hospital next week for a knee replacement in the right side, unyet I spent a week looking after a friends dog, in a high mountain, walking, and enjoying fresh air, since I know what movement I have now, I will have the benifit after my operation. you must not let your muscles fail at an early age, you will be worse as you get older. enjoy life, exercise also gets a control on depresion, which if you are not getting out enough, I would say you are suffering with. you will enlarge most muscles and blood supply, which I am sure you know you need to enlarge****
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You should talk to your doctor to be cleared to do strenuous exercises. He may have you start slow, and work up to something more strenuous. You definately don't want to cause yourself to have a heart attack or something.
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It depends on what kind of anesthesia you had at the beginning.  It sounds like you had local anesthesia and sedation for a minor procedure.  Local anesthesia is adminstered by the surgeon or doctor performing the procedure.  It's good with certain superficial procedures like stitches and skin lesions, but anything deeper is hard to get numbed completely (ex: pap smear).  That's where the sedation comes in.  The anesthesiologist can give you pain meds and anxiolytic drugs.  They are limited in how much pain medicine they can give you because the side effects are that you get really nauseous and you stop breathing (whereas in general anesthesia you are on a ventilator so it's ok if you don't breath by yourself).  The anxiolytic drug usually is Versed and it's like Valium only faster acting and it usually makes people forget everything for a few hours, and sometimes even makes you forget a few things that happened before you got the injection.  However, it doesn't put you to sleep, it doesn't paralyze you and it doesn't really take away pain, so you were probably awake (but sedated) and feeling enough pain that they decided not to continue.  Once they stopped the procedure you probably didn't have any pain anymore.  \n\nOf note, anesthesia comprises 4 separate aspects, but you don't always need all 4.  For example, for a pap smear in someone who has a lot of pain with the exam, you need pain relief and maybe some amnesia:\npain relief (usually treated with narcotics like fentanyl)\namnesia/hypnosis (from light sedation to unarousable)\nparalysis (for delicate surgeries and abdominal surgeries)\nprevention of harmful reflexes (usually sympathetic nervous system)\n\nLastly, the first answer is too simple, the second answer is pretty good, and the third person is a quack (there is a lot of misinformation around, and the only reliable source is your actual anesthesiologist).
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If you don't run alot that can happen its not because of your allerigies  its how much in shape you heart lungs and whole body is. That happened to me i ran alot and i don't normally run that much so it made me sick and totally out of breath    if you were to run a lttle bit all the time and not just run once every 4 months your running would be better
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Yes-I had it done to look at spots on my lungs that were hard to see due to other things in the way. It sounds scarry and looks worst to see the hospital staff in protective coverings. Its not painful in any way. Not sure what bad effects it causes-never noticed anything its been over 4 years. Didn't help me in my case-still were not sure. The fluid might make you a little warm (nothing hard to deal with. ) You must lie quietly down for a while than they scan you (open scan-not bad) Scan takes awhile. No ill affects from it. I would advise you to drink lots of water and eat fruit afterwards so your body flushes it out-just to be safe. Again I could do everything when done that I could do when I went... I was tired just from waiting so long for everything but all in all just fine. On me had a follow up right after -just a xray check. Anything else you would like to know? I didn't change colors neither.