I have COPD.and i take Avair,Albuterol and o2 at night.?
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Find your own pace.  Some people like to hurry and for someone with COPD, it can use up your energy quickly.  Find your own pace, one that works for you.  My uncle was in his late 70s, had COPD, yet accomplished more in a day than most people younger than him.  I asked him how he did it and he said he found his own pace and stuck to it.  The other part of my answer is to follow doctor's instructions, get your flu shot every year and try not to hang around with people who are sick with respiratory viruses. Use a clean room humidifier, especially during sleeping hours, do not overheat your home during the cold months (cool moist air is healthier than hot dry air).  Do NOT sit around doing nothing.  Keep busy doing what you can do (at your own pace of course) and do NOT dwell on that you can no longer do. Depression can do more harm than COPD if you let it run your life.  One thing I have noticed with some people who have a chronic illness.....they get too much into themselves.  It doesn't just happen to people with resp problems either.  I would suggest that each day you do one thing for someone else....make a phone call, write a letter...visit...etc.  If you are "crafty"...make something....if you bake or cook....make something.  By the way, nutrition is very important for you.  Small, frequent, nutrious meals and snacks are needed.  Good luck!  You have some good quality life to live, do your best to live it!
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COPD is caused from smoking.  Why remove something that is putting oxygen in the air when you are breathing it out?
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Try to breathe slowly and deeply and call NHS Direct 0845 4647. Its best to get professional advice to prevent you from worrying all night. Take care, and i hope you are feeling better soon.
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hmmm... do you know what medications she is using right now? is she on oxygen? \npeople with emphysema -- we are EXTRA careful that we don't OVER-oxygenate them. you see, emphysema is classifed as Chronice obstructive pulmonary disease -- apparently, people diagnosed with COPD, they can inhale the oxygen -- the oxygen is then converted to carbon dioxide, but they cannot exhale all those carbon dioxide out because of their condition. so all those CO2 are trapped in their lungs. we usually limit oxygen among COPD's to up to 2 liters per minute only -- that's the maximum. \n\ni had an experience before in a hospital wherein a patient was on 0.5 liters per minute of oxygen -- apparently, somebody stupid tampered with her oxygen and put it to 6 liters per minute... and this caused hallucinations -- she started talking like a child and started talking about babies -- really off. so im guessing that it could have been that your mother was feeling out of breath because of her condition and she thinks that she will breathe more effectively if she were to raise the flow from maximum of 2 to more (maybe even 12) and that could have caused it. \n\nif she is on oxygen, follow the doctor's advise and never tamper with the oxygen flowmeter -- consider O2 as medicine -- it has adverse effects if you overdose on it. i mean the air that we breathe right now is not even pure oxygen. it's only 21% oxygen, the rest are nitrogen and other gases. too much oxygen can kill (for a normal person or COPD patients)
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I take 1mg of Adavan. It's like valium or xanex...)(
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I have (C.O.P.D.) I use Advair and Combivent. Advair is taken twice daily. It is a power inhaler. the Combiventis is taken when I really get bad and can't breath,because I over did it and i take a couple of puff of an inhaler. Not to be use more than about 4 times a day. There is no repairing the damage that I have done to my lungs.I will die with the problem that I have brought upon myself by smoking. So if you smoke. QUIT. If not DON'T START.
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Oxycondits. My maid gets them for me from Dr. Limbaugh.
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what does she tell you?  Did you get your Thyriod tested?  Are you depressed?  have you tried taking a decongestant before you go to sleep at night to help you sleep?  exercise always helps me...  maybe you should go to the doctor and get a second opinion.
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try a gravity bong....keep on smoking...you are keeping me in business as a respiratory therapist!! See you soon with a big tube down your throat....fool
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copd is a generic term for mulit diseases C=chronic, O= obstructive, P= pulmonary, D= disease.  usually patients with copd have more difficultly getting the co2 out of there systems, rather than getting enough air in.  i have always heard up until just lately you need to watch the amount of concentrated o2 that a copd patients uses.  pneumonia and respiratory diseases are more common, people with copd usually fatigue quicker and are on some type of o2 and breathing treatments.
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If you smoke cigs you need 2 stop.  That's just making the situation worst.  If the e.r Dr. prescribed meds ---take them until they are gone.  Don't stop taking the meds , even if you feel better.  Try 2 drink plenty of fluids and if you workout , nothing 2 strenuous. Don't change up with the weather---avoid dust and disinfectants.  This can cause the passage 2 stay in inflamed.  If your body feels tired get your rest.
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Air out your room and get out of your room and into some fresh air for a while. If your breathing gets worse then go to your local ER.
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I always start by eating and drinking something that has vapors. Things like tea, and chicken noodle soup. Also a hot shower to unclog your lungs. Then take a swig of DayQuil and I'm usually good to go.
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Perhaps you should be checked for sleep apnea. Do you have this problem only at night or during the day. I had a problem with sleep apnea. Try sleeping on your side or stomach. Sleep apnea may be aggrevated by being overweight. \nAre or were you a smoker? The air exchange in the lungs can become quite bad from smoking.
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It could be several things including asthma.\nGo to your local ER for an evaluation.\nWhen you register the registrar will ask if you have insurance and should give you a packet to apply for reduced fee or they will apply to your state to pay the bill for you.\nI am sorry to say you may not get a definitive answer there either as they will not do alot of testing unless you present saying and have symptoms that you are short of breath.\n\nPlease go and get evaluated especially since your husband says you make noises at night when you sleep.
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Pretty scarey stuff. \n\nI had never heard of COPD when the pulmonologist said I had it. I also was diagnosed with the asthma. According to all the info I could find, COPD was either emphysema or chronic bronchitis. The pulmonologist assured me I had asthma COPD. Then I tried to find information on the life expectancy; all I could find was that it's the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S. and did, indeed, sound as though my time left was seriously short. After a lot of exploration and talking with others having COPD, I determined that everyone is different. Johnny Carson died of emphysema at 85. He had had it for at least the past 20-30 years.\n\nI was diagnosed three years ago and the doctor suggested from my history of pneumonia, colds, etc, that I had had this condition for many years. In 1996 I had to have a company physical and flunked the spirometry test. I was told that people often have the condition for years before it is properly diagnosed. As HMOs are prone to do, they determined a specialist was unnecessary and the family practitioner prescribed inhalers, steroids, asthma medication, etc. for every incident of flareups. \n\nI would have told you three years ago my time was very limited. Would have bet no more than a year or so. Actually, now that my medication has been adjusted to necessary levels, I feel better than I have in years. I went from oxygen 24/7 to now only when I sleep and exercise. I go to the healthplex and use the treadmill and pool often. I amaze myself at how much I have improved with a little exercise. \n\nMy doctor does recommend I keep my pnuemonia and flu shots up to date and steer clear of anyone with a cold to lessen the chance of exacerbation. The asthma medication can have a side effect of depression, so be alert to that. We especially don't need to slump into a depression. I do take an anti-depressant because finding out I had the condition really hit me hard and coupled with the medication, well, I need it. Attitude is a big determinant in COPD's severity on a person.\n\nAbsolutely no one can tell you how much time you have left whether because of COPD or anything else. You're not going to be doing any more mountain climbing or run the Boston Marathon, but it is so important to live each day to the fullest.  There's still plenty you can do, and you will probably live a long, productive life as long as you aren't your own worst enemy and just give up.
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THIS IS WORTH READING!   I was diagnosed with it in 2002, following severe and sudden breathing difficulty, mostly with exercise, then with even just walking on level ground!  After initial biopsy surgery, which followed three years of believing a doctor who was wrong, I was put on many different drugs, Isoniasid, Rifampin, Ethambutol, vitamin B6, as well as Prednisone which is supposed to alleviate the inflammation, but did not, or if yes, it only kept my condition from being worse than it was.  You're probably, or should be, having pulmonary function tests every three months.  That will tell your doc a lot about your condition.  But BEWARE, your diagnosis is not the word of the almighty - I went to Yale Univ Med and the Mayo Clinic, both said no to Sarcoidosis, probably Bronchiolitis, and that the biopsy slides were insufficient.  Now I'm off the Prednisone, and some better than before, but in my case, I also had a heart valve condition, now improved non-invasively.  But I do still have breathing problems that require supplemental oxygen at night and sometimes during the day.  Whatever you do, get a second, even a third opinion!  My Sarcoidosis was diagnosed at Mount Sinai in NYC, then I went to Yale, then the Mayo Clinic.  The best for lungs in the USA is supposed to be Denver Jewish Medical Center. You probably will need oxygen to fly.  Good luck to you!  canajo@yahoo.com