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Q: Breathing
asked by: kook2000 on July 23rd, 2004
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Pain in left lung when breathing, dr says pleursy. Can that be
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purple333 replied on July 25th, 2004
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I'd ask for an x-ray!!!!!!!!!!
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kook2000 replied on August 12th, 2004
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I had a ct. Scan done came back small airway disease/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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PattyV replied on August 13th, 2004
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Copd would cause shortness of breath,so can pleurisy.What does your doc recommend?Patty
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kook2000 replied on August 13th, 2004
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He gave me advair 100/50 once a day. Singulair once a day. Flonase once a day. We viewed the ct scan to gether he said that I had a few spots that were not normal.
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kook2000 replied on August 13th, 2004
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He gave me advair 100/50 once a day. Singulair once a day. Flonase once a day. We viewed the ct scan to gether he said that I had a few spots that were not normal.
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PattyV replied on August 13th, 2004
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O.K.,all of those meds should help you breath better.Did your doc suggest any follow-up scans in several months?If you are a smoker,spots can mean lots of things,not always cancer.If you are a smoker,i hope you stop now.Hope you're doing better soon.Patty
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kook2000 replied on August 13th, 2004
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Non smoker that doesn't mean anything exposed to second hand smoke for 11 years 4 for those 4 of the people in the house smoked.
I have been having ct scans for a lung nodule starrt in 2002
it starrted with an abdominal ct scan which showed ground glass in the lower lobes and I in sisted on a full chest ct scan. So it went from ground glass to empyhsematous to copd/small airway disease.
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PattyV replied on August 13th, 2004
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Ground glass?Do you mean asbestos?If that's the case,is it work related?What does your doctor say your long term prognosis is?Sorry for all the questions,just curious.Take care.Patty
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kook2000 replied on August 13th, 2004
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Well for me I was told form one Dr.
Alveolitis. Another Dr. Some kind of interstitial lung disease. Another dr pulmonary fibrosis.
And a different Dr. Told me it was congestive heart failure. I am not sure what is really wrong with me.
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PattyV replied on August 14th, 2004
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If your problems are work related you are entitled to workman's comp for this.Have you seen a pulmonary specialist?If not,you should.I would trust their opinion over a gp.
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kook2000 replied on August 14th, 2004
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You know they were all pulmonary specialists that I saw. My internist did not beleive me when I first went to see him that I even had anything wrong with my lungs.
As for suing workman comp. I haven't worked in 13 years been taking of sick child and parent.
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PattyV replied on August 14th, 2004
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You might get more help in lung disorder forum.Good luck!Patty
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