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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Siegelanswered
Pulmonology 40 years experience
Bladder too low: The bladder can drop into the pelivs with age and in women can be corrected with a pessary for example. Bladder leakage during cough is not normal an... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Yes: The lungs do get "smaller" with age and lose some of their elastic recoil (ability to deflate with exhalation) but age alone should not result in brea... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Multicauses possilbe: Blood sputum or hemoptysis can be caused by bleeding from the sinus in sinusitis. Some of the other causes include: re are many conditions involving ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Increase bradykinin?: When Capoten (captopril) (one of the ace-angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor) drugs causes a persistent dry cough it is best to stop and use anoth... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Rarely: In people without history of cancer, 5 mm or less in diameter lung nodules have a <1% chance of being malignant. Lung nodules are generally followed... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Not malignant: A negative result by lung biopsy of a small lung nodule means it is not malignant. Other examinations of lung biopsies are performed to examine for e... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Tissues vs. blood: Hypoxia is low oxygen in the tissues. Hypoxemia is low oxygen in the arterial blood. Hypoxemia caused by low oxygen in air (such as high altitude), l... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Placenta supplies O2: The lungs don't breath when the baby is in the womb. Oxygen is supplied to the baby through diffusion from the oxygen in the mother's blood
to the fe... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Prepare first,go slo: It is important to acclimate to elevation by lessening activity at the start. . Since oxygen levels are lower at elevation, we tend to hyperventilat... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Oxygen in , co2 out: The right ventricle of the heart pumps venous blood through the lungs after the body has absorbed oxygen and eliminated carbon dioxide. The venous bl... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Poor prognosis: Lung abscess occuring between the lung and chest wall is called an empyema and requires prompt drainage with a tube or surgery. Empyemas tend to be q... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Pessary: When the bladder drops down lower into the pelvis, the increased pressure reduces the capacity of the bladder and can cause leakage of the urine. Pul... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Yes: Group b strep (gbs) is a gram-positive streptococcal bacteria also known as streptococcus agalactiae. It is not the same as group a strep which causes... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Add other meds: Ventolin is a bronchodilators known as beta 2 receptor agonists. Ventolin bronchial tube muscles to relax opening the airways. If the medicine is us... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Drink fluids: Good hydration is helpful. Also evaluation for post-nasal drip/sinus problems as well as breathing capacity evaluation are helpful. If breathing cap... Read More
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A member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Hope you feel better: Not sure what question is but i hope you can continue your treatment at home and be closely supervised by your doctor and home care health team.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Yes: Sinusitis/allergic rhinitis can be treated with antibiotics for sinus infection and inhaled steroids(beclamethasone)/antihistamines (e.g. Astelin). Co... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Treat cause: Interstitial lung disease (ild) has many possible causes and some do not progress. For example inhaled substances, drugs, arthritis, and infectious c... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
8 major types, 100's: In only about 1/2 cases of pneumonia no organism is isolated. Although there are hunderds
of strains of pneumonia organims, most common are:
streptoc... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
No: Pneumothorax is a risk with barotrauma occurring during rapid changes in pressure causing the lung to overexpand. For example if a scuba diver is at ... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Costochondritis: Costochondritis is inflammation of cartilage between the ribs and is associated with a viral illness, smoking, and other causes such as trauma to the ... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Treatment and tests: A positive TB test means there has been exposure to TB and infection. A ct scan of chest, sputum cultures for acid fast bacilli, culture/biopsy of ly... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Attacks organs: Wegener's granulomatosis (wg), also known as recently granulomatosis with polyangiitis results in inflammation of blood vessels vasculitis. Wg mainly... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Yes: Shaking chills and fever can be a sign of a bacterial infection. Often time pneumonia will start first with a viral illness such as a cold but if bac... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Sleep ap treatable: Severe sleep apnea is treatable through proper use and calibration of breathing pressurized air through a nasal mask and a ventilator type device for... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Siegelanswered
Pulmonology 40 years experience
Both spread by blood: You are correct in that extrapulmonary and miliary TB are the same in that they both represent dissemination of TB through the blood stream. Miliary T... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Siegelanswered
Pulmonology 40 years experience
Low: A totally collapsed lung from a pneumothorax will generally not reinflate. A pneumothorax occurs when there is a puncture in the lung much like a bal... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Siegelanswered
Pulmonology 40 years experience
May be sleep apnea: Have your friend check the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Sleep tests can be performed in a sleep lab or with ambulatory sleep monitors which measure oxyge... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Airway sensitivity: Airway hyperreactivity/asthma is an oversensitivity of the bronchial tubes to particulate matter resulting in persistent cough. Besides smoking as a c... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Stephen Siegelanswered
Pulmonology 40 years experience
Sinus/asthma: The persistent cough suggests airway hyperreactivity/asthma. Smking, ipostnasal drip as well as gastroesophageal reflux commonly increase cough. The b... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Stephen Siegelanswered
Pulmonology 40 years experience
Yes: Male fertility is affected by thc the psychoactive component of the marijuana. The smoke of marijuana causes lung damage.
Thc is felt to affect spe... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Siegelanswered
Pulmonology 40 years experience
Helps symptoms: Persistent cough can have a cause that can be better treated than by cough suppressants which help the symptoms but not the cause. Cough variant asth... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Lung/heart/ribs: A viral illness can cause costochondritis (tenderness in the cartilage between the ribs). Press the ribs and if tender try putting ice on spot. Some... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Need to know cause: Briefly collapse lung can occur if bronchial tubes are blocked and the lung collapses since no air can get in. If the bronchial tube obstruction is s... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Depends on cause: There are two layers of pleura, one layer surrounds the lung and the other covers the chest wall. There is a thin layer of fluid between the two laye... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Grandfather hospitalized for difficulty breathing. age 77y, so is heart or lung disease more common?
Dr. Stephen Siegelanswered
Pulmonology 40 years experience
Heart: Heart disease is more common. In 2008, cardiovascular diseased caused 812, 000 deaths—33 percent of all deaths wheresas lung disease caused 242, 000.... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Sleep tst/ventilator: Pure central sleep apnea is uncommon so first, i would evaluate with a sleep test. Central apnea means brain does not send signal to diaphragm to bre... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Take it easy: Cough and breathing tightness can be caused by asthma or other respiratory conditions which can limit your lung's ability to absorb oxygen and limit y... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Environment: Dust free environment, change pillow cases twice a week, no pets in bedroom, change bed sheets once a week, remove rugs in bedroom, ventilate bedroom ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Yes, low pressure: Airline flights typically pressurize cabins to the equivalent of
being 5000 feet high. The pressure in the cabin is lower than
while on the ground. ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Blocked bronchi: The bronchial tree branches and lead to air sacs (alveoli) that then transfer o2 to the blood stream. If a bronchial tube is completely blocked (e.g... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
B. Pertussis: Bortadella pertussis causes whooping cough. Currently it is recommended to be immunized against pertussis in the pediatric population and once after a... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Not normal: Most common cause of hemoptysis (coughing up blood) is bronchits and pneumonia. Many other possibilites exist especially if he is a smoker including b... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
ENT, swallow test: Choking on food could be related to food going into the trachea rather than the esophagus. The swallowing mechanism needs to be evaluated. To start ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Yes determine cause: It is important to be sure the cause of the pleural fluid is found and treated. Effusions are not always seen well on chest xray and a ct scan or lun... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Smallairways blocked: It is good your peak flow is normal as it means your large airways are clear and you have good respiratory muscle strength. Asthma causes inflammatio... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Find cause: Chronic fibrosing mediastinitis is characterized by diffuse fibroisis in the mediastinum usually seen on chest xray. It is not very common but occurs... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Measure CO level: An arterial blood gas measures the blood pH (normal 7.40), po2 (partial pressure of oxygen), pco2, partial pressure of co2 and the bicarbonate (sodium... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
Yes as asthma improv: When Azmacort (triamcinolone) is used for treatment of asthma in the recommended dosage of 2 inhalations 3 to 4 times/day, the breathing capacity incr... Read More
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Pulmonology 40 years experience
If well healed: Barotrauma from scuba or skydiving at high altitude could put a person at risk for spontaneous pneumothorax but since airline cabins are pressurized, ... Read More
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I have an APAP. Doc says my apnea level is now very low. I keep it set on CPAP setting because I don't like it when the air pressure drops below my prescribed 11cmH2O. I still wish it could be turned ...Read More
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