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Dr. Matthew Majzun

Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care
Columbus, OH
16 years experience male

Locations

Internal Medicine Consultants of Columbus, Inc.

Columbus, OH

Address

104 N Murray Hill Rd., Columbus, OH, US
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My office hours

Thursday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
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About

Bio

Dr. Majzun is an osteopathic pulmonary critical care physician. He specializes in diseases of the lungs, such as asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and pulmonary fibrosis. He also provides care for patients who are critically ill. He performs minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and stage lung cancer and has a special interest in smoking cessation treatment. He grew up in a small town in Eastern Ohio before going to Marietta College to study biology and leadership. He attended medical school at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, OH. He serves on the lung cancer advisory committee for OhioHealth and teaches medical students, residents, and fellows at Doctors Hospital.

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Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care

Pulmonary Critical Care

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120 Answers
25 Agrees
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Can be: Oxygen therapy improves survival in COPD patients...But only if they need it. Some patients have such severe disease that they can't maintain a norma... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Good idea: Nothing is "mandatory", but it's strongly recommended. Patients with COPD should have yearly flu vaccines and have the pneumonia vaccine once ( mayb... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Yes: Cor pulmonale refers to failure of the right ventricle - the part of the heart that pumps blood to the lungs. COPD can result in cor pulmonale. This... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Depends: The chances of recovery really depend on why the patient was placed on the ventilator in the first place. If the patient has severe lung disease and... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
It's possible: Influenza itself can cause an inflammation of the lungs that shows up on xrays, which may be called "pneumonia". It can also injure the cells lining ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Consider 911: Asthma is a common disease, but it does kill over 3, 000 people in the us every year. If a person does not have an inhaler and is very short of breat... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Depends...: On a couple of things. First, what type of infection - some resolve quickly with treatment, others may take longer? Second, how many organ systems w... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Chronic disease: Asthma is a chronic disease that is the result of inflammation in the airways of the lungs. It can be worsened by a number of triggers, and the dise... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Testing: A lot of different medical problems have similar symptoms to asthma. The best way to confirm the diagnosis is with a methacholine challenge test - a ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Carefully: COPD is a fairly common disease, generally caused by smoking. It can be associated with frequent breathlessness, coughing, and mucous production as w... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Not really.: Asthma is a complicated airway response to some irritant, generally. In some patients, allergens in the air are major triggers. Their symptoms may o... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Activity: In some patients with copd, the lungs can't supply enough oxygen to keep the oxygen level (saturation) normal. This may happen with activity when the... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
See your doctor: Heart attacks can be life-threatening. If you are not feeling well and having chest pain you should go to the emergency room or call an ambulance. ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Could be a while: Unfortunately a cough that results from significant lung infection like pneumonia can last from a couple of weeks to even several months. The other ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Abnormal tissue: Most lung nodules are not cancerous. They are usually the result of a previous infection. In some areas of the world, certain fungal infections ma... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Get help!: For some patients asthma attacks can be life-threatening. If you don't have any rescue inhalers nearby, then you should get assistance. Most urgent ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
May be nothing: If the ct was done after the xray, then there is a good chance that there was nothing there. Chest xrays occasionally suggest abnormalities that are ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Can be: Influenza itself can cause an inflammation of the lungs that shows up on xrays, which may be called "pneumonia". It can also injure the cells lining ... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
About: About half of patients with sleep apnea are not obese.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Asthma vs bronchitis: Asthma is a chronic disease - the result of inflammation in the airways of the lungs. It can be worsened by a number of triggers, and the disease is... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Couple reasons. ..: Many have had significant "passive" exposure to tobacco smoke, either by a spouse or at work. Occassionally we can implicate a long-term exposure t... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Yes: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that in most cases can be controlled with medications. If you get your symptoms well-controlled, there is ... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Complicated question: It's hard to give a great answer without the entire results of your breathing test, but if only your FRC is reduced there may be nothing much at all w... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Obstruction: Airway "obstruction" refers to limitation of air flow through the airways. Asthma is a disease of chronic airway inflammation that can "obstruct" flo... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Yep: D-dimers are the product of blood clots breaking down somewhere in the body. These are very sensitive tests, but they are not very specific - meaning... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Control: Managing asthma is about "control". Most patient's will be on an inhaled steroid medication to control the inflammation in the airways. If this isn'... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
"obstruction": Both COPD and asthma are "obstructive" diseases - meaning that they make it hard to move air in and out of the lungs. COPD patients can have chronic ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Same thing: There are a lot of older terms used to describe respiratory diseases. Unfortunately this is one of them. There are several types of asthma however, ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
No: Asthma can affect just about anyone. If you are obese, your asthma may be more difficult to control, but obesity does not cause asthma. Occassionall... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
No: Ipf is a disease of older patients that has no known cause and leads to thickening of the soft tissue in the lung. This causes poor movement of oxyge... Read More
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A 53-year-old male asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Relatively new: For many years, patients in ICU were heavily sedated while on ventilators. This was second to keep them calm. We have learned relatively recently ho... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Get control!: Most people's asthma symptoms are controllable with one or two daily medications and occasional use of a "rescue" inhaler for breakthrough symptoms. ... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Different triggers: Most people's asthma symptoms are controllable with one or two daily medications and occasional use of a "rescue" inhaler for breakthrough symptoms. ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Exercise Induced: Some patients have exercise-induced asthma (eia) which is triggered primarily by exercise. This can often be treated with an inhaled medication just ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
It's possible: Severe infections, especially in the elderly or in those with underlying neurological disorders or mental health disorders, can result in episodes of ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
It can...: Any anticoagulation medication can cause nosebleeds. If these are minor and infrequent, it may not be worht the risk of stopping the medication, depe... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Call your doctor...: I'm guessing you have underlying asthma, and it sounds that your sinus symptoms may be developing into an asthma exacerbation. You may need a course ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Shortness of breath: ...Is caused by many abnormalities in the body, not simply low o2 levels. Some patients can have significant shortness of breath from copd, pneumon... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Infection: Pneumonia is a result of an infection of the lung tissue. This can be cause by bacteria, viruses, or even some fungii. Pneumonia symptoms usually in... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Inflammation: Asthma is a chronic disease that is the result of inflammation in the airways of the lungs. It can be worsened by a number of triggers, and the dise... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Doubtful: D-dimers are the product of blood clots breaking down somewhere in the body. These are very sensitive tests, but they are not very specific - meaning... Read More
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A 66-year-old female asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
It's hard, but quit.: Lung function naturally declines as you age. This is accelerated with copd. Quitting smoking will slow this decline and even more importantly lower ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
It could.: Asthma comes in a few varieties, but it is the result of complicated genetics and exposure to lung irritants and allergens. Your kids may develop ast... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Lung cancer support: I recommend this site to patients and families. It may be able to help you find local support groups, doctors, etc. www.mylungcancersupport.org.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
About 30% at 5yrs: Stage 3b is a complicated stage of lung ca with patients having a variety of sizes of tumors and involvement of the chest outside the lungs. Treatmen... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Cough & fever: It can be difficult to tell the difference between pneumonia and less severe infections, but pneumonia typically is more severe with more cough, mucou... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Probably not.: Obviously, i don't know what's going on specifically, but you should talk to your dad's doctors and nurses. There can be a lot of emotion and guilt w... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Maybe not.: People are placed on ventilators for several reasons. Some patients are too sleepy to breathe (as in an overdose of medications), and are supported b... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
May be difficult: It can be difficult to tell the difference some times, but pneumonia typically is more severe with more cough and mucous production as well as fevers.... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Majzun
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care 16 years experience
Probably not related: To the pneumonia. However, this symptom needs to be evaluated by a doctor. Often, the cause is a simple episode of bronchitis, but especially if you... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Majzun is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Majzun is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank u but i have been recently dignosed with asthma and once i started on steriods i have the same symptoms as body aches.its the steriods
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I was put on 3 different ones and none of them stopped my cough....I was told that it was acid reflux by a pulmologist
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you my husband has this it makes me feel better knowing this.

Education & Training

Medical/Graduate school

Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, OH
Graduated 2007MD

Residency

DOCTORS HOSPITAL

Awards

Doctors Hospital Spirit of Caring Award, 2011
Doctors Hospital Quality Champion Award, 2013
Ohio Health Prism Award, 2013

Affiliations

American College of Chest Physicians
American Thoracic Society
American Osteopathic Association
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