Question 1

what is the life expectancy of someone with copd and emphysema?

Accepted Answer

Depends,: The prognostic point scale for COPD is found here: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/297664-overview#aw2aab6b2b6aa.  For example, of patients who cannot walk 100yards without shortness of breath, FEV1 of 36-49% predicted compared with age match controls, BMI

Question 2

what is life expectancy of a patient who has copd?

Accepted Answer

Depends on factors: Such as body mass index, degree of airway obstruction,  degree of uncomfortable breathing, exercise tolerance, smoking status, presence of complications including pulmonary hypertension, right sided heart failure, chronic respiratory failure, degree of carbon dioxide retention, frequency of exacerbations, and other medical conditions. I have had patients die in their 50s & some that lived 90+ yrs.

Question 3

what is the life expectancy of a 74 year old male with severe copd?

Accepted Answer

Depends: There are many factors associated with this type of question. How long have you been diagnosed, exactly what is "severe"do you smoke, etc. It has been shown that COPD patients who use pulmonary rehabilitation do better than those who do not.

Question 4

what is the life expectancy of someone who has been diagnosed with copd?

Accepted Answer

BODE index: A combination of multiple factors predict survival in patients with copd. One such grading system is called bode index. This takes into account body mass index, severity of breathlessness, distance walked in 6 minutes, and lung function. The last two require testing in pulmonary function lab.  Bode index can predict 4 yr survival and risk of hospitalization.

Question 5

end stage copd, recent minor heart attack, what is my life expectancy?

Accepted Answer

God knows.: No one can tell you this. There are co-illness that can decrease your life expectancy but no absolute number. Need to exersise and have a great medical and nutritional status. Need to stay off the tobacco and use your heart and lung meds.

Question 6

can you tell me for end stage copd, recent minor heart attack life expectancy?

Accepted Answer

"end stage": You are using the term, "End-stage". That means what it says. No one is going to give you an exact time. The doctor closest to the person who is ill would be in the best position to tell you if you can expect hours, days, weeks or months. Even the attending doctor is often wrong because each case is different and no one has divine insight.

Question 7

what is the life expectancy of someone with copd whose lungs are too damaged for lung reduction surgery?

Accepted Answer

Difficult: This is a very hard question to answer; survival predictions in COPD have been difficult to confirm in study.  One of the most widely used is called the "bode" index which is based on body mass, fev1, six minute walk (a measure of exercise distance) and a dyspnea/shortness of breath score called mrc.  There are calculators online to help quickly do this assessment.

Question 8

are there any new treatments for copd and emphysema that can extend my life?

Accepted Answer

Extend life?: There are exciting new and old treatments for copd. They do make a difference in many ways. Prolongation of life is harder to achieve but is feasible.

Question 9

will early emphysema (changes in small airways caused by smoking, leading to some air trapping/hyperinflation) in a young person always get worse, or can stopping smoking allow for some damage to reverse & copd to never fully develop? live long life?

Accepted Answer

: I've seen many patients with small airways disease who had given up smoking and never developed COPD, but gave up smoking at a relatively early age and only smoked for several years.

Question 10

do i have copd, emphysema? im 29, very healthy, probably i had 10 cigarettes in my life (last one was 4 years ago) i just got diagnosed with reactive airways disease, and im so confused about that term as per google.
only big symptom sob. gasping air

Accepted Answer

RAD: RAD is a simple descriptor for what an overactive natural lung defense. If anyone inhales chlorine gas, the lung protective mechanism closes the small airways to stop gas entry that would injure the delicate inner membranes . It re-opens if the exposure stops. RAD in its mildest form is sometimes called cough variant asthma but the term can be applied to infectious causes or true asthma.

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Are there any new treatments for copd and emphysema that can extend my life?

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Will early emphysema (changes in small airways caused by smoking, leading to some air trapping/hyperinflation) in a young person always get worse, or can stopping smoking allow for some damage to reverse & copd to never fully develop? live long life?

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Do i have copd, emphysema? im 29, very healthy, probably i had 10 cigarettes in my life (last one was 4 years ago) i just got diagnosed with reactive airways disease, and im so confused about that term as per google. only big symptom sob. gasping air

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