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How long do you live after being diagnosed with copd
A 18-year-old member asked:
Dr. Vasu Brown answered
34 years experience Integrative Medicine
Care for Lungs well: With COPD if you prevent further damage you can prevent progression of disease. Take n-acetyl cysteine daily gives extra energy to mitochondria and ac ... Read More
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Dr. Aaron Milstone answered
27 years experience Pulmonology
Difficult: Determining prognosis in COPD is very difficult. One published prognosis guide is a calculation called the bode index - it uses body weight, lung fun ... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gutti Rao answered
46 years experience Hospital-based practice
Depends: It depends on how bad your COPD is whether you are oxygen dependent, whether you have other comorbid conditions such as CHF etc. With treatment genera ... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Milstone answered
27 years experience Pulmonology
Healthcare Providers: A variety of healthcare providers can diagnose COPD including primary care physicians, family doctors, internists and pulmonologists. Other physician ... Read More
Dr. Yash Khanna answered
57 years experience Family Medicine
COPD: Your family doctor if he has spirometery in his office can diagnose copd.To diagnose COPD you need history of smoking or long term envoirmental exposu ... Read More
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Dr. Sue Ferranti answered
29 years experience Internal Medicine
Diagnose...: COPD is diagnosed via clinical assessment and pulmonary function testing. Your family doctor can diagnose copd, although the pulmonary function tests ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hesham Hassaballa answered
22 years experience Pulmonary Critical Care
Potentially Long: COPD is not a death sentence. It can be treated quite effectively, and many patients live long, productive lives despite their diagnosis.
The prog ... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ramin Rafie answered
18 years experience Geriatrics
Depends: Depends on the severity of COPD and even then, each individual is different...So difficult to predict.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michelle Zetoony answered
18 years experience Sleep Medicine
Variable: COPD has multiple stages. People can live decades and normal lifespans with copd. Depends on the rate of decline in lung function. Stages used to b ... Read More
A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hesham Hassaballa answered
22 years experience Pulmonary Critical Care
A long time: Although it depends a little on how severe the COPD is, for the most part, you can live a very long time with copd. I have patients with COPD getting ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gutti Rao answered
46 years experience Hospital-based practice
Quite short: Severe advanced COPD - unfortunately survival is probably less than five years.
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sanjay Kumar answered
37 years experience Internal Medicine
Optimistic!: Good treatment is available for maintenance of COPD patients. Prognosis is good for those who are compliant with doctor's advice!
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A 61-year-old female asked:
Dr. Tonya Kozminski answered
19 years experience Family Medicine
LVRS: Lvrs is usually done in pts w large bulla (air pockets) theory is that it allows the air pressure mismatch that has formed inside vs outside chest cav ... Read More
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