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A 33-year-old member asked:
Does sodium intake affect copd?
3 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
Dr. Carlo Hatemanswered
Pulmonary Critical Care 27 years experience
No: Unless you are taking steroids, it might exacerbate water retention.
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Dr. Pedro Hernandezanswered
Geriatrics 42 years experience
Early No/late maybe: End stage COPD may cause cor pulmonale of CHF secondary to copd. The CHF gets decompnsated with sodium and fluid intake.
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Dr. Rada Ivanovanswered
Pulmonary Critical Care 33 years experience
Not directly: Sodium intake usually affects hypertension. If blood pressure is not controlled, that may make breathing harder, not directly related to copd. If the COPD patient has carbon dioxide retention they should limit their carbohydrate intake.
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Last updated Jun 10, 2014
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