Could zinc be the key to stopping this deadly lung disease?

More than 100,000 seniors suffer from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IBF). There's no cure, but doctors are now one step closer to stopping its progression.
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[@vapeking466]

My dad Passed just a few yrs ago about 6 months after mom. He had idooathic fibrosis. He was in the Vietnam war and I believe thats how he got it from agent orange. Thats just a guess and the military has not ruled this disease as from war unfortunately so dont know for sure. Nobody seems to have a clue how you get it. I tried and tried to get him on a bunch of supplements that were possibly helpful. He wouldn't even consider it. Not even stuff that may have helped others. He was just too hard headed and old fashioned. But the worst thing about his death was the slow gradual loss of being able to breathe even on maximum oxygen in the hospital. The nurse came up with a great idea to ease his suffering. She said we can put you on morphine and slowly reduce the oxygen until you pass to reduce the amount of time suffering. All he wanted was to die asap thats how bad it got. Anyways he was so excited to hear of this method. Then the hospital president or someone way up had to approve it and they said no way thats suicide! It devestated his hope of an easy death. He was so upset he lost it. Anyway about another week is all he lasted. He passed with nobody with him because it was late at night and visiting hrs were over. Im so worried about how hard that must have been. His doctor told him they had nothing they could do to help him. I wanted him to see another dr. He refused. 🙏

[@sweetbeep]

I'm so sorry. 💔 This medical industry is so messed up. I've been thru it with them and I am done with the medical industry.

[@kathymay4473]

I’m so sorry about your dad💔it’s heartbreaking, I watched my mother die, so hard….usually with hospice they can help with keeping people more comfortable as they die 💔🙏prayers for you

[@louise7552]

My mother passed away gasping for breath, it was the cruelest thing ever and she suffered. If i had to go through it again, i would have given her an overdose of morphine, having since worked in a hospital, i know how its done humanely. I have COPD as well, ive got myself organised for my time. Luckily, you can die at home in Australia, with love surrounding you and pain free.❤❤

[@sweetbeep]

I'm so sorry about your mother. That must be very difficult to have memories of. How can it be organized to give an overdose of morphine?

[@MarkJones-fw3mo]

Been on zinc+ nad+ and resverstrol for year and have had no significant advancement in that time. Thanks to everyone working on a cure.

[@amitjee1104]

Hi..my dad has pulmonary fibrosis ..could you please share your exp further so that I can give something which could help him. Thanks..

[@MarkJones-fw3mo]

I take 30mg's of zinc 2 1000mg's tablets of resverstrol and one 500mg tablet of nad+ a day. Seems to be helping. FDA meds are to expensive for me. Good luck and God bless!

[@amitjee1104]

​@@MarkJones-fw3mo Thanks !! Could you tell me the brands you use for NAD and Reservatrol cos there are so many in the web..

[@MarkJones-fw3mo]

@@amitjee1104 Dear Amit Jee for resverstrol I take Adora organics brand for NAD+ Caencienns liposomal brand. The zinc is Nature made. Please join PF warrior's for support and information. Take care.

[@amitjee1104]

@@MarkJones-fw3mo Sure, thanks 🙏

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Interesting and worthwhile video.

[@dr.chaithanyasrinivasan1686]

Thank you for sharing this..

[@bowillie123]

I was diagnosed with IPF in March. I'm taking Ofev twice a day to slow the progression. In addition, I started taking Panacur c, Berberine, and Theracurmin two weeks ago. (this is the drugs Joe Tippin took to eradicate his cancer.) And now I just ordered Zinc, Resveratrol, and NAD-1. I don't know if any of these things will have an effect on my IPF but at this point what do I have to lose?

[@robelsac]

There you go! I have als, when allopathic medicine has no options look elsewhere. What is considered the fringe is where we also find the frontier :)

[@matthewalexander8752]

Zinc can cause nausea in doses over 40mg- and it depletes copper…. And can make you feel worse , also affects immune system.

[@denisechandler4622]

Any updates on how your doing? Can you tell me exactly what brand of these supplements are you taking and how much? Also are you taking it with the ofev? Thanks

[@gupshupbyshaista]

Contact to homeopathy in India Agra Uttar pradesh...visit India at agra

[@elamharnish100]

I hope they have made you feel better. There is always hope lurking around the corner.

[@artie6818]

I wish they went into more details about supplement(zinc , etc) dosage and frequency

[@alcantwell]

That's always the problem with supplements. Nobody invests the big bucks necessary to do good research just to sell some inexpensive vitamins, not when the trillions of dollars are in big pharma research projects. Dosage is dependent on age, weight, muscle mass, drug interactions, sensitivities to ingredients, blah, blah, blah.

[@astrahcat1212]

Make sure to check potassium too, dont allow it chronically low and dont take too much either.

[@coralreef909]

It affects really young people too. My sister wasn’t a senior and it just killed her. Never expected her to go so fast. Our family is in shock at her death. She never expected to die like this either. Toronto general hospital refused her a lung transplant and made her palliative knowing full well the eventual outcome. She was on a list for a transplant then they suddenly removed her.

[@DeniseThomson-d1p]

Take zinc with copper always

[@robertcampos2294]

Ive been doing some research and found out medicinal mushrooms like cordyceps and tiger milk mushrooms regenerate lung tissue and help you breath better. Research it people and let others know if it helps. Just commenting on here about this in hopes it can help someone. Good luck to everybody

[@saorgaza6068]

This is good to hear - my mother dies of IPF in 2010 and it may run in our family, but would humans just stop testing on animals! Human volunteers could have been used for trialling these 3 supplements

[@laserlightshowsraihill.]

IF consuming ZINC one should take, later on some copper, to balance with the zinc they both go together but just not at the same time CHEERS

[@Logan2009ful]

They can go together if the cooper dosage is lower than the zinc dosage but good stuff ❤

[@sweetbeep]

​@@Logan2009fulhi, can I ask where you learned we can take them together like this? Thank you

[@jfranco7520]

My brother has pulmonary fibrosis in the lungs both are scar and damaged anything to help so that he can live a lil longer for a transplant…

[@Logan2009ful]

My mom the same way …ima give her the zinc and other supplements once I research a little more but look into milk thistle and vitamin e tocopherols by Dr berg

[@jfranco7520]

@@Logan2009ful my brother was just intubated yesterday 😞 now we waiting to see if UCSF will consider him for a lung transplant 😞….

[@Logan2009ful]

I’m so sorry. I pray it he gets the lung. If you can. Could you tell me the type of diet you had him on and what supplements? My mom is getting better and she still waiting but i make sure she overloaded with nutrients on a daily and she fastes 16 hours a day…less meat all organic and mediation …if you can I don’t wanna miss anything. So can you give me a little review on supplements and way off living? So I can compare…I got rid of her diabetes and high blood pressure she’s been on end stage for going on 3 years now so I learn from others respectfully.

[@jfranco7520]

@@Logan2009ful Mullein tea organic n all greens 🥬 no process food… my brother was to far… but the dr was shocked that he lasted this long… but we are waiting on Stanford or UCSF to tell us if he gonna be able to be on the transplant.. My mother right now waiting for them to move him to UC Davis

[@joshuagriffin9054]

Hey Logan how is your mom doing? And what exactly are you guys doing to combat this condition

[@jerrynootenboom256]

What is dosage of zinc

[@ellenbradley1880]

I have my chart I go too to see my test results and pay bills and keep up with my Dr. appointments . had a CT scan done yesterday and Email came same day results tell me I have a mild case of biapical pleuroparenchymal scarring. could be from the chemo I had and radiation from breast cancer. I did smoke, but I quit 10 years ago. not heard from my dr or anyone else to tell my what to do. Maybe they do not know yet.

[@vapeking466]

Interesting my dad just passed of idiopathic fibrosis a few years ago and he also had bladder cancer but had been treated for it and they cut it out twice but it kept coming back and spreading. They think they may have permanently stopped it when this killed him. Please take it seriously and don't wait or the same could happen to you perhaps. I knew right after his passing they came out with an experimental pill 💊 I know a girl who has had a huge improvement on this pill and she was getting pretty bad. It's probably on the market now but I don't know what it's called. May God bless you! 🙏

[@sweetbeep]

​@@vapeking466did you ever read the book "cancer is not a disease!" By Andreas Moritz? I don't agree with everything he says, but it's definitely an eye opener and an eyebrow lifter and a jaw dropper! I listen to it on audible platform when I head to bed every night

[@johnmontana18]

Zinc also good for age relate Macular degeneration. I take Eye vitamins with zinc as one of the ingredients. What amount of zinc is safe?

[@vapeking466]

Most online articles say 15mg or less daily. I take 22mg only because that's the strength of the brand I prefer.

[@sweetbeep]

​@@vapeking466can I ask if you take it with copper to balance?

[@teresavale2517]

OMG - they told us also that they didn’t know the cause. I’m wondering about the Weed killer used for lawns - if it could have contributed & also the lead based paint used along time ago. I’m wondering what the age cut off is for transplants ?

[@yvonnebreed4693]

Wish had money for a lung transplant I would, diagnosed pulmonary fibrosis 7 months ago

[@carda5967]

I'm not a doctor I promise but I've been taking neprinol which is a brand of serapeptase to decrease the fibrin in my blood. With a little research I realize it includes fibroids, scar tissue and such. Maybe look into That for your lungs. Also DMSO can cut through scar tissue and even castor oil packs are pretty powerful but that would be my third choice I would do all three of them. I'm trying to learn right now what causes fibroids or fibrosis in the lungs anyway.

[@Time2Awaken]

I just learned ivermectin may reverse it

[@sprautz]

​@@carda5967 Hello What does DMSO stand for?

[@yvonnebreed4693]

Where I can get these ,I also will try castor oil pack, do I put on lungs? But other what and where can I get

[@reshmilata7841]

How to use castor oil for lungs

[@rbmjr1us]

I hope so.

[@rosannamash4988]

I have emphysema and fibrosis

[@Believefor]

I have ipf 3 years now

[@BilalYaseen-q6k]

Please tell me you have pain in chest or not and how is you feeling now

[@rashmidhingra4322]

Is Nad plus completely safe for autoimmune patients??? Please reply 🙏

[@vapeking466]

Honestly I don't think that's known yet. Might try Google. Personally I wouldn't risk it unless you know for a fact it won't make you worse.

[@sweetbeep]

What is the reason you are asking if it's safe for autoimmune? I just googled the combination and it says "NAD has shown great promise as a treatment for autoimmune disease."

[@dulynoted2427]

So, you can get this overthecounter. And why would we be waiting for big pharma to jack up the price on the same thing?

[@masonryjoe]

Any updates on this, I wonder if you could nebulize zink to get it into the lungs ?

[@DeniseThomson-d1p]

My dad got pulmonary fibrosis from heart medication amidrone.

[@jeffg4686]

any type of fibrosis is almost certainly helped with Nattokinase including pulmonary fibrosis. The doctor is not allowed to tell you this. The reasons are: Reduce fibroblast activation and collagen production Break down fibrin and promote tissue remodeling Losing the ability to process zinc doesn't mean we should add more zinc necessarily. Doing so can take it's toll on other parts of your body if done in excess. It's great that it reduces the fibrosis - definitely, but so could Nattokinase... It might be a good solution if done in right amounts, but I would try to get the cells to process zinc better, not add more zinc.

[@hank6754]

Thank you for this. Any reason why Nattokinase can help in that way? I'm just curious as to the possible method.

[@KathlynTruxel]

My friend was on hospice and now they are taking him off! After 6 months of treatment!!

[@Nikola.T3sL4-AC]

Because of taking these supplements?

[@KathlynTruxel]

This does work !!!!!

[@njnavarro2004]

I love animals and I wish they were not tortured and killed to advance knowledge. That said, the difference between an animal model of IPF and real-world human IPF may be such that this treatment won't be as effective in human patients. IOW, in humans for example the disease may be the result of long term laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) secondary to autonomic nervous system dysfunction, in which case the treatment may be able to slow the progression of the disease but not reverse it (or not reverse it very much) unless the dysautonomia/LPR is somehow dealt with at the same time.

[@adeletate6640]

How much zinc to take daily please? I have copd

[@bridahynes3389]

Nodules in the lung due to rheumatoid arthritis

[@danielsuarez6151]

I wonder if this works on long covid lung damage

[@Teenagegoogoomuk]

It does not cure or repair the lung it just slows down the scarring from the disease. It's still there

[@sweetbeep]

​@@Teenagegoogoomukhow do you know? It may completely reverse it

[@Teenagegoogoomuk]

@@sweetbeep Unfortunately studies show and have for some time now. Hardening of the lungs is not reversable as well and can be slowed down but not repaired. I have been in the construction industry for over 40 years and know my fate. Old timers like me know from folks from the past and guys that have had this disease and know the end results and why. I feel sorry for those that had no treatment back in the day and the young who get it today. Hopefully someday there will be a cure but guys like me have accepted their fates and hopefully I will not suffer on my dying day.

[@sweetbeep]

@@Teenagegoogoomuk I heard of egcg for silicosis. I think it depends on the cause. Keep digging for answers. I know most docs won't have them. So you think it's from construction particles in your lungs? Find out what can dissolve those.

[@Teenagegoogoomuk]

@@sweetbeep I appreciate that and thank you. This disease in my case is IPF, I have found that particulates and chemicals is a type like Asbestos, silica, smoke, vape or popcorn lung, black mold and hay, bird droppings etc. It can also be caused by hereditary and some arthritis? I was tested for asbestos and all that. I believe that when I got covid two years ago it triggered this disease. At first I thought long covid and later found out IPF which I believe the scarring came from covid and started progressing. Heartburn is another culprit? swallowing stomach content (bile)down the wrong pipe will also cause damage along with flu, and covid again can take me out according to doc. It's not a cancer or a particulate that can be destroyed by medicine just slowed down. When lungs are damaged they don't grow back or heal tissue, some say scarring and hardening which both are true one is the lung breaking down and hardening causing scarring and so on. Fortunately I don't have excruciating pain but I can't do anything without pausing to catch a breath. straight.

[@DeniseThomson-d1p]

Will this help dad with COPD

[@dantae666]

Probably not but wouldnt hurt to add as it is just vitamin pills bought anywhere. just dont stop the proper inhalers ect

[@joeg1816]

Giving all 3 to my mother tomorrow,

[@eilishhussain]

Hows your mother now

[@teresavale2517]

My dad was on morphine & another drug that starts with the letter “A” for the pain.😂

[@jacquelinebrooks1326]

Just diagnosed

[@joenotpaul7211]

Hope all goes well 🙏🏽 God bless

[@DeusBelli]

Stay strong!

[@armaankapoor]

You well be good as treatment is been going to found

[@titoabrao1770]

God bless you to be cured.

[@vivianbernales2907]

God hears our prayers.🙏🙏🙏♥️

[@alexyo2105]

Dr what's the dosage of zinc that my mother has to take to fight against pulmonary fibrosis she is 77 years old and got the disease after covid she us currently on OFEV 100mg once a day you

[@louise100702]

I wonder if the mice they used for the experiment have lung issues 🤔

[@moviestelugunow2931]

Features are consistent with Fibrosing Interstitial Pneumonia with Microscopic Honeycombing and Peripheral Fibrosis with Smooth muscle Prominence. Fibroblast Focus Activity is Low. Possibility of usual Interstitial Pneumonia is Considered This is my condition sir may I cover from this condition my age is just 22 years please help me sir

[@sweetbeep]

Update? Have you tried any supplements?

[@narayan12376]

Hii

[@moviestelugunow2931]

@@narayan12376 yes

[@mikepruett1745]

is this hereditary my uncle died this may and his son has it at 62 can his brother get it ????

[@Teenagegoogoomuk]

This is possible, Im 60 and dig. 6 months ago. Mine started in march thinking it was long covid One thing I have noticed is clubbing of the fingers is a good sign. It's not contagis It is subtle but it is getting noticeable.

[@luanatringali2817]

My Mom passed in 2008 at 80 with IPF. In October 2017 at 68, I was diagnosed with IPF, but few months later rediagnosed with ILD caused by systemic scleroderma. I’m now 75 using oxygen and struggling to keep my weight up. I declined taking Ofev. I’ve been taking zinc for years.

[@mikepruett1745]

they worked at the same job in the 80's@@luanatringali2817

[@sweetbeep]

​@@luanatringali2817can you add NAD and sert1? Add modified citrus pectin as well.

[@methatlovescats3602]

But can cause a deadly deseas too. Heck who to believe

[@sweetbeep]

I would trust anyone more than mainstream medicine.

[@RavenWolfDrum69]

Same 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@pooptv679]

im totally to die ..like me a poor person..😢😢😢 i have this now 😢😢😢😢