Understanding COPD - causes, signs, symptoms and treatments

[@mwest3583]

My mom died of COPD last year. She spent the last several years of her life basically slowly suffocating to death. First it was an inability to walk a block without stopping. Then 20 feet. Then full time oxygen. Then higher oxygen. Moments of contained panic feeling like she couldn't get enough oxygen even when stationary. It was an awful way to go. Stop smoking.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Sorry to hear this but thank you for sharing your story

[@lynfawcett221]

I have never smoked in my life, but have been diagnosed with COPD. U am very aware of what my future holds, oxygen etc. Inability to do anything at all. So I am very thankful, that Western Austealua finally brought into law, voluntary assisted dying. I feel my diagnosis of COPD can be attributed to being married to a smoker and at night, inhailing what he breathed out. The reason U feel this is the cause of my COPD is because hus pillow would regularly need changing because it became discoloured. Awful orangey/brown stains from his breath. So all those non smokers with a smoking partner, need to be aware of this too.

[@BrotherAzrael]

Makes you wonder if the doctors did enough. There are a lot of treatment options for COPD, oxygen therapy here is fighting an uphill battle against a progressive lung disease.

[@fireball8767]

All these heath warnings on cigarette packets but they are still on the shelves selling um?????? Just ban the things outright

[@SophieStiller-xc9dt]

​@@fireball8767l in

[@mariebarnes416]

Watching this reinforced my reason for no longer smoking. I had a lower lobectomy in April and still crave smoking sometimes.

[@janetginty1847]

I stopped smoking 2 Feb 22 and I still fancy a cigarette sometimes it does get less

[@derekearles9844]

I stopped 40 years ago i got fed up of being asked about ciggarets every time i see my doctor i turned round and told a hospital doctor ask me what jobs i have done all my life so he did and nearly all were dust related ?

[@Reeeeeee12345]

​@derekearles9844 Same. Five years ago I could smoke lots of weed all day everyday, and could do ductwork and handle the insulation well. In those 5 years. I didn't smoke much weed, but started smoking cigs, and continued doing dusty work. Now I'm having breathing problems constantly. Today it was about 8 hours of struggling to breathe.

[@2pugman]

I quit smoking in 1989 after have brain surgery for a bleeding artery. I was in the hospital and decided it was a great time to quit smoking. That was in 1989, but COPD got me in 2018. Then there was sleep apnea and a weak heart after a damaging five day heart attack in 2010. The lower part of my heart doesn't pump very well. I have one stent. My heart Dr.'s call me their Mirical patient at age 82.

[@checkmecare]

I hope you are all well.

[@keithbronson9777]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lynfawcett221]

Whoa! A 5 day heart attack! You certainly are a miracle ✨️. And 82 years old after everything you have gone through. You must have such a strong will to keep living ❤

[@RaghunathCheruvalath]

Jjk​@Jameson161

[@MS-wb5mf]

You sound tough, hang in there.

[@josim]

I was diagnosed with COPD this year, and I now bike 15 miles a day. I go on very hilly routes and push myself as much as possible, which has helped.

[@Hello12-n6f]

Add high amounts of magniusm and pottasium to ur diet and wild organeo oil a day in water, lemon water a day vitamin d % k

[@josim]

@@Hello12-n6f Thank you I will

[@scottsaul]

Can someone please help me my partner as COPD and when she has used the toilet she has a really bad episode ie can't breathe and looks like she is going to pass out it is horrific its almost like she is going to take her last breathe. Any advice would be much appreciated .

[@DanielCrețu-z7j]

​@@scottsaulGoing to the doctor is the most appropriate because each person has his own illness

[@tp8898]

Go see a pulmonologist you can get great inhalers out there I use symbicort and ventolin once in a while I have COPD I may be very helpful

[@patspc6688]

I used to saw up asbestos, as an apprentice on the gas board ( like a snow storm). Twenty five years or so i got pains in my chest, sent to hospital and put camera down my throat, went back to see doctor and the first thing he said, was had i ever worked with asbestos ! Fine for another twenty five years, including smoking (stopped years ago), but now it has caught up with me. Any exertion, leaves me gasping and having to sit down to recover. So your saying there's not much hope ? Well my three score and ten years have passed, but will keep struggling on !! 😁🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@alexblue6991]

I have to get tested my age 72yr I also worked with asbestos on building sites

[@danielfallon3363]

Very informative. Kudos for not minimizing the gravity of the issue. Breathing is one of my favorite things. Every time we breathe in and out again we get another chance.

[@66block84]

My wife died from emphysema in 2022, started smoking at 14 and only quit when she was admitted to where she died. She tried many times and many ways to quit, she just could't stop.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

So sorry to hear that

[@robinjones6999]

Isn't Dr Chau just great - I wish all Drs were like that- As usual , excellent

[@BethKrepich-df3qv]

I have moderate copd from smoking. Quit smoking 3 years ago and feel much better. I still crave for a cigarette but saw friends die from end stage copd. Don't want to go out like that. Thanks for all the great information and your show.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Very welcome Beth. Congrats

[@fireball8767]

Cigarettes need to be banned

[@queenbee3647]

I have COPD, with supplemental O2 24/7. I also have CHF with AFib. I crashed in 2001. I have never ever taken even one single puff on a cigarette. I despise smoking. My parents had five kids that just got the bare necessities but they always had money for their three pack a day habit for each of them. My cardiologist thinks their smoking destroyed my health. I do too.

[@keithbronson9777]

Such is life.

[@jeffreyc.angelopassalino4903]

No sevond hand smoke was proven total bs

[@curiousarah7961]

May I ask your age range? I'm 29 and had a similar childhood experience. My doctor thinks it's asthma, but the meds do not help.

[@rockinrob2004]

Much respect & love for you both & guest Dr. I have COPD, AFib, HBP, Type2, survived Esophagus cancer twice, finally kicked smoking some years back. 66 now & still thankfully going! I thank God daily

[@marionohara5606]

Wow 😳😳 Apparently u have more things to accomplish in ur life. 👍🏻 Awesome......

[@soehnchen03]

My mom had COPD and for seven years, we used a Hill-Rom vest (morning and night) treatments along with nebulizer meds. This was extremely helpful. Sharing the care.

[@bobbydee1187]

My friend had a lung transplant at 71 years old. He’s now 74 and doing great.

[@Reeeeeee12345]

Wtf is a lung transplant?

[@bobbydee1187]

@ Where the surgeon’s remove your lungs and replace them with someone else’s.

[@Reeeeeee12345]

@@bobbydee1187 wow. That's crazy.

[@bobbydee1187]

@@Reeeeeee12345 yelp. It’s very expensive also.

[@petruzzovichi]

Terrific Guest Physician. Well done...

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Thanks!

[@cyndim8785]

I had a Chest CT in 2019 all clear. I had another in 2021 after the second round of Covid-19 and was diagnosed with mild COPD. This past June I had a low does lung CT and I have advanced to moderate COPD. I was active without breathing problems before Covid-19. Now I can’t breathe without BREO once a day that cost with private insurance $210 every three months. Damaged Lungs from a virus that was man made is truly a crime.

[@lynnhaveron6375]

Same I've never Been the same person chronic cough they can't get settled , inhalers , steriods the lot as you say criminal I'd give anything for good health

[@cyndim8785]

@@lynnhaveron6375 I’m taking my life back in 2025. I started a stretching program (1/2 hour) last week and will do if five days a week. I don’t know if you get PBS stations, that’s were I found a program that I can actually do. I’m working on getting stronger for me, one day at a time. “Baby Steps”.

[@rbuckley6038]

Hi I've got servere keep walking as long as you can 👊🏽💪🏽✌🏽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@5s4l1p1fcw]

Thank you to all three of you, for taking the effort and time to create these videos and make us more health conscious. Secondly, in recent days, the news is full of 'microplastics everywhere in food'. Is there anything we can do about it? Thanks

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Very welcome. Actually not really. They are everywhere. Try to avoid using anything plastic to eat or drink. Metal, glass, etc.

[@5s4l1p1fcw]

@@TalkingWithDocs Thanks Doc!

[@jsand8301]

As someone who started smoking early in life and spent many years in smoky bars I developed respiratory issues. I finally quite. I sucked on over the counter inhalers for years until the drive gases were banned. Forced to go to the doctor I was given prescription inhalers and treatments that worked wonders, wish I had gone much earlier. Life is much better when you can breath. If you use over the counter inhalers, go see a doctor.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Thank you for sharing

[@leonaedwards7104]

I take N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine that helps with mucus. Also I have a slice of lemon including the peel everyday and drinking very hot water helps. I WAS on an inhaler that probably contributed to my osteoporosis. I had chronic bronchitis for years but haven’t had it for several years. I rarely use an inhaler now. Ex smoker.

[@UncleSaulsa]

That and Serrapeptase & Lumbrokinase are very powerful for healing the lungs and even reversing these damaged lungs!!

[@Reeeeeee12345]

Hell yeah. I smoked cigs for like 4 years, and now I have trouble breathing. No more smoking for me. I regret doing it.

[@tovo1949]

An important treatment you neglected to mention is how important weekly exercise is to keep your ability to do daily chores and stay mobile

[@irenedenham4691]

Oh I just love you Guys!!! I followed you before and after 2:29 my TKR and you were so helpful. I have COPD ( passive smoking) and I learnt a lot from this talk! ❤❤❤

[@mark-ib7sz]

Just excellent !!! Thank you very much.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

You are welcome!

[@mavaterhaar8499]

You guys are amazing doctors!! Thankyou for all your videos❤

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Our pleasure! So glad you liked it.

[@orianafisher3960]

Absolutely! Canadian doctors at that😊

[@lynfawcett221]

Thank you for this presentation. Since 1993 U gave been diagnosed with hay fever, then asthma and followed by COPD. I have never smoked in my life, but was subject to second hand smoking when younger. Mainly when going for an evening out, before smoking in public was restricted. (I am now 68.) The reason,I mentioned 1993, is that we went on a long distance holiday that year, and as it was a driving holiday, we needed to use Gerry cans to carry extra fuel. One leaked in the back of our 4WD which was carpeted, and that car was my daily car. So, I was exposed to diesel fumes for many weeks, not just the 2 weeks of the holidays.

[@redhen689]

Thanks docs! One other treatment for COPD is endobronchial valves. Valves are placed, by bronchoscope, into the bronchi leading to segments that are the most severely damaged. Honestly, they only do it on really patients with really severe COPD, and not everyone benefits from it. I tested a patient recently who had the procedure, and to be honest, their lung function didn’t improve, but they felt like they had improved exercise tolerance.

[@DanielCrețu-z7j]

That's right, but only for those who have it in one lobe, if it's emphysema in the whole lung, they can't put it on you

[@lynfawcett221]

Thank you, that is great information clearly explained.

[@barbarahenn-pander5872]

Such gentlemen. Thank you for your valuable videos. 🤓

[@davidcaverley6862]

Very good advice, as usual. Thank you Doctors.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Always welcome

[@adrianowen6524]

I’m a 45 year old male with COPD and been diagnosed for the last 3/4 years thanks for the information guys awesome 👌👍👍

[@cherylemaybury9967]

I have emphysema and I did grow up with parents that smoked in the house. I suffered from asthma and chronic bronchitis for most of my life but I had a bad spell from mold in my house. I blame the mold for pushing me over the edge into emphysema. Do you think that is possible? I lost my sister two years ago to lung cancer too and neither of us smoked. My mother smoked right up to her death at 82 from pancreatic cancer. She didn’t seem to suffer from emphysema or any lung related disease.

[@cathyconklin5135]

I have COPD from smoking but also being a hairdresser for over 40 years. 1980’s big hair,hairspray and chemicals.

[@cris_miko]

Thank you. Very helpful to understand.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

You are welcome!

[@paulinesmith5518]

I use a humidifier that helps remove water in the air. i can sleep at night with no coughing. I still work 30 hours a week in a busy work canteen rushing around. Don't give up. Keep going.

[@Elizabeth1234971]

Do you use this in your bedroom?

[@paulinesmith5518]

@Elizabeth1234971 No i use it on the landing and the door open in bedroom. It help me a lot. The moisture in the are was making me cough and was told to get one. I hope this is helpful.

[@sheryl8034]

Is it not a dehumidifier. As a humidifier adds moisture and the dehumidifier removes it❤

[@sgr_sgr]

Thanks guys. That’s appreciated. Very informative & helpful. I feel more knowledgeable & mindful & confident about reaching out for help in due course by tracking potential symptoms.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

That is the main goal of our channel. Glad we could help.

[@debbiewhite3602]

My Mum had COPD she was a smoker that quit smoking later in life, my brother has recently been diagnosed with COPD (he was a smoker but quit a few years ago). My brother was recently prescribed at-home oxygen.

[@petere4315]

Once again, great info Docs, thank you! Especially liked Dr. Chau strangling Doc Weening... spit my coffee. Hilarious!

[@juliewest7966]

Thank you for this information.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Our pleasure!

[@teresahatfield4521]

Thank you doctors for your wonderful information. I have COPD. Not a smoker. Never smoked. But have asthma and exposed to 2nd hand smoke for years when people smoked everywhere. Not fun.

[@Melissa-SC73]

Can you bring Dr Chau back in again. I’d like to know why some people have pneumonia every single month. (I think I’m going on over 16 or 17 months now). I get tiny breaks.

[@mevoy123]

I was having the same problem. My doctor checked my immunoglobulin a and it was very low. Now I take immunoglobulin by infusion 2x monthly and was able to get rid of the pneumonia.

[@Melissa-SC73]

@@mevoy123 I think they checked mine. I’m not sure. I’ll have to look.i know they checked it about 10 years ago and it was high. But the last time I can’t remember. I’ll look it up on my online chart.

[@ChileabBrown]

@@mevoy123 like

[@crazyscott2646]

When i was smoking in the 70's and 80's. The cigarettes did not have fire retardant in the paper in the cigarettes of today. I was diagnosed with COPD small airway disease and collapsing trachea. And fighting to get disability!

[@TalkingWithDocs]

So sorry to hear this

[@user-franking]

I was on Spiriva for years got off . I feel a Lil better but could use more help. I'm on ventolin trying to cut down, heard it was bad for heart. Is there something else safe to take along with the ventolin ? And I thought antibiotics wasn't good for you cells u mentioned Azithromycin

[@slomo1716]

My boyfriend from London, died of COPD. He was a long time die hard smoker and preferred sympathy instead of taking control of his life. He did finally quit smoking but it was much too late, he required daily nebulizer with all sorts of medications throughout the day plus requiring an oxygen machine. Living on his yacht, he somehow made it back to the Caribbean and went into hospice and died on St. Thomas. I knew on my last visit to him, it would be the last time I'd see him. Speaking of VAPING, my son was in a classroom setting with a bunch of vaping fools at the beginning of COVID (a respiratory virus), he became very sick with COVID, lost the job, at PEPCO in Washington DC. In the midst of litigation with these ignorant imbeciles, who refuse to recognize the VAPING ISSUE.

[@checkmecare]

Smoking is really very harmful to the body, especially the lungs. But it seems that many people don't care about this and smoke every day. Even those of us who don't smoke cannot avoid secondhand smoke. I really hope it can be improved.

[@keithbronson9777]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ivyvine755]

So glad I watched this. I have this and have been worried about my oxygen levels. I’m not quite as worried now. 😊

[@brown3y3s37]

I was exposed platinum salts and developed respiratory problems. Platinum salts cause platinosis. No doctors in Oklahoma has any experience with platinosis from what I was told, so they said it was asthma. None of the 3:24 medications would help when would have a flare up. So then was told I was congested. Even though my major flare ups were when was exposed to platinum salts. I’m now in Georgia I hope I can find some help. I feel horrible 80% of the time. If anyone is familiar with my problem please help.

[@paulkoza8652]

My dad had COPD, but it was not called that back then. He had TB as a teenager. This was back in the 1920s, so the treatment was primitive. Essentially, his mom nursed him back to health. He made a big mistake and started smoking cigars which is my memory of him. He switched to a pipe in his later years, but smoke is smoke. He had emphysema probably from his mid 50s until he died of lung cancer at 67. There was not the treatment back in the mid 70's like there is today, but even then, it was too late. So my word to the wise is give up the smoke. It can and will kill you.

[@checkmecare]

Sorry to hear this. But I also understand how you feel because my dad went through the same situation as your dad. This is really a pity, my father is only 55 years old.🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@Reeeeeee12345]

I smoked like 4 years, and decided to quit. I hate feeling like Im.auffocating.

[@Keithpersons6]

I was diagnosed with COPD eight years ago when my lung collapsed. I have been on Oxygen ever since. My condition gets worse almost monthly. I can't walk ten feet without sitting and catching my breath. I was considered for a lung transplant twice, went through all the testing. They told me I was too early and to come back in a year. I joined a support group. Two members of this group had been through the transplant, and told me if they had to do it again, they would not. I have two friends who have had the transplant and both are doing great after five years. However, the medication each month is between 40K and 80K per month, which you have to find financial help for that kind of money. I made the choice to let nature takes its course which is very hard on my family, and very hard on my wife of 50 years as she is my care taker. I am in Hospice care at home, and I am ready to go. Very scary times not being able to breath. Could be any day. Don't smoke!

[@sheryl8034]

You've had it rough with tough choices. My mum has advanced COPD and was in the ICU before Christmas. I know we moan about our NHS in general in the UK, but we really are so lucky to have it. All our treatment and medication are free. We are so blessed, really. I do feel for you 😢

[@bgchilli57]

Really good info

[@StephensStudio-1]

I quit a 100 to 125 smoking habit in 2004. A year later I had a lung infection where half of my lung (R/S) collapsed with pleurisy and pneumonia in my left lung. 8 weeks of stronger meds and I was cured. 20 years later, I am still not smoking but have a mild case of COPD.

[@DanielCrețu-z7j]

It means you are crazy if you keep smoking

[@StephensStudio-1]

@DanielCrețu-z7j i quit in 2004 and never looked back

[@michaelkurtz1967]

Consider a video discussing exposure to allergens and the inability to breath. Symptoms of anaphylaxis are considered COPD for lack of other diagnosis. Some days are fine. Some days are terrible.

[@barbarahiesel1015]

What about patient with systemic Sjögren’s disease, and now it’s affecting lungs. Any breathing exercises, etc to help?

[@reneemcmillan3865]

I was diagnosed with bronchiectasis and non tuberculosis mycobacterium

[@TorgerVedeler]

I think back on all the friends I’ve lost to smoking. God, I miss those guys. 😢

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Yes it's dangerous

[@jargraroch3000]

My mother just died from COPD [11/13/24] and she had an army of doctors. The ONE thing none of them told her and I found out after-the-fact is that there is about a 50% increased chance of falling with COPD than those without. My mother fell several times and the last time literally killed her [she survived the surgery and several days after and then suddenly went downhill and died]. Anyway, if you have COPD, then make sure you scrutinize your home and remove all trip hazards such as throw rugs and floor mats. Take care! 😷

[@tatsu9819]

I'm 33-years old and I quit smoking after 30 pack years last october, got diagnosed with emphysema last month and asthma last week. Being honest I'm kinda afraid of what is going to happen to me in near future. I have 3 dogs so I'm not going to just sit and wait inevitable but I afraid that I'm gonna just suffocate one beautiful day while I walk my dogs.

[@bonnieharding4644]

Excellent video!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@markmw123]

Great info 👍 ps DON’T SMOKE kids !!!

[@bobbieabbott]

Well, in my case, I wasn’t the kid who smoked it was my parents that is how I got COPD.

[@GinaLasiter]

Could you please do a similar video for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Will add to the list

[@troyshore3357]

I sure wish these doctors were close they are great so easy t talk with instead of the usual ur a number and rushed out door come back in month types.

[@shelby5512]

Was diagnosed with mild COPD just last month. I have a bronchial version of this. Doc said my lungs are good. I have been a smoker off and on since I was eighth years old. My last smoke was twelve years ago. As a child I got tonsillitis a lot and then it went into bronchitis which turned into phenomena. At least once a year I would end up in the hospital with phenomena. The last time I got it, it went into lobarn phenomena and they told my parents to make funeral arrangements. I was in the hospital for a month. Had my tonsils removed and did not get sick after that. I have asthma, bronchitis issues. Tons of allergies. Twelve years ago I smoked and began to get a little cough, went to ER one night thinking I was having a heart attack, nurse heard my cough took X-ray and found I had a tumor in my chest the size of a softball. That night was my last cigarette. They said it was a schwanoma. It was removed,but cough remained. Still coughing today. Doc now saying COPD, but lungs clear , it is the bronchial version. Also diagnosed with sleep apnea. Currently on oxygen at 2, also just started using a cpap machine. Still going through diagnostics of everything

[@danielvillalobos9487]

Was around alot of asbestos when in the navy. Have copd.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Sorry to hear that. Thank you for your service Daniel

[@vishalchaudhary-nf6gr]

Nice video sir,I loved your ayurvedic tips for COPD! My father has benefited a lot from following them

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Thanks for sharing

[@Evo-t9b]

This killed my dad,he was a light smoker,but decided to quit before heart bypass, no sooner had he quit he got copd,allways maintained if he keps smoking he wouldn't have got copd,a neighbour of his had a similar experience,his doc told him he should have kept smoking as when he stopped the tar in his lungs detached and caused ongoing inflammation and infection!

[@YvonnePowell-tz7vb]

I have server asthma with ABPA, symptoms very similar

[@cynthiac6110]

I have COPD on the meds and everything, quit smoking 13 years ago no I don´t miss it. If I could tell my 14 year old self something it would be DO NOT START SMOKING!!!

[@lucyggodinez315]

Can a person get COPD from second hand smoking plus have asthma also

[@truthfullove1]

Im the one ...that just quit smoking. THANK YOU

[@ZoAnn-y6w]

Hang in there. I quit last February after many times quitting. I started at 14 am 75 now...I can't believe I did it..Thank You Jesus..

[@barbarak8158]

I treated chronic lungers for 33 yrs. My cancer patients were a lot sweeter! Emphysema is a slow miserable disease (death).

[@TalkingWithDocs]

We agree

[@agbobier2657]

My husband has severe emphysema 😢

[@bellasapam76]

Me too diagnosed emphysema stage 2 recently

[@barbarak8158]

@@bellasapam76 I wish you the best! Walking is a good exercise to help improve with breathing. Chair yoga also. You don;t have to overdo it ... just build up to it. Purse lip breathing .. which you may be aware of. Inhale slowly and exhale slowly like u r exhaling through a straw. Helps when u r sob. (Short of breath). Exhale on exertion ! Blessings!

[@davidcarter3109]

I smoked from age 13 and stopped aged 29. I have COPD and am now showing traces of emphysema after a CT scan. My breathlessness is getting worse, and the cold air is not improving things. I am struggling i think.

[@marthamuller1757]

I smoked for 30 years but and I quit in 1996. In 2020 I was diagnosed with mild emphysema... so yes, please quit smoking asap.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Congrats. Hope it's ok

[@marthamuller1757]

@@TalkingWithDocs Thanks, I am very well, since my diagnosis I've been extra careful wearing a mask when I work in the yard and even when I dust the house or open or close drapes, and naturally, when I go out on errands to the stores, market, etc. I haven't even had a cold since 2020.

[@cherief926]

I was diagnosed in 24 and I am trying VERY HARD to quit but it is so HARD what/how did you do it. I smoke like 3-4 cigarettes a day so I cut my usual in half and I can go a few days without. I just can't kick it completely 😢

[@toneman501]

I was wondering if there has been any studies into the effect of cannabis on COPD ,given that is is a muscle relaxant....I was a chronic asthmatic as a kid ,but stopped getting it completely when I started smoking pot... After I stopped ,it returned, as bad as it was when I was a kid....

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Interesting but not sure. Smoking of cannabis likely would lead to the same problems if the volumes were equivalent

[@dyingviking2346]

Been air hunger for 4 months so far with some cough. When I’m outside (work) no breeze is basically suffocating. Is that same thing for copd or another issue?

[@historychannel123]

I have mild emphysema. I can barely walk.

[@damianlonglong072]

I suffer with COPD as I was diagnosed after going to hospital and found out the time I had influenza A and I then got diagnosed with copd as I have been smoking since I was 7 years old and I am now 52 years old.

[@ktne4098]

No mention of asbestos exposure? I thought that was also a likely candidate for older age groups?

[@barbarak8158]

It's a restrictive disease!

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Asbestos more commonly leads to mesothelioma which is a type of cancer

[@anneroarty6473]

I quit smoking 3months ago I wanted to give up for years. I now never even think about smoking because when Gid heals you it's fir life . I smoked because if the great stress I was going through that ended in September and I did nit need to smoke anymore God heads you when the time is right

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

Good episode!

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Thanks!

[@rinid3125]

What kind of natural and/or homeopathic recipes would you recommend to go alongside the prescribed medicines?

[@sandraberry5132]

Hi, great information. I was looking for info on if you are sensitive to most fumes and will start to cough as long as it's in the air or on the skin. I avoid car exhaustion as well. Is that an allergy, form of asthma or what. Other than that I can exercise and exert myself normally. Thanks for your help.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

It does sound like a reactive airway which can be asthma. Best to talk to your doctor

[@Joshualuv13]

I often feel confused as a life long chronic asthmatic and an ex smoker. If I have COPD..I'm told I don't but I'm not convinced.As IV been diagnosed twice ,then told I actually don't ..so confusing .

[@annielitton4622]

The RSV Vaccine helped with my Asthma of allergies and I am so thankful they came out with that vaccine. I have so much more energy because my lungs feel better. I am not coughing anymore, and I have no tinnitus from allergies. I have never been a smoker or any of that. The RSV Vaccine has saved my life. Please do a video on RSV Vaccine for people to be aware. Thank you from a Retired Emergency Nurse.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Thanks for the suggestion. And thanks for being a nurse in the ER.

[@reneemcmillan3865]

My immunologist said never RSV vaccine

[@mevoy123]

What do you know, or Dr. Chau, about the zephyr device and COPD support?

[@HumbleBlakk]

I have breathing problems at times and cough usually so what should l do please because am suffering from sleeping because of the breathing problem and coughing usually. Thank you 🙏

[@80sidd]

Cardiologist visit

[@bobbieabbott]

I have had the pulmonary function testing in this year my X-ray on my chest revealed the presence of COPD, according to the radiologist who read it my O2 stats are OK, but I still feel short of breath, cough a lot and now coughing up more phlegm than I normally have had in the past, so does that mean my condition is progressing?

[@cowanthegreat8966]

My father had alpha 1 antitrypsin disease, died of it. I and my siblings are carriers. I have asthma, get the spirometry gets regularly, always come up well above the average for my age. So something else will probably take me down. Okay, well, my last x-ray I was told my lungs are a bit large but I have a narrow frame so hope its that. Also said they saw sparkly bits, probably that thick cloud of asbestos I breathed in thirty years ago (seriously, kitchen reno).

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Sorry to hear this. Be well

[@TheLightbright01]

Can you get COPD from second hand smoke. I also had a gas well across from my house and hit by lightning and caught on fire. Could that possibly cause it.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

It is possible

[@bonniem.pederson7105]

Many Thanks 👍🙏

[@TalkingWithDocs]

You are welcome

[@starraustin9363]

I smoked for 30 years, vaping helped me stop for good. I was able to go down n nicotine and stop!

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Yes for some it can be transitional. For others they just keep vaping which is no good

[@leealdous5468]

I have it tried to give up smoking with vaping for 3 years and now I have COPD and the doctor said next stage is end stage buy the time I was diagnosed ognosed

[@helenhallwood3580]

Could you do a video on aco syndrome, Ime in the UK and theres not much info

[@TalkingWithDocs]

We can look into it

[@maurymyar3874]

Think this doctor might have missed a key solution. I am not a doc but have seen low dose Doxycycline work after nothing else worked.

[@periwinkle-dragonfly]

Lifelong asthmatic here, diagnosed 2 years ago with COPD also now. Never smoked a day in my life, but was exposed to second hand smoke as a child, as well as living in a smoggy city. Does being an asthmatic have any bering on whether one gets COPD??

[@DanielCrețu-z7j]

Yes, it can turn into bpoc or overlap asthma with bpoc

[@periwinkle-dragonfly]

@@DanielCrețu-z7j wth is bpoc??

[@starperry1784]

Very interesting

[@davidschaefer8547]

I plan on doing a long backpacking trip in 2025. What preventive measres can I do to prevent hikers knee.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Generally stretching and strengthening exercises in addition to working on your endurance. Best of luck on your trip.

[@baileykevin21]

Wonder whats the chances of having normal spirometery and still have copd

[@steffym1251]

I have igg defiancy I have copy I dont have antibodies to fight it off im getting worse

[@stevensilver6298]

Colloidal Silver and use a Nebulizer ❤❤❤❤❤.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Wow awesome

[@victorfreeman5066]

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[@kristie-leecorney7388]

Hello what should I do if my lungs are damaged because of a dog infection that I caught when my dog licks me with three cancerous infected cyst 5 minutes before I had to put her down.... I had the infection for a year and a half before I was able to get treatment but at stage I was not able to breathe I am able to breathe better now I'm still on 2000 mg of antibiotics per day but I feel like I need to be on anybody's three times a day because I notice I accidentally did that one day and I stopped coughing up the phlegm the reason why I'm monstrum antibiotics is because at once stage I was coughing up blood, This morning I woke up and I'm coughing up yellow mucus but I noticed there was a couple of red spots in my flem Can you please help me

[@MS-wb5mf]

I lost my Mother to this, she was my life and I'm an only child; it's awful.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

We are so sorry to hear this

[@joelhoward2425]

Whats rough is when you have severe asthma with copd

[@deniseroy589]

l have also diagnosed with COPD and asma. l also have angina. but still Walking my husky three x a day. l need to lose weight. Trying

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Good for you! You’ve got this

[@dannyprater3770]

I'm sorry about your mom I also have COPD and when you can't get air it's scary I know I have lost air when you can't breathe