Emphysema
Forum

Current topics:

• - Emphysema: What has your experience been like?
  Hello members, How are you today? I thought I would open this discussion today to talk about emphysema! For those who do not know, COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is actually an umbre
• - Do you tell people you are diagnosed with emphysema? or do you just say COPD?
  Just a random question for all of my emphysema friends, do you tell others that you are diagnosed with emphysema or do you settle for telling them COPD? I find myself more commonly telling people COP

Current topics:

• - Emphysema causing my heart to overwork
  Hi everyone, my blood pressure is also high and the doctor said that this is a likely stemming back to my emphysema because it is causing my heart to work harder, increasing the high blood pressure.

Current topics:

• - Has anyone heard of lung volume reduction coil surgery?
  Hello everyone, I was reading around today about lung volume reduction surgery and came across a newer treatment it seems called lung volume reduction coil surgery. In this surgery, it seems in this

Current topics:

• - Resmed machine no longer taking data
  My machine no longer records my numbers since 5g started the machine only works on 3g so I'm stuck they said for now.Any advice
• - Welcome to the respiratory conditions group! What's your diagnosis?
  Hello everyone, I thought I'd create this discussion so we can get to know one another better! In this group you can share your thoughts on respiratory conditions, how you cope with your condition
• - Can we be prescribed anything for the anxiety caused by shortness of breath (dyspnea)?
  Can they give you anything for the anxiety of dypsnea