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Lung Diseases Causing Bronchospasms Questions

Asked for Male, 74 years old from Kolkata
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Pulmonologist•Bangalore
Mr. lybrate-user, daily consumption of defcort is injurious to health. It has not of side effects. More over copd is less likely to respond to steroids. U need to be started on inhalers.
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Icchyosis my father has been diagnosed with mild ild, ipf. Gerd. Pulmonologist in bangalore Dr. Br ramesh had prescribed pirfenex cipla tablet. Recently changed to acebrophylline 100 mg. Reason: he was not eating well. He has oxygen at home and also checks oxygen level with oximeter. Questions: 1. Are there any trials or cures better in homeopathy than allopathy? 2. What is the best way to control cough and also maintain his appetite? 3. He is eating little by little multiple times. Is this the way this condition works? 4. He was in america and had gone through multiple sets of tests, ct scans, blood tests, x-rays and was never told by the doctors that he has mild ild, ipf - lung scarring. After going back to india a year back he was told this diagnosis. 5. Are there any stem cell therapy or treatment available? 6. He is complaining about “dum chandna” or shortness of breath and not able to walk properly. 7. What is the best course of treatment? 8. Can he take allopathy and homeopathy medicines? Deriphyllin 150 mg for dama b-complex multivitamins homeopathy medicines sometimes acebroohylline 100 mg.

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Pulmonologist•Bangalore
Dear Mr. lybrate-user, perfinidone is the mainstay treatment. In this condition, lung becomes like rope fibres, the size of the lungs reduces and hence there is difficulty in breathing (dam chadna) and cough is present. The above medication will halt the disease and prevents progress. Sadly no medicines available til now to reverse it. The only answer to this disease is lung transplantation. You can check few ipf groups on facebook. U can get few answers. There are trials going on, but the medic...more
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Hello . Chronic obstructive lung disease is a progressive lung disease . Yes its asthmatic problem . It is reversible or not depends upon its stage . For further details you can ask me through private questions.
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ENT Specialist•Bhopal
Hello Mr. lybrate-user.
Please share symptoms and signs if any. Spo2.
Respiratory rate. Pulse
temperature charting.
Rtpcr and other reports. Don't panic but please don't ignore also. Please get workup done and then decide further line of management. Thanks and regards.
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Homeopathy Doctor•Hooghly
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Start doing yoga, start doing meditation, do deep breathing exercises, you need proper homeopathic treatment to cure your problem, so you can contact me through Lybrate in private consultation, fibrosis of lung is common if you suffer long.
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Pulmonologist•Bangalore
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Dear Mr. lybrate-user, cartigen mainly contains glucosamine and few other micronutrients. It can be beneficial for copd too. Absolutely no harm in taking those tablets.
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General Physician•Chennai
chemotherapy can help in well being a little bit... but v cant guarantee...

stage 4... very poor results.... even with treatment..

may be 6months to 1 year...

where all is the spread... do u have PET AND CT SCAN
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