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Asked for Male, 74 years old from Kolkata
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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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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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Mr. lybrate-user, pirfefenidone is the main drug for ild if its ipf form. Acebrophylline is not useful in ild. There are few cough syrups that wil help to reduce it.
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Asked for male, 26 years old from Nellore
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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.
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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Asked for male, 54 years old from Kolkata
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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
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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Asked for female, 33 years old from Chennai
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You have not mentioned about your previous pet ct report. If the current pet ct suggests progression of disease then we have to change medication and if its static or improved than last pet ct then we have to continue same treatment.
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