Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Questions

Always gargle your mouth after usage of pump or inhaler gargling removes the drug deposition on tongue and reduces risk of fungal infection.
Candida mouthpaint for a week and oral fluconazole once a week for 4 weeks can help treat fungal infection.
Instead of dry powder inhaler, metered dose inhaler which has the mist instead of powder as the drug is there. Which might reduce the drug deposition in tongue but we can't speculate whether it doesn't.
There is no cure to copd and asthma....more

Daily morning brisk walk or jog for atleast 15-20 minutes.
Daily yoga especially kapal bhati and anulom vilom - 100 reps each. Check you pulmonary function test now and repeat after 6 months, you will see the results
do text consult me for further diagnosis and treatment or if you still have some doubts you want to clear.

If you are worried best would be to do an abg for pao2 which is most accurate.
And do cbc for hb
spo2 is not accurate representation of oxygen levels
if you are suffering from copd then 88-92 is ok level
do contact me for further diagnosis and treatment or if you still have some doubts you want to clear.

Hi! ascoril has components which can cause tremors
must consult your physician before taking any other expectorant cough syrup.

No use of homeopathy medicines in ild seriously trust me they may contain steroids as well like prednisolone
can you let me know whether you have uip ild nsip connective tissue ild from ra or sle or sjogrens.

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Pulmonary fibrosis is a serious, lifelong lung disease. It causes lung scarring (tissues scar and thicken over time), making it harder to breathe. Symptoms may come on quickly or take years to develop. No cure exists.
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Allopathic treatment includes antibiotics and iv steroids in a tapering dose as mentioned by you above to reduce the acute exacerbation.
Rest if the ild is uip pattern then it is not reversible and if it fibrotic nsip only the ggos which may have occurred now can be reversible. Rest is irreversible.
Please check whether it is uip or nsip on cect thorax.
Secondly ild is lung debilitating condition ultimately any amount of medicines just improves exacerbation and also will prevent furt...more

nothing can be done to reduce blockage except stenting. medicines wont reduce blockage, they only stop its progression

Dear lybrate user,
as you had detailed----you had an urti few months ago and had a swollen lymph node --which continues after urti is gone---i recommend you to have a check-up with a pulmonologist soon --they will examine your respiratory system in detail and will do local examination and give appropriate treatment ,if needed //or let you go with out any anxiety by explaining to you the details ------ok.

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
People who have advanced liver disease can have complications that affect the heart and lungs. It is not unusual for a person with severe liver disease to have shortness of breath.
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