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Will Copd And Emphysema Worsen After Quitting Smoking

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Dr. Michelle Gibson James MD

is copd reversible ,after stop smoking? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

I have been diagnosed with moderate COPD from LFT's ( spirometry )..........I no longer smoke and ... deteriorate?...........I stopped smoking at 54 and am now 61.5.............I can carry my golf bag 18... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.  T Chandrakant MD

after quitting smoking what happens to your stool ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

This relates to pulmonology and COPD . I smoked for 30 years and now have COPD. I had gone back to smoking before I knew. (First diagnosed as mild) Now that I quit I feel much, much worse and my FEV1 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

I have been diagnosed with emphysema . Can I have dog in my house, or does that aggravate the COPD ... View answer

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Dr. Michelle Gibson James MD

If you have changed your life style, (I quite smoking 11 months ago) will COPD and Emphysema progressively get worse or will the progression stop? If so outside of following my doctors orders is there ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Dawny Mathew MD

Does COPD have to include Emphysema and bronchitis or can you have COPD without Emphysema. I have never smoked, but have Acute Bronchitis several times a year. My mother died of COPD, but... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dawny Mathew ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.   Ashakiran S MD

would it start so many years after I quit? They mentioned that I also have copd. Mind you, I don t even ...I had quit smoking 27 yrs. ago. Last year I got sick and went to the hospital. The doctors... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashakiran S ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Dawny Mathew MD

Hi, I have COPD and Asthma. I have smoked since I was 13 yrs. old (48) years. I quit smoking 4 weeks ago. Since then Every time I exhale (it feels like down the centre of my chest and across the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dawny Mathew ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Saurabh Gupta MD

quitting smoking. I quit smoking 12 days ago and have had a metallic taste in my mouth for a week. Is this from quitting smoking? If so, why? If not, what else might it be? Female, Age... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saurabh Gupta ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)