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Suggest Treatment For Breathing Difficulty When Diagnosed With COPD
Question: Breathing difficulty … I have COPD and use oxygen periodically.
Brief Answer:
Best to be seen by a doctor promptly.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
I see that you have a history of COPD, and need oxygen periodically. Are you now having more breathing problems than usual and is the oxygen not helping enough now? If that is the situation, and you are having much more difficulty, then you need to go to the emergency room.
In the ER, they can listen to your lungs and take a chest X-ray to try to sort out why you are breathing more poorly right now than usual.
There are a number of things that could cause an abrupt increase in breathing including an infection, congestive heart problems, or a blood clot. So if you are suddenly having an increase in the difficulty, do go in to be seen.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information or clarification.
Best to be seen by a doctor promptly.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
I see that you have a history of COPD, and need oxygen periodically. Are you now having more breathing problems than usual and is the oxygen not helping enough now? If that is the situation, and you are having much more difficulty, then you need to go to the emergency room.
In the ER, they can listen to your lungs and take a chest X-ray to try to sort out why you are breathing more poorly right now than usual.
There are a number of things that could cause an abrupt increase in breathing including an infection, congestive heart problems, or a blood clot. So if you are suddenly having an increase in the difficulty, do go in to be seen.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information or clarification.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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