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Suggest Remedy For Lungs Problem

Hi my sister has lung problems, they treat her for Asthma and COPD. They give her steroids and she gets better for about three weeks then it starts up again. She has real sticky hairy substance coming from her lungs. It is so sticky she can hardly spit it up. They ex-ray her lungs and say their clear even their so full she cant breath. They have been treating her for the same thing for seven years, and she is still real sick. When this is happening, there are some days I m not sure she is going to live. She gets so weak, she cant hardly walk from one room to the next without sitting down. What should they be treating her for?
Thu, 12 Mar 2015
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Hello dear, thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your sister's situation and problem.
By your description and her symptoms, in my opinion she is having very severe COPD ( chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ).
The best treatment of COPD is inhaled bronchodilators.
So better to consult pulmonologist and get done
1. Clinical examination of respiratory system.
2. PFT ( pulmonary function test ).
PFT is must for this. PFT will also tell you about severity of the disease. And treatment is based on severity only.
Chest physiotherapy and deep breathing exercise are beneficial for her to relieve thick expectorant.
Mucolytic and expectorant are also helpful in this.
So better to consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.
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Suggest Remedy For Lungs Problem

Hello dear, thanks for your question on HCM. I can understand your sister s situation and problem. By your description and her symptoms, in my opinion she is having very severe COPD ( chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ). The best treatment of COPD is inhaled bronchodilators. So better to consult pulmonologist and get done 1. Clinical examination of respiratory system. 2. PFT ( pulmonary function test ). PFT is must for this. PFT will also tell you about severity of the disease. And treatment is based on severity only. Chest physiotherapy and deep breathing exercise are beneficial for her to relieve thick expectorant. Mucolytic and expectorant are also helpful in this. So better to consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.