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10 year cough and throat problem
Nov 20, 2008 04:55PM in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder Expert Forum
Your doctor’s suggestion that allergy/heartburn is the cause of your symptom is probably correct. It is important to remember that if the problem is heartburn secondary to acid reflux, you may not experience relief for 3-6 weeks after the start of Nexium. Given that this “tickle/feeling something” has gone on for years, it is almost certainly not ...
Wheat Allergy Question
Nov 20, 2008 11:59AM in the Asthma and Allergy Expert Forum
The worsening problems you describe are very unlikely to be secondary to withholding wheat products but possibly could be secondary to what you have substituted for the wheat. You might want to check with the allergist on the food allergy test response to what you are now giving him. The flare-up of his facial redness and redness of his bottom probably are ...
Shoulder, neck pain
Nov 20, 2008 11:56AM in the Respiratory Disorders Expert Forum
The shoulder-neck-back pain could be secondary to arthritis/bursitis of the shoulder, arthritis or degenerative disc disease of the cervical (neck) spine or to compression of one or more nerves after they have emerged from the bony spine. You will need a good physical examination of your shoulder and neck and then have X-rays of your spine, to pin-down the s...
explanation of test results
Nov 19, 2008 03:32PM in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder Expert Forum
Two main concerns at this time: 1) labored breathing and, 2) the X-ray changes of “minimal scarring and some thickening of pleura in the right apex”. The latter, the scarring of the apical (top) portion of lung and adjacent pleura is common and, as you suggest, almost always indicative of past infection (often TB) and of no consequence. It is much less ...
explanation of test results
Nov 19, 2008 03:32PM in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder Expert Forum
Two main concerns at this time: 1) labored breathing and, 2) the X-ray changes of “minimal scarring and some thickening of pleura in the right apex”. The latter, the scarring of the apical (top) portion of lung and adjacent pleura is common and, as you suggest, almost always indicative of past infection (often TB) and of no consequence. It is much less ...
Diaphragm Problems
Nov 19, 2008 03:25PM in the Respiratory Disorders Expert Forum
What you describe is potentially a very serious problem. It could be what is called an acute abdomen, related or unrelated to your pregnancy and almost certainly unrelated to the alleged emphysema/COPD. This is an emergency and you should contact your doctor immediately. You will need to be examined and may have to have further imaging, such as ultra-sound...