I stopped 40 years ago i got fed up of being asked about ciggarets every time i see my doctor i turned round and told a hospital doctor ask me what jobs i have done all my life so he did and nearly all were dust related ?
@derekearles9844 Same. Five years ago I could smoke lots of weed all day everyday, and could do ductwork and handle the insulation well. In those 5 years. I didn't smoke much weed, but started smoking cigs, and continued doing dusty work. Now I'm having breathing problems constantly. Today it was about 8 hours of struggling to breathe.
I used to saw up asbestos, as an apprentice on the gas board ( like a snow storm). Twenty five years or so i got pains in my chest, sent to hospital and put camera down my throat, went back to see doctor and the first thing he said, was had i ever worked with asbestos ! Fine for another twenty five years, including smoking (stopped years ago), but now it has caught up with me. Any exertion, leaves me gasping and having to sit down to recover. So your saying there's not much hope ? Well my three score and ten years have passed, but will keep struggling on !! 😁🇬🇧🇬🇧
Can someone please help me my partner as COPD and when she has used the toilet she has a really bad episode ie can't breathe and looks like she is going to pass out it is horrific its almost like she is going to take her last breathe. Any advice would be much appreciated .
I'm not sure when my Brother in Law stopped smoking. I do know he was diagnosed with COPD. He was still driving. He made special trips to come and see us after my Sister died from Breast Cancer. I honestly think he died of a broken heart. He loved my Sister so much. The last trip he made, it was a goodbye trip. He didn't say goodbye, but he didn't say see you later. He past away and joined his wife, my Sister. If there was ever two people who were meant to be together it was them. RIP George and Jeanette I love you both, always.
@@debbie4503 The same happened to my late brother in law my eldest sister died 4yrs ago and my bother in law died 1yr later of a broken heart, he never smoked.
My grandad passed from copd, he had had a fall and broken a vertebrate and he never fully recovered. He was diagnosed with copd but carried on smoking and deteriorated and my nan was dressing him in a morning before sje went to work, then caring for him after her days work. It must of talem its toll on her. She never smoked. Grandad passed march 2018 and then my nan suddenly passed from a pulminary embolism july 2018. Miss them but moreso my nan she was a beautiful soul ;(
@@Luke-b3f Nan's are so special. Both of my Granddad's passed away before I was born. My Dad's Mother re-married, and mostly never came around much. But my Mom's Mother was the best Grandma ever. She passed away in 1990. I still think of her a lot. Especially when one of her "sayings" come out of my mouth. She was a Lady, in the truest sense of the word. I never heard her curse, and she didn't drink or smoke. But she was the kindest person I ever knew. And she could laugh! God, I still love and miss her, but I can also get a big smile on my face just thinking of her.
I quit smoking in 1989 after have brain surgery for a bleeding artery. I was in the hospital and decided it was a great time to quit smoking. That was in 1989, but COPD got me in 2018. Then there was sleep apnea and a weak heart after a damaging five day heart attack in 2010. The lower part of my heart doesn't pump very well. I have one stent. My heart Dr.'s call me their Mirical patient at age 82.
Whoa! A 5 day heart attack! You certainly are a miracle ✨️. And 82 years old after everything you have gone through. You must have such a strong will to keep living ❤
Much respect & love for you both & guest Dr. I have COPD, AFib, HBP, Type2, survived Esophagus cancer twice, finally kicked smoking some years back. 66 now & still thankfully going! I thank God daily
I have moderate copd from smoking. Quit smoking 3 years ago and feel much better. I still crave for a cigarette but saw friends die from end stage copd. Don't want to go out like that. Thanks for all the great information and your show.
My wife died from emphysema in 2022, started smoking at 14 and only quit when she was admitted to where she died. She tried many times and many ways to quit, she just could't stop.
My mom had COPD and for seven years, we used a Hill-Rom vest (morning and night) treatments along with nebulizer meds. This was extremely helpful. Sharing the care.
Very informative. Kudos for not minimizing the gravity of the issue. Breathing is one of my favorite things. Every time we breathe in and out again we get another chance.
Thank you to all three of you, for taking the effort and time to create these videos and make us more health conscious. Secondly, in recent days, the news is full of 'microplastics everywhere in food'. Is there anything we can do about it? Thanks
My mom died of COPD last year. She spent the last several years of her life basically slowly suffocating to death. First it was an inability to walk a block without stopping. Then 20 feet. Then full time oxygen. Then higher oxygen. Moments of contained panic feeling like she couldn't get enough oxygen even when stationary. It was an awful way to go. Stop smoking.
I have never smoked in my life, but have been diagnosed with COPD. U am very aware of what my future holds, oxygen etc. Inability to do anything at all. So I am very thankful, that Western Austealua finally brought into law, voluntary assisted dying. I feel my diagnosis of COPD can be attributed to being married to a smoker and at night, inhailing what he breathed out. The reason U feel this is the cause of my COPD is because hus pillow would regularly need changing because it became discoloured. Awful orangey/brown stains from his breath. So all those non smokers with a smoking partner, need to be aware of this too.
Makes you wonder if the doctors did enough. There are a lot of treatment options for COPD, oxygen therapy here is fighting an uphill battle against a progressive lung disease.
I have COPD, with supplemental O2 24/7. I also have CHF with AFib. I crashed in 2001. I have never ever taken even one single puff on a cigarette. I despise smoking. My parents had five kids that just got the bare necessities but they always had money for their three pack a day habit for each of them. My cardiologist thinks their smoking destroyed my health. I do too.
Oh I just love you Guys!!! I followed you before and after 2:29 my TKR and you were so helpful. I have COPD ( passive smoking) and I learnt a lot from this talk! ❤❤❤
I had a Chest CT in 2019 all clear. I had another in 2021 after the second round of Covid-19 and was diagnosed with mild COPD. This past June I had a low does lung CT and I have advanced to moderate COPD. I was active without breathing problems before Covid-19. Now I can’t breathe without BREO once a day that cost with private insurance $210 every three months. Damaged Lungs from a virus that was man made is truly a crime.
Same I've never Been the same person chronic cough they can't get settled , inhalers , steriods the lot as you say criminal I'd give anything for good health
@@lynnhaveron6375 I’m taking my life back in 2025. I started a stretching program (1/2 hour) last week and will do if five days a week. I don’t know if you get PBS stations, that’s were I found a program that I can actually do. I’m working on getting stronger for me, one day at a time. “Baby Steps”.
I started smoking at 5 and tried quitting all my life but nothing worked until 2 years ago when at 60 I tried vaping. I’m now pretty much off the vape now too. I don’t have COPD but I do see my Respiratory doctor for bad asthma which has greatly improved.
Thanks docs! One other treatment for COPD is endobronchial valves. Valves are placed, by bronchoscope, into the bronchi leading to segments that are the most severely damaged. Honestly, they only do it on really patients with really severe COPD, and not everyone benefits from it. I tested a patient recently who had the procedure, and to be honest, their lung function didn’t improve, but they felt like they had improved exercise tolerance.
Thank you for this presentation. Since 1993 U gave been diagnosed with hay fever, then asthma and followed by COPD. I have never smoked in my life, but was subject to second hand smoking when younger. Mainly when going for an evening out, before smoking in public was restricted. (I am now 68.) The reason,I mentioned 1993, is that we went on a long distance holiday that year, and as it was a driving holiday, we needed to use Gerry cans to carry extra fuel. One leaked in the back of our 4WD which was carpeted, and that car was my daily car. So, I was exposed to diesel fumes for many weeks, not just the 2 weeks of the holidays.
I use a humidifier that helps remove water in the air. i can sleep at night with no coughing. I still work 30 hours a week in a busy work canteen rushing around. Don't give up. Keep going.
@Elizabeth1234971 No i use it on the landing and the door open in bedroom. It help me a lot. The moisture in the are was making me cough and was told to get one. I hope this is helpful.
I have emphysema and I did grow up with parents that smoked in the house. I suffered from asthma and chronic bronchitis for most of my life but I had a bad spell from mold in my house. I blame the mold for pushing me over the edge into emphysema. Do you think that is possible? I lost my sister two years ago to lung cancer too and neither of us smoked. My mother smoked right up to her death at 82 from pancreatic cancer. She didn’t seem to suffer from emphysema or any lung related disease.
My Dad suffered from COPD after a lifetime of smoking. He had an oxygen generator at home which helped but when it lost some effectiveness he'd increase the flow rate for more oxygen. He'd then feel better but what he didn't realize was that he was also increasing the CO2. Breathing difficulties would then send him to the hospital for a couple of days to titrate his blood gases back to normal. During one such stay he got out of bed in the middle of the night (Should have been restrained but wasn't) and being hypoxic he fell and broke his hip. He passed 2 days later at age 72, never having regained conscious.
Thanks guys. That’s appreciated. Very informative & helpful. I feel more knowledgeable & mindful & confident about reaching out for help in due course by tracking potential symptoms.
I was diagnosed with COPD eight years ago when my lung collapsed. I have been on Oxygen ever since. My condition gets worse almost monthly. I can't walk ten feet without sitting and catching my breath. I was considered for a lung transplant twice, went through all the testing. They told me I was too early and to come back in a year. I joined a support group. Two members of this group had been through the transplant, and told me if they had to do it again, they would not. I have two friends who have had the transplant and both are doing great after five years. However, the medication each month is between 40K and 80K per month, which you have to find financial help for that kind of money. I made the choice to let nature takes its course which is very hard on my family, and very hard on my wife of 50 years as she is my care taker. I am in Hospice care at home, and I am ready to go. Very scary times not being able to breath. Could be any day. Don't smoke!
You've had it rough with tough choices. My mum has advanced COPD and was in the ICU before Christmas. I know we moan about our NHS in general in the UK, but we really are so lucky to have it. All our treatment and medication are free. We are so blessed, really. I do feel for you 😢
I quit smoking 3months ago I wanted to give up for years. I now never even think about smoking because when Gid heals you it's fir life . I smoked because if the great stress I was going through that ended in September and I did nit need to smoke anymore God heads you when the time is right
My dad suffered with COPD for 15 years before he passed mainly caused by smoking but also from exposure to pollutants from his jobs. It is a horrible disease.
I take N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine that helps with mucus. Also I have a slice of lemon including the peel everyday and drinking very hot water helps. I WAS on an inhaler that probably contributed to my osteoporosis. I had chronic bronchitis for years but haven’t had it for several years. I rarely use an inhaler now. Ex smoker.
My Mum had COPD she was a smoker that quit smoking later in life, my brother has recently been diagnosed with COPD (he was a smoker but quit a few years ago). My brother was recently prescribed at-home oxygen.
As someone who started smoking early in life and spent many years in smoky bars I developed respiratory issues. I finally quite. I sucked on over the counter inhalers for years until the drive gases were banned. Forced to go to the doctor I was given prescription inhalers and treatments that worked wonders, wish I had gone much earlier. Life is much better when you can breath. If you use over the counter inhalers, go see a doctor.
I'm 81 years of age .stopped smoking 40 years ago but worked in a dusty atmosphere also with solvents. I have both asthma and copd. Both are under control and life is as normal as you would expect at my age . I can still do jobs around the house and still go for small walks but slowly. Meds have improved life but not cured either. Many thanks for video I've learned quite a bit more on the subject. Looking back I shouldn't have smoked and should have worn a mask at work.. lesson learned too late. Dave from UK.
My mother just died from COPD [11/13/24] and she had an army of doctors. The ONE thing none of them told her and I found out after-the-fact is that there is about a 50% increased chance of falling with COPD than those without. My mother fell several times and the last time literally killed her [she survived the surgery and several days after and then suddenly went downhill and died]. Anyway, if you have COPD, then make sure you scrutinize your home and remove all trip hazards such as throw rugs and floor mats. Take care! 😷
Thank you doctors for your wonderful information. I have COPD. Not a smoker. Never smoked. But have asthma and exposed to 2nd hand smoke for years when people smoked everywhere. Not fun.
I have Bronchiectasis,was diagnosed 18 months ago,after I re-visited the GP's a few times with incessant coughing,was sent away,till I went back and said I had lost 7pounds in weight,so was sent for a CT scan which picked it up.
I smoked from age 13 and stopped aged 29. I have COPD and am now showing traces of emphysema after a CT scan. My breathlessness is getting worse, and the cold air is not improving things. I am struggling i think.
Consider a video discussing exposure to allergens and the inability to breath. Symptoms of anaphylaxis are considered COPD for lack of other diagnosis. Some days are fine. Some days are terrible.
Can you bring Dr Chau back in again. I’d like to know why some people have pneumonia every single month. (I think I’m going on over 16 or 17 months now). I get tiny breaks.
I was having the same problem. My doctor checked my immunoglobulin a and it was very low. Now I take immunoglobulin by infusion 2x monthly and was able to get rid of the pneumonia.
@@mevoy123 I think they checked mine. I’m not sure. I’ll have to look.i know they checked it about 10 years ago and it was high. But the last time I can’t remember. I’ll look it up on my online chart.
Was diagnosed with mild COPD just last month. I have a bronchial version of this. Doc said my lungs are good. I have been a smoker off and on since I was eighth years old. My last smoke was twelve years ago. As a child I got tonsillitis a lot and then it went into bronchitis which turned into phenomena. At least once a year I would end up in the hospital with phenomena. The last time I got it, it went into lobarn phenomena and they told my parents to make funeral arrangements. I was in the hospital for a month. Had my tonsils removed and did not get sick after that. I have asthma, bronchitis issues. Tons of allergies. Twelve years ago I smoked and began to get a little cough, went to ER one night thinking I was having a heart attack, nurse heard my cough took X-ray and found I had a tumor in my chest the size of a softball. That night was my last cigarette. They said it was a schwanoma. It was removed,but cough remained. Still coughing today. Doc now saying COPD, but lungs clear , it is the bronchial version. Also diagnosed with sleep apnea. Currently on oxygen at 2, also just started using a cpap machine. Still going through diagnostics of everything
I have COPD on the meds and everything, quit smoking 13 years ago no I don´t miss it. If I could tell my 14 year old self something it would be DO NOT START SMOKING!!!
I'm 33-years old and I quit smoking after 30 pack years last october, got diagnosed with emphysema last month and asthma last week. Being honest I'm kinda afraid of what is going to happen to me in near future. I have 3 dogs so I'm not going to just sit and wait inevitable but I afraid that I'm gonna just suffocate one beautiful day while I walk my dogs.
It’s a couple of months now smoke free for me no aids just cold turkey, the past two weeks have been hard but with two other smokers in the house I think I’m doing well.
I'm late stage, FEV1 of 13. Adult onset asthma and emphysema so I really get hit with the works at times. I've known for near 20 years now and have been a miracle patient with their own bell curve with hospitalizations. 2 of them since diagnosed, both in the last 6 months. Yet my spo2 ( blood oxygen ) is still 93 to 95% so no home oxygen needed. The details of live after surgery for transplant could be a motivator for people to do everything they can to slow the progression down. 5 to 10 years of living afterwards being a shocker. Frequently in hospital for testing, not just ct scans, x-rays but biopsies. The surgery route means you cap your life at a decade and tie yourself to living near a hospital to get tested in. Not a quality of life I would be happy with.
When i was smoking in the 70's and 80's. The cigarettes did not have fire retardant in the paper in the cigarettes of today. I was diagnosed with COPD small airway disease and collapsing trachea. And fighting to get disability!
My boyfriend from London, died of COPD. He was a long time die hard smoker and preferred sympathy instead of taking control of his life. He did finally quit smoking but it was much too late, he required daily nebulizer with all sorts of medications throughout the day plus requiring an oxygen machine. Living on his yacht, he somehow made it back to the Caribbean and went into hospice and died on St. Thomas. I knew on my last visit to him, it would be the last time I'd see him. Speaking of VAPING, my son was in a classroom setting with a bunch of vaping fools at the beginning of COVID (a respiratory virus), he became very sick with COVID, lost the job, at PEPCO in Washington DC. In the midst of litigation with these ignorant imbeciles, who refuse to recognize the VAPING ISSUE.
Smoking is really very harmful to the body, especially the lungs. But it seems that many people don't care about this and smoke every day. Even those of us who don't smoke cannot avoid secondhand smoke. I really hope it can be improved.
I was on Spiriva for years got off . I feel a Lil better but could use more help. I'm on ventolin trying to cut down, heard it was bad for heart. Is there something else safe to take along with the ventolin ? And I thought antibiotics wasn't good for you cells u mentioned Azithromycin
I was exposed platinum salts and developed respiratory problems. Platinum salts cause platinosis. No doctors in Oklahoma has any experience with platinosis from what I was told, so they said it was asthma. None of the 3:24 medications would help when would have a flare up. So then was told I was congested. Even though my major flare ups were when was exposed to platinum salts. I’m now in Georgia I hope I can find some help. I feel horrible 80% of the time. If anyone is familiar with my problem please help.
We should all breathe deep from the diaphragm, nowadays people are on their phones or devices stooped over in bad posture and shallow breathing. This shallow breathing over a few decades may cause COPD. I said this to a German lung doctor I bumped into here in Glasgow for a cystic fibrosis conference at the SECC and she kept asking me “where did you learn that from?” and “who told you that?”, I told her I worked it out myself. Hopefully I’m completely wrong.
The RSV Vaccine helped with my Asthma of allergies and I am so thankful they came out with that vaccine. I have so much more energy because my lungs feel better. I am not coughing anymore, and I have no tinnitus from allergies. I have never been a smoker or any of that. The RSV Vaccine has saved my life. Please do a video on RSV Vaccine for people to be aware. Thank you from a Retired Emergency Nurse.
I quit a 100 to 125 smoking habit in 2004. A year later I had a lung infection where half of my lung (R/S) collapsed with pleurisy and pneumonia in my left lung. 8 weeks of stronger meds and I was cured. 20 years later, I am still not smoking but have a mild case of COPD.
My dad had COPD, but it was not called that back then. He had TB as a teenager. This was back in the 1920s, so the treatment was primitive. Essentially, his mom nursed him back to health. He made a big mistake and started smoking cigars which is my memory of him. He switched to a pipe in his later years, but smoke is smoke. He had emphysema probably from his mid 50s until he died of lung cancer at 67. There was not the treatment back in the mid 70's like there is today, but even then, it was too late. So my word to the wise is give up the smoke. It can and will kill you.
Sorry to hear this. But I also understand how you feel because my dad went through the same situation as your dad. This is really a pity, my father is only 55 years old.🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
@@TalkingWithDocs Thanks, I am very well, since my diagnosis I've been extra careful wearing a mask when I work in the yard and even when I dust the house or open or close drapes, and naturally, when I go out on errands to the stores, market, etc. I haven't even had a cold since 2020.
I was diagnosed in 24 and I am trying VERY HARD to quit but it is so HARD what/how did you do it. I smoke like 3-4 cigarettes a day so I cut my usual in half and I can go a few days without. I just can't kick it completely 😢
I often feel confused as a life long chronic asthmatic and an ex smoker. If I have COPD..I'm told I don't but I'm not convinced.As IV been diagnosed twice ,then told I actually don't ..so confusing .
Can you get COPD from second hand smoke. I also had a gas well across from my house and hit by lightning and caught on fire. Could that possibly cause it.
I was wondering if there has been any studies into the effect of cannabis on COPD ,given that is is a muscle relaxant....I was a chronic asthmatic as a kid ,but stopped getting it completely when I started smoking pot... After I stopped ,it returned, as bad as it was when I was a kid....
Hi, great information. I was looking for info on if you are sensitive to most fumes and will start to cough as long as it's in the air or on the skin. I avoid car exhaustion as well. Is that an allergy, form of asthma or what. Other than that I can exercise and exert myself normally. Thanks for your help.
What tests to see if you have it. I smoked 2 pks a day over 10 yrs. Hadnt got energy or short breathed just taking garbage cans out. Gasping for air. Miserable. I quit smoking 14 months ago and now dealing with my yearly broncitis sickness.
Watching this reinforced my reason for no longer smoking. I had a lower lobectomy in April and still crave smoking sometimes.
I stopped smoking 2 Feb 22 and I still fancy a cigarette sometimes it does get less
I stopped 40 years ago i got fed up of being asked about ciggarets every time i see my doctor i turned round and told a hospital doctor ask me what jobs i have done all my life so he did and nearly all were dust related ?
@derekearles9844 Same. Five years ago I could smoke lots of weed all day everyday, and could do ductwork and handle the insulation well. In those 5 years. I didn't smoke much weed, but started smoking cigs, and continued doing dusty work.
Now I'm having breathing problems constantly. Today it was about 8 hours of struggling to breathe.
@@janetginty1847 after 5 years i still get cravings
Bless you stay strong & good luck ✝️🙏
Isn't Dr Chau just great - I wish all Drs were like that- As usual , excellent
I used to saw up asbestos, as an apprentice on the gas board ( like a snow storm). Twenty five years or so i got pains in my chest, sent to hospital and put camera down my throat, went back to see doctor and the first thing he said, was had i ever worked with asbestos ! Fine for another twenty five years, including smoking (stopped years ago), but now it has caught up with me. Any exertion, leaves me gasping and having to sit down to recover. So your saying there's not much hope ? Well my three score and ten years have passed, but will keep struggling on !! 😁🇬🇧🇬🇧
I have to get tested my age 72yr I also worked with asbestos on building sites
@@alexblue6991Bet none of u sufferers wore masks when working with these materials. Very silly!!
Bless you stay strong ✝️🙏
I was diagnosed with COPD this year, and I now bike 15 miles a day. I go on very hilly routes and push myself as much as possible, which has helped.
Add high amounts of magniusm and pottasium to ur diet and wild organeo oil a day in water, lemon water a day vitamin d % k
@@Hello12-n6f Thank you I will
Can someone please help me my partner as COPD and when she has used the toilet she has a really bad episode ie can't breathe and looks like she is going to pass out it is horrific its almost like she is going to take her last breathe. Any advice would be much appreciated .
@@scottsaulGoing to the doctor is the most appropriate because each person has his own illness
Go see a pulmonologist you can get great inhalers out there I use symbicort and ventolin once in a while I have COPD I may be very helpful
I'm not sure when my Brother in Law stopped smoking. I do know he was diagnosed with COPD.
He was still driving. He made special trips to come and see us after my Sister died from Breast Cancer. I honestly think he died of a broken heart. He loved my Sister so much. The last trip he made, it was a goodbye trip. He didn't say goodbye, but he didn't say see you later. He past away and joined his wife, my Sister. If there was ever two people who were meant to be together it was them.
RIP George and Jeanette
I love you both, always.
@@debbie4503 The same happened to my late brother in law my eldest sister died 4yrs ago and my bother in law died 1yr later of a broken heart, he never smoked.
My grandad passed from copd, he had had a fall and broken a vertebrate and he never fully recovered. He was diagnosed with copd but carried on smoking and deteriorated and my nan was dressing him in a morning before sje went to work, then caring for him after her days work. It must of talem its toll on her. She never smoked. Grandad passed march 2018 and then my nan suddenly passed from a pulminary embolism july 2018. Miss them but moreso my nan she was a beautiful soul ;(
@Elizabeth1234971 I am so sorry for your losses. I miss my big sister's hugs and my Brother in Laws smile, everytime I or they would walk in.
@@Luke-b3f Nan's are so special. Both of my Granddad's passed away before I was born. My Dad's Mother re-married, and mostly never came around much. But my Mom's Mother was the best Grandma ever. She passed away in 1990. I still think of her a lot. Especially when one of her "sayings" come out of my mouth. She was a Lady, in the truest sense of the word. I never heard her curse, and she didn't drink or smoke. But she was the kindest person I ever knew. And she could laugh! God, I still love and miss her, but I can also get a big smile on my face just thinking of her.
I quit smoking in 1989 after have brain surgery for a bleeding artery. I was in the hospital and decided it was a great time to quit smoking. That was in 1989, but COPD got me in 2018. Then there was sleep apnea and a weak heart after a damaging five day heart attack in 2010. The lower part of my heart doesn't pump very well. I have one stent. My heart Dr.'s call me their Mirical patient at age 82.
I hope you are all well.
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Whoa! A 5 day heart attack! You certainly are a miracle ✨️. And 82 years old after everything you have gone through. You must have such a strong will to keep living ❤
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You sound tough, hang in there.
Much respect & love for you both & guest Dr. I have COPD, AFib, HBP, Type2, survived Esophagus cancer twice, finally kicked smoking some years back. 66 now & still thankfully going! I thank God daily
Wow 😳😳
Apparently u have more things to accomplish in ur life. 👍🏻
Awesome......
I have moderate copd from smoking. Quit smoking 3 years ago and feel much better. I still crave for a cigarette but saw friends die from end stage copd. Don't want to go out like that. Thanks for all the great information and your show.
Very welcome Beth. Congrats
Cigarettes need to be banned
@Beth..hang in there, you will get past the craving.God keep you strong.
My wife died from emphysema in 2022, started smoking at 14 and only quit when she was admitted to where she died. She tried many times and many ways to quit, she just could't stop.
So sorry to hear that
Godbless you ❤✝️🙏🇬🇧 may she RIP & Love ❤✝️🙏🇬🇧
My friend had a lung transplant at 71 years old. He’s now 74 and doing great.
Wtf is a lung transplant?
@ Where the surgeon’s remove your lungs and replace them with someone else’s.
@@bobbydee1187 wow. That's crazy.
@@Reeeeeee12345 yelp. It’s very expensive also.
My mom had COPD and for seven years, we used a Hill-Rom vest (morning and night) treatments along with nebulizer meds. This was extremely helpful. Sharing the care.
Very informative. Kudos for not minimizing the gravity of the issue. Breathing is one of my favorite things. Every time we breathe in and out again we get another chance.
Thank you to all three of you, for taking the effort and time to create these videos and make us more health conscious. Secondly, in recent days, the news is full of 'microplastics everywhere in food'. Is there anything we can do about it? Thanks
Very welcome. Actually not really. They are everywhere. Try to avoid using anything plastic to eat or drink. Metal, glass, etc.
@@TalkingWithDocs Thanks Doc!
My mom died of COPD last year. She spent the last several years of her life basically slowly suffocating to death. First it was an inability to walk a block without stopping. Then 20 feet. Then full time oxygen. Then higher oxygen. Moments of contained panic feeling like she couldn't get enough oxygen even when stationary. It was an awful way to go. Stop smoking.
Sorry to hear this but thank you for sharing your story
I have never smoked in my life, but have been diagnosed with COPD. U am very aware of what my future holds, oxygen etc. Inability to do anything at all. So I am very thankful, that Western Austealua finally brought into law, voluntary assisted dying.
I feel my diagnosis of COPD can be attributed to being married to a smoker and at night, inhailing what he breathed out.
The reason U feel this is the cause of my COPD is because hus pillow would regularly need changing because it became discoloured. Awful orangey/brown stains from his breath.
So all those non smokers with a smoking partner, need to be aware of this too.
Makes you wonder if the doctors did enough. There are a lot of treatment options for COPD, oxygen therapy here is fighting an uphill battle against a progressive lung disease.
All these heath warnings on cigarette packets but they are still on the shelves selling um?????? Just ban the things outright
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Terrific Guest Physician. Well done...
Thanks!
I have COPD, with supplemental O2 24/7. I also have CHF with AFib. I crashed in 2001. I have never ever taken even one single puff on a cigarette. I despise smoking. My parents had five kids that just got the bare necessities but they always had money for their three pack a day habit for each of them. My cardiologist thinks their smoking destroyed my health. I do too.
Such is life.
No sevond hand smoke was proven total bs
May I ask your age range? I'm 29 and had a similar childhood experience. My doctor thinks it's asthma, but the meds do not help.
I’m a 45 year old male with COPD and been diagnosed for the last 3/4 years thanks for the information guys awesome 👌👍👍
Oh I just love you Guys!!!
I followed you before and after 2:29 my TKR and you were so helpful.
I have COPD ( passive smoking) and I learnt a lot from this talk! ❤❤❤
I had a Chest CT in 2019 all clear. I had another in 2021 after the second round of Covid-19 and was diagnosed with mild COPD. This past June I had a low does lung CT and I have advanced to moderate COPD. I was active without breathing problems before Covid-19. Now I can’t breathe without BREO once a day that cost with private insurance $210 every three months. Damaged Lungs from a virus that was man made is truly a crime.
Same I've never Been the same person chronic cough they can't get settled , inhalers , steriods the lot as you say criminal I'd give anything for good health
@@lynnhaveron6375 I’m taking my life back in 2025. I started a stretching program (1/2 hour) last week and will do if five days a week. I don’t know if you get PBS stations, that’s were I found a program that I can actually do. I’m working on getting stronger for me, one day at a time. “Baby Steps”.
Hi I've got servere keep walking as long as you can 👊🏽💪🏽✌🏽🏴
You guys are amazing doctors!! Thankyou for all your videos❤
Our pleasure! So glad you liked it.
Absolutely! Canadian doctors at that😊
Just excellent !!! Thank you very much.
You are welcome!
I started smoking at 5 and tried quitting all my life but nothing worked until 2 years ago when at 60 I tried vaping. I’m now pretty much off the vape now too. I don’t have COPD but I do see my Respiratory doctor for bad asthma which has greatly improved.
Smoking at age 5? Wow
@ Yeah, not proud of it and I certainly don’t recommend it. I wish I never tried it.
I have COPD from smoking but also being a hairdresser for over 40 years. 1980’s big hair,hairspray and chemicals.
Thanks docs! One other treatment for COPD is endobronchial valves. Valves are placed, by bronchoscope, into the bronchi leading to segments that are the most severely damaged. Honestly, they only do it on really patients with really severe COPD, and not everyone benefits from it. I tested a patient recently who had the procedure, and to be honest, their lung function didn’t improve, but they felt like they had improved exercise tolerance.
That's right, but only for those who have it in one lobe, if it's emphysema in the whole lung, they can't put it on you
Such gentlemen. Thank you for your valuable videos. 🤓
Very good advice, as usual. Thank you Doctors.
Always welcome
Thank you for this presentation.
Since 1993 U gave been diagnosed with hay fever, then asthma and followed by COPD. I have never smoked in my life, but was subject to second hand smoking when younger. Mainly when going for an evening out, before smoking in public was restricted. (I am now 68.)
The reason,I mentioned 1993, is that we went on a long distance holiday that year, and as it was a driving holiday, we needed to use Gerry cans to carry extra fuel. One leaked in the back of our 4WD which was carpeted, and that car was my daily car. So, I was exposed to diesel fumes for many weeks, not just the 2 weeks of the holidays.
An important treatment you neglected to mention is how important weekly exercise is to keep your ability to do daily chores and stay mobile
Thank you. Very helpful to understand.
You are welcome!
I use a humidifier that helps remove water in the air. i can sleep at night with no coughing. I still work 30 hours a week in a busy work canteen rushing around. Don't give up. Keep going.
Do you use this in your bedroom?
@Elizabeth1234971
No i use it on the landing and the door open in bedroom. It help me a lot. The moisture in the are was making me cough and was told to get one. I hope this is helpful.
Is it not a dehumidifier. As a humidifier adds moisture and the dehumidifier removes it❤
My husband has also started using an humidifier (not dehumidifier) and it helps greatly.
I have emphysema and I did grow up with parents that smoked in the house. I suffered from asthma and chronic bronchitis for most of my life but I had a bad spell from mold in my house. I blame the mold for pushing me over the edge into emphysema. Do you think that is possible? I lost my sister two years ago to lung cancer too and neither of us smoked. My mother smoked right up to her death at 82 from pancreatic cancer. She didn’t seem to suffer from emphysema or any lung related disease.
Thank you, that is great information clearly explained.
My Dad suffered from COPD after a lifetime of smoking. He had an oxygen generator at home which helped but when it lost some effectiveness he'd increase the flow rate for more oxygen. He'd then feel better but what he didn't realize was that he was also increasing the CO2. Breathing difficulties would then send him to the hospital for a couple of days to titrate his blood gases back to normal. During one such stay he got out of bed in the middle of the night (Should have been restrained but wasn't) and being hypoxic he fell and broke his hip. He passed 2 days later at age 72, never having regained conscious.
So sorry for your loss ✝️🙏
Thanks guys. That’s appreciated. Very informative & helpful. I feel more knowledgeable & mindful & confident about reaching out for help in due course by tracking potential symptoms.
That is the main goal of our channel. Glad we could help.
I was diagnosed with COPD eight years ago when my lung collapsed. I have been on Oxygen ever since. My condition gets worse almost monthly. I can't walk ten feet without sitting and catching my breath. I was considered for a lung transplant twice, went through all the testing. They told me I was too early and to come back in a year. I joined a support group. Two members of this group had been through the transplant, and told me if they had to do it again, they would not. I have two friends who have had the transplant and both are doing great after five years. However, the medication each month is between 40K and 80K per month, which you have to find financial help for that kind of money. I made the choice to let nature takes its course which is very hard on my family, and very hard on my wife of 50 years as she is my care taker. I am in Hospice care at home, and I am ready to go. Very scary times not being able to breath. Could be any day. Don't smoke!
You've had it rough with tough choices. My mum has advanced COPD and was in the ICU before Christmas. I know we moan about our NHS in general in the UK, but we really are so lucky to have it. All our treatment and medication are free. We are so blessed, really. I do feel for you 😢
So sorry for you and pray for you 🙏
Once again, great info Docs, thank you! Especially liked Dr. Chau strangling Doc Weening... spit my coffee. Hilarious!
Thank you for this information.
Our pleasure!
I quit smoking 3months ago I wanted to give up for years. I now never even think about smoking because when Gid heals you it's fir life . I smoked because if the great stress I was going through that ended in September and I did nit need to smoke anymore God heads you when the time is right
My dad suffered with COPD for 15 years before he passed mainly caused by smoking but also from exposure to pollutants from his jobs. It is a horrible disease.
So sorry for your loss ✝️🙏
I take N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine that helps with mucus. Also I have a slice of lemon including the peel everyday and drinking very hot water helps. I WAS on an inhaler that probably contributed to my osteoporosis. I had chronic bronchitis for years but haven’t had it for several years. I rarely use an inhaler now. Ex smoker.
That and Serrapeptase & Lumbrokinase are very powerful for healing the lungs and even reversing these damaged lungs!!
Hell yeah. I smoked cigs for like 4 years, and now I have trouble breathing. No more smoking for me. I regret doing it.
My Mum had COPD she was a smoker that quit smoking later in life, my brother has recently been diagnosed with COPD (he was a smoker but quit a few years ago). My brother was recently prescribed at-home oxygen.
As someone who started smoking early in life and spent many years in smoky bars I developed respiratory issues. I finally quite. I sucked on over the counter inhalers for years until the drive gases were banned. Forced to go to the doctor I was given prescription inhalers and treatments that worked wonders, wish I had gone much earlier. Life is much better when you can breath. If you use over the counter inhalers, go see a doctor.
Thank you for sharing
I'm 81 years of age .stopped smoking 40 years ago but worked in a dusty atmosphere also with solvents. I have both asthma and copd. Both are under control and life is as normal as you would expect at my age . I can still do jobs around the house and still go for small walks but slowly. Meds have improved life but not cured either. Many thanks for video I've learned quite a bit more on the subject. Looking back I shouldn't have smoked and should have worn a mask at work.. lesson learned too late. Dave from UK.
My mother just died from COPD [11/13/24] and she had an army of doctors. The ONE thing none of them told her and I found out after-the-fact is that there is about a 50% increased chance of falling with COPD than those without. My mother fell several times and the last time literally killed her [she survived the surgery and several days after and then suddenly went downhill and died]. Anyway, if you have COPD, then make sure you scrutinize your home and remove all trip hazards such as throw rugs and floor mats. Take care! 😷
So sorry for your loss ✝️🙏
Thank you !
Thank you doctors for your wonderful information. I have COPD. Not a smoker. Never smoked. But have asthma and exposed to 2nd hand smoke for years when people smoked everywhere. Not fun.
I have Bronchiectasis,was diagnosed 18 months ago,after I re-visited the GP's a few times with incessant coughing,was sent away,till I went back and said I had lost 7pounds in weight,so was sent for a CT scan which picked it up.
I smoked from age 13 and stopped aged 29. I have COPD and am now showing traces of emphysema after a CT scan. My breathlessness is getting worse, and the cold air is not improving things. I am struggling i think.
Consider a video discussing exposure to allergens and the inability to breath. Symptoms of anaphylaxis are considered COPD for lack of other diagnosis. Some days are fine. Some days are terrible.
So glad I watched this. I have this and have been worried about my oxygen levels. I’m not quite as worried now. 😊
Can you bring Dr Chau back in again. I’d like to know why some people have pneumonia every single month. (I think I’m going on over 16 or 17 months now). I get tiny breaks.
I was having the same problem. My doctor checked my immunoglobulin a and it was very low. Now I take immunoglobulin by infusion 2x monthly and was able to get rid of the pneumonia.
@@mevoy123 I think they checked mine. I’m not sure. I’ll have to look.i know they checked it about 10 years ago and it was high. But the last time I can’t remember. I’ll look it up on my online chart.
@@mevoy123 like
I have COPD caused from a job I had in my late teens early 20s, Lime Dust was the cause, but I just try to take life easy & not exert myself too much.
I think back on all the friends I’ve lost to smoking. God, I miss those guys. 😢
Yes it's dangerous
I was premature. Smoke now and again. But have copd as does my husband. I'm 71 and we're ready to go home. Maranthna ❤
I sure wish these doctors were close they are great so easy t talk with instead of the usual ur a number and rushed out door come back in month types.
2:50 diagnosed with COPD 15 years ago specialist put it down to refrigerants used by us refrigeration mechanics back in the 60,s and 70,s
Just diagnosed with emphysema. Trying the patch again. Age 65.
@@katiebugbooth4212 wishing you the best of luck
@rennapate8703 Thank you. Nobody's fault but my own. 😉
Was diagnosed with mild COPD just last month. I have a bronchial version of this. Doc said my lungs are good. I have been a smoker off and on since I was eighth years old. My last smoke was twelve years ago. As a child I got tonsillitis a lot and then it went into bronchitis which turned into phenomena. At least once a year I would end up in the hospital with phenomena. The last time I got it, it went into lobarn phenomena and they told my parents to make funeral arrangements. I was in the hospital for a month. Had my tonsils removed and did not get sick after that. I have asthma, bronchitis issues. Tons of allergies. Twelve years ago I smoked and began to get a little cough, went to ER one night thinking I was having a heart attack, nurse heard my cough took X-ray and found I had a tumor in my chest the size of a softball. That night was my last cigarette. They said it was a schwanoma. It was removed,but cough remained. Still coughing today. Doc now saying COPD, but lungs clear , it is the bronchial version. Also diagnosed with sleep apnea. Currently on oxygen at 2, also just started using a cpap machine. Still going through diagnostics of everything
I have COPD on the meds and everything, quit smoking 13 years ago no I don´t miss it. If I could tell my 14 year old self something it would be DO NOT START SMOKING!!!
I was diagnosed with bronchiectasis and non tuberculosis mycobacterium
Great info 👍
ps DON’T SMOKE kids !!!
Well, in my case, I wasn’t the kid who smoked it was my parents that is how I got COPD.
I lost my Mother to this, she was my life and I'm an only child; it's awful.
We are so sorry to hear this
Sorry for your loss 😢Godbless you & stay strong ❤✝️🙏🇬🇧
Could you please do a similar video for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
Will add to the list
Was around alot of asbestos when in the navy. Have copd.
Sorry to hear that. Thank you for your service Daniel
Really good info
What about having as a result of Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency SZ phenotype with past cholecystectomy due to stones. Treatment options?
Colloidal Silver and use a Nebulizer ❤❤❤❤❤.
Wow awesome
Excellent video!!! 🙏🙏🙏
I have mild emphysema. I can barely walk.
What about patient with systemic Sjögren’s disease, and now it’s affecting lungs. Any breathing exercises, etc to help?
Many Thanks 👍🙏
You are welcome
I'm 33-years old and I quit smoking after 30 pack years last october, got diagnosed with emphysema last month and asthma last week. Being honest I'm kinda afraid of what is going to happen to me in near future. I have 3 dogs so I'm not going to just sit and wait inevitable but I afraid that I'm gonna just suffocate one beautiful day while I walk my dogs.
Thank you very help full
They use to call Harding of the arterys
Im the one ...that just quit smoking. THANK YOU
Hang in there. I quit last February after many times quitting. I started at 14 am 75 now...I can't believe I did it..Thank You Jesus..
It’s a couple of months now smoke free for me no aids just cold turkey, the past two weeks have been hard but with two other smokers in the house I think I’m doing well.
I'm late stage, FEV1 of 13. Adult onset asthma and emphysema so I really get hit with the works at times. I've known for near 20 years now and have been a miracle patient with their own bell curve with hospitalizations. 2 of them since diagnosed, both in the last 6 months.
Yet my spo2 ( blood oxygen ) is still 93 to 95% so no home oxygen needed. The details of live after surgery for transplant could be a motivator for people to do everything they can to slow the progression down. 5 to 10 years of living afterwards being a shocker. Frequently in hospital for testing, not just ct scans, x-rays but biopsies. The surgery route means you cap your life at a decade and tie yourself to living near a hospital to get tested in. Not a quality of life I would be happy with.
When i was smoking in the 70's and 80's. The cigarettes did not have fire retardant in the paper in the cigarettes of today. I was diagnosed with COPD small airway disease and collapsing trachea. And fighting to get disability!
So sorry to hear this
I have server asthma with ABPA, symptoms very similar
My boyfriend from London, died of COPD. He was a long time die hard smoker and preferred sympathy instead of taking control of his life. He did finally quit smoking but it was much too late, he required daily nebulizer with all sorts of medications throughout the day plus requiring an oxygen machine. Living on his yacht, he somehow made it back to the Caribbean and went into hospice and died on St. Thomas. I knew on my last visit to him, it would be the last time I'd see him. Speaking of VAPING, my son was in a classroom setting with a bunch of vaping fools at the beginning of COVID (a respiratory virus), he became very sick with COVID, lost the job, at PEPCO in Washington DC. In the midst of litigation with these ignorant imbeciles, who refuse to recognize the VAPING ISSUE.
Smoking is really very harmful to the body, especially the lungs. But it seems that many people don't care about this and smoke every day. Even those of us who don't smoke cannot avoid secondhand smoke. I really hope it can be improved.
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Good episode!
Thanks!
I was on Spiriva for years got off . I feel a Lil better but could use more help. I'm on ventolin trying to cut down, heard it was bad for heart. Is there something else safe to take along with the ventolin ? And I thought antibiotics wasn't good for you cells u mentioned Azithromycin
I was exposed platinum salts and developed respiratory problems. Platinum salts cause platinosis. No doctors in Oklahoma has any experience with platinosis from what I was told, so they said it was asthma. None of the 3:24 medications would help when would have a flare up. So then was told I was congested. Even though my major flare ups were when was exposed to platinum salts. I’m now in Georgia I hope I can find some help. I feel horrible 80% of the time. If anyone is familiar with my problem please help.
We should all breathe deep from the diaphragm, nowadays people are on their phones or devices stooped over in bad posture and shallow breathing. This shallow breathing over a few decades may cause COPD. I said this to a German lung doctor I bumped into here in Glasgow for a cystic fibrosis conference at the SECC and she kept asking me “where did you learn that from?” and “who told you that?”, I told her I worked it out myself. Hopefully I’m completely wrong.
I used to much incense plus i used Talc for millions years now i have asthma 😢
I'm sorry about your mom I also have COPD and when you can't get air it's scary I know I have lost air when you can't breathe
The RSV Vaccine helped with my Asthma of allergies and I am so thankful they came out with that vaccine. I have so much more energy because my lungs feel better. I am not coughing anymore, and I have no tinnitus from allergies. I have never been a smoker or any of that. The RSV Vaccine has saved my life. Please do a video on RSV Vaccine for people to be aware. Thank you from a Retired Emergency Nurse.
Thanks for the suggestion. And thanks for being a nurse in the ER.
My immunologist said never RSV vaccine
What kind of natural and/or homeopathic recipes would you recommend to go alongside the prescribed medicines?
Can a person get COPD from second hand smoking plus have asthma also
I quit a 100 to 125 smoking habit in 2004. A year later I had a lung infection where half of my lung (R/S) collapsed with pleurisy and pneumonia in my left lung. 8 weeks of stronger meds and I was cured. 20 years later, I am still not smoking but have a mild case of COPD.
It means you are crazy if you keep smoking
@DanielCrețu-z7j i quit in 2004 and never looked back
My dad had COPD, but it was not called that back then. He had TB as a teenager. This was back in the 1920s, so the treatment was primitive. Essentially, his mom nursed him back to health. He made a big mistake and started smoking cigars which is my memory of him. He switched to a pipe in his later years, but smoke is smoke. He had emphysema probably from his mid 50s until he died of lung cancer at 67. There was not the treatment back in the mid 70's like there is today, but even then, it was too late. So my word to the wise is give up the smoke. It can and will kill you.
Sorry to hear this. But I also understand how you feel because my dad went through the same situation as your dad. This is really a pity, my father is only 55 years old.🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
I smoked like 4 years, and decided to quit. I hate feeling like Im.auffocating.
I smoked for 30 years but and I quit in 1996. In 2020 I was diagnosed with mild emphysema... so yes, please quit smoking asap.
Congrats. Hope it's ok
@@TalkingWithDocs
Thanks, I am very well, since my diagnosis I've been extra careful wearing a mask when I work in the yard and even when I dust the house or open or close drapes, and naturally, when I go out on errands to the stores, market, etc. I haven't even had a cold since 2020.
I was diagnosed in 24 and I am trying VERY HARD to quit but it is so HARD what/how did you do it. I smoke like 3-4 cigarettes a day so I cut my usual in half and I can go a few days without. I just can't kick it completely 😢
I often feel confused as a life long chronic asthmatic and an ex smoker. If I have COPD..I'm told I don't but I'm not convinced.As IV been diagnosed twice ,then told I actually don't ..so confusing .
Nice video sir,I loved your ayurvedic tips for COPD! My father has benefited a lot from following them
Thanks for sharing
I have 2 good friends that live with cold
One is very active
My other friend hardly comes out
This is the longest I haven't seen her ❤
Very interesting
Can you get COPD from second hand smoke. I also had a gas well across from my house and hit by lightning and caught on fire. Could that possibly cause it.
It is possible
I was wondering if there has been any studies into the effect of cannabis on COPD ,given that is is a muscle relaxant....I was a chronic asthmatic as a kid ,but stopped getting it completely when I started smoking pot...
After I stopped ,it returned, as bad as it was when I was a kid....
Interesting but not sure. Smoking of cannabis likely would lead to the same problems if the volumes were equivalent
Don't smoke it. Eat it!
Hi, great information. I was looking for info on if you are sensitive to most fumes and will start to cough as long as it's in the air or on the skin. I avoid car exhaustion as well. Is that an allergy, form of asthma or what. Other than that I can exercise and exert myself normally. Thanks for your help.
It does sound like a reactive airway which can be asthma. Best to talk to your doctor
What tests to see if you have it. I smoked 2 pks a day over 10 yrs. Hadnt got energy or short breathed just taking garbage cans out. Gasping for air. Miserable. I quit smoking 14 months ago and now dealing with my yearly broncitis sickness.
No mention of asbestos exposure? I thought that was also a likely candidate for older age groups?
It's a restrictive disease!
Asbestos more commonly leads to mesothelioma which is a type of cancer