Does a lack of reversibility strongly point towards COPD diagnosis? It just means that it is probably not asthma but it does not mean COPD - If it is COPD, can I still work in a lab with chemicals (i.e. is the risk worth it, should I quit/switch …

Hi everyone. I´m from Argentina, so sorry for my poor English in advance. I´m 36, and I smoke about 5 cigarettes per day for the last 5 years. I started smoking in 2018. I´m a healtlhy person, in shape and do excercise 2 or 3 days a week since I was a …

Hi everyone. I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I'm 47 years old, I smoked about a 1/2 pack a day for 28 years, and quit 3 years ago. About a two months I developed shortness of breath, rattles, and a productive cough. I went to the ER …

I keep reading that when emphysema is seen only on CT but not on a pulmonary function test, that it is a foreboding sign and signifies a worse prognosis. My CT scan showed “minimal “emphysema, but my PFT tests were normal. My pulmonologist says that the …

[71] [FEMALE] [141 LBS] [5'2] [CAUCASIAN] Hi, I have COPD and was recently admitted for what was diagnosed as community acquired pneumonia/COPD flair up. My CT showed "some diffuse GGO throughout both lungs, severe emphysemous changes with parenchymal …

Hi nice to meet you all. I have had a low dose ct and it said mild Emphysema. I have been told low dose is very unreliable would any one know

CT showed severe upper lung damage however PFT only shows stage 1.....How does this make any sense??