http://ehealthforum.com/health/lungs.html en As with all substances, injected, inhaled, ingested and especially burned and inhaled, the big question is always what else was mixed with what you were smoking. Everyone is an expert, and of course always trusts their sources, but nobody really knows simply because any substance of this type and even 'tobacco' has often passed through several usually profit-making hands and is rarely what it pur... <a href="http://ehealthforum.com/health/emphysemia-from-smoking-t200620.html">click here to continue</a> <br /><br /> <i>Content provided by members of the <a href="http://ehealthforum.com">eHealthForum.com</a> community</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehf_rss-forum-new_posts-248/~4/Av1aEFkezPU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ehf_rss-forum-new_posts-248/~3/Av1aEFkezPU/emphysemia-from-smoking-t200620.html http://ehealthforum.com/health/emphysemia-from-smoking-t200620.html Hi everyone. I wanted to post this and kinda start a conversation and see if anyone else out there is having the same issues or anything. I have been having pain since November of last year. Was having bad chest pain and some lung pain and not much cough and being quite short of breath. Was told that i had bronchitis. So i got a round of prednisone and an inhaler. Unfortunately, the pain never got... <a href="http://ehealthforum.com/health/long-term-pleurisy-t396858.html">click here to continue</a> <br /><br /> <i>Content provided by members of the <a href="http://ehealthforum.com">eHealthForum.com</a> community</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehf_rss-forum-new_posts-248/~4/a0xBlWcnsrA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ehf_rss-forum-new_posts-248/~3/a0xBlWcnsrA/long-term-pleurisy-t396858.html http://ehealthforum.com/health/long-term-pleurisy-t396858.html LOL... coincidence or what? i've got the same case study. Let me guess, your exam's on the 21st? well...from my reading i've gathered that "Mr Sinclair's" swelling of ankles and abdomen are suggestive of COPD, namely chronic bronchitis. I'm hoping the spirometry readings correspond to this condition (haven't got round to checking/reading up on it yet). Viral infections are the most common trig... <a href="http://ehealthforum.com/health/intermittent-swelling-of-ankles-and-abdomen-t396438.html">click here to continue</a> <br /><br /> <i>Content provided by members of the <a href="http://ehealthforum.com">eHealthForum.com</a> community</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehf_rss-forum-new_posts-248/~4/5r2f8JbiBao" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ehf_rss-forum-new_posts-248/~3/5r2f8JbiBao/intermittent-swelling-of-ankles-and-abdomen-t396438.html http://ehealthforum.com/health/intermittent-swelling-of-ankles-and-abdomen-t396438.html Hi I am a student with a case study and was hoping for some help. I have a case study of a patient with combined small cell and squamous carcinoma with minor foci of adeocarcinoma, mycobacterium TB was also cultured from a sputum sample. The partient has an FEV1/FVC of 64%, coarse crackles in the lungs and a history of smoking. I was hoping someone could help me understand the reason for a... <a href="http://ehealthforum.com/health/intermittent-swelling-of-ankles-and-abdomen-t396438.html">click here to continue</a> <br /><br /> <i>Content provided by members of the <a href="http://ehealthforum.com">eHealthForum.com</a> community</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehf_rss-forum-new_posts-248/~4/5r2f8JbiBao" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ehf_rss-forum-new_posts-248/~3/5r2f8JbiBao/intermittent-swelling-of-ankles-and-abdomen-t396438.html http://ehealthforum.com/health/intermittent-swelling-of-ankles-and-abdomen-t396438.html