Articles on lung health: persistent cough, breathlessness, asthma, COPD and how lung tests work. Coughing blood or sudden breathlessness needs urgent assessment.
Pulmonary edema emergency treatment focuses on getting oxygen into the blood and fluid out of the lungs quickly. Emergency teams typically sit the person…
At an asthma review, the most useful questions to ask cover three areas: which triggers are driving your symptoms and how to reduce exposure,…
Many people with emphysema can fly, but it depends on how much oxygen your blood carries at rest and how stable your lungs have…
Living with bronchiectasis usually centers on a daily airway clearance routine, regular physical activity, and prompt attention to flare-ups. Most people can exercise and…
Asbestosis is diagnosed by combining three things: a documented history of significant asbestos exposure, usually decades earlier; imaging that shows lung scarring, with high-resolution…
Flying after a pneumothorax is usually delayed until a follow-up chest X-ray confirms the lung has fully re-expanded, then for a further waiting period…
A cough that has lasted eight weeks or more in an adult, or that comes with breathlessness, coughing up blood, unexplained weight loss, or…
Mediastinoscopy is a short surgical procedure under general anesthesia in which a thin lighted scope passes through a small incision at the base of…
Tiredness after pneumonia usually lingers because the lungs and immune system keep repairing long after the infection itself is controlled. Inflammation, reduced oxygen delivery,…
After pulmonary edema treatment, recovery centers on stopping fluid from building up in the lungs again. Most people are asked to weigh themselves every…
Doctors diagnose acute bronchitis mainly from your history and a physical exam: how long you have coughed, what the cough brings up, whether you…
Emphysema is usually confirmed with a combination of tests rather than one. Spirometry, a breathing test, shows whether airflow is obstructed; a gas transfer…
Single-port VATS candidates are usually people who need a lung biopsy that a needle cannot safely provide, a repair for a recurrent or persistent…
A pleural effusion is usually confirmed with a chest X-ray or chest ultrasound, and ultrasound is now the preferred first test because it detects…
Antibiotics usually do not help acute bronchitis, because the large majority of cases are caused by viruses that antibiotics cannot touch. Pooled trials suggest…
Robotic thoracic surgery is most often considered for small lung nodules and early-stage lung cancer needing a wedge resection, segmentectomy or lobectomy, for tumors…
Most people with acute bronchitis do not need a chest X-ray. Doctors usually diagnose it from the story of the illness and a physical…
Useful questions to ask a cystic fibrosis team fall into three groups: lung function (what my FEV1 is, how it has changed, what a…
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