Can any body suggest ? It all started for me 2 months back with a severe cough. i quit smok'g 1 month back

Question

There was short breathness,weezing, liitle chest pain for a day. My Family doctor did some tests like exray,blood etc and thought it was asma and gave me puffer blue, and some anti ot finished biotics.The day my medicnes got finished it startted all over again.I tried another doctor he again gave puffer blue and added orange puffer with some more antibiotics .As earlier it started again after finishing my medicines. Then finally i had to rush to emegency were Dr again felt it might be asma and gave a strong puffer and gave medicine with steriods that open lungs for 4 weeks and fixed my appt. with Respr. Specialist . On 14th feb I had an appt, with specialist he did some inital asma test and concluded it was not asma it would havse been some viral and now i am absolutely perfect and i can stop all medicines.With these medicines mostly steriod called predisnone my face was swollen , my bp is increased and i feel dizzy. Now immedi. after two days i again started coughing and weezing.

Answer 1

Did they do the pulmonary function WHILE you were on steroids?
You might need to have a methacholine challenge. Also this is a common thing, when people quit smoking to initially cough more. This is because smoking paralyzes the cilia (hair like things in your airway that work as an escalator to remove bad stuff from your lungs). So when you stop smoking they come back to normal function and can cause bronchospasm.

Answer 2

Last first, you are having side effects from the steroids which is common. The initial dosing of steroids to treat respiratory ailments is high and will be stepped down over time. An important factor in your treatment is becoming a good historian. Remember what you were doing right before you became short of breath. Remember how many times per day and at what times of day you become short of breath. This is important for your physician to properly treat you.

Let me ask you this question. Did they do an ABG on you? Did they stick a needle in your forearm near your wrist and draw blood? If they did not do this, insist that they do. No way in the world can a Dr. diagnose a respiratory disease without an arterial blood gas draw. A Dr. can guess, and maybe guess right, but it's impossible to rule out other disease states without a blood gas measurement.

Canada has a great website concerning asthma, look it up. But, I would be sure you have been properly diagnosed. Asthma is misdiagnosed A LOT. And expect to cough a lot after quitting smoking. Good luck. Your body will take time to heal after all that smoking.

Answer 3

Good fo you that you quit smoking I don't know what doctors you are seeing Are you a veteran? I heard medical care is appalling for vets Anyhow you are going to have to see a doctor again it may be COPD but I can't be certain

Answer 4

hi i suggest the best solution for ur problem, drink energise water, your problem will be solved.
energise water helps to cleans our blood and increases our own antibody.
it will bring the body condition back to normal.

we can energise our own water, tab water or boiled water or mineral water. no buying of water bottles.