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My wife 68 years suffers from copd for 10 years and pah (developed 3 years back). Gets swelling in feet. Lives on 3-4 litre oxygen 24�7. Also uses bipap in night and sos. No fever no cough but breathlessness month after medrol course. Her doctor normally repeats medrol course (about 12 days 16 mg, 12 mg, 8 mg, 4 mg three days each). Suggestions please. Kindly first let me know if alternative medicine is a solution to this problem.
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Restricted fluid intake to 1.5 litre/day and chest physiotherapy - breathing exercises, every 4 hours, limb exercises, graded increase in their levels, vaccination against pneumocpccal and influenza can be done. Not forgetting round the clock inhalers with spacer technique, additionally when required and oral bronchodilators. Steroids intake can be delayed by using above options.
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