Lung Disease Questions

Always gargle your mouth after usage of pump or inhaler gargling removes the drug deposition on tongue and reduces risk of fungal infection.
Candida mouthpaint for a week and oral fluconazole once a week for 4 weeks can help treat fungal infection.
Instead of dry powder inhaler, metered dose inhaler which has the mist instead of powder as the drug is there. Which might reduce the drug deposition in tongue but we can't speculate whether it doesn't.
There is no cure to copd and asthma....more

Daily morning brisk walk or jog for atleast 15-20 minutes.
Daily yoga especially kapal bhati and anulom vilom - 100 reps each. Check you pulmonary function test now and repeat after 6 months, you will see the results
do text consult me for further diagnosis and treatment or if you still have some doubts you want to clear.

If you are worried best would be to do an abg for pao2 which is most accurate.
And do cbc for hb
spo2 is not accurate representation of oxygen levels
if you are suffering from copd then 88-92 is ok level
do contact me for further diagnosis and treatment or if you still have some doubts you want to clear.

No use of homeopathy medicines in ild seriously trust me they may contain steroids as well like prednisolone
can you let me know whether you have uip ild nsip connective tissue ild from ra or sle or sjogrens.

Allopathic treatment includes antibiotics and iv steroids in a tapering dose as mentioned by you above to reduce the acute exacerbation.
Rest if the ild is uip pattern then it is not reversible and if it fibrotic nsip only the ggos which may have occurred now can be reversible. Rest is irreversible.
Please check whether it is uip or nsip on cect thorax.
Secondly ild is lung debilitating condition ultimately any amount of medicines just improves exacerbation and also will prevent furt...more

Dear lybrate-user ji
ssa!
this condition needs some long term planning. Ayurveda along with some good supplements will help you in this condition. You are young and your recovery can be better.
Should you need a consultation, please come online and have a chat with me.
Thanks! Dr.

Dear lybrate-user
sorry to hear this. Pneumothorax is air in the lungs. It is not always critical. Depends on how severe it is. However, you mentioned that your father has been on the ventilator. Whether the situation is critical will also depend on how his reponse to ventilator has been. Speak freely to the consultant treating your father. All the best.

Reduce your carbohydrate intake. Walk 2-3 km/day.

Dear lybrate-user sir
app unhe steam inhalation de sakte hai.
Unhe zyada strain na karayein.
Khana halka de jisme protein ki maatra bhi ho.
Ek kadha likh raha hoon ise din mein 3 baar halka halka garam de kareeb 1/2 cup
3 kali mirch, 1 inch dalchini, 1 inch adrakh, 3-4 patte tulsi ke aur gur swadanusar. Isko 1.5 cup pani me 10 min tak ubale aur peene ko de.
Dahi, kela, arbi ya high starchy food na dein.
Insha allah sab theek hoga!
aur jaankaari ke liye mujhe direc...more

Dear Mr. lybrate-user, perfinidone is the mainstay treatment. In this condition, lung becomes like rope fibres, the size of the lungs reduces and hence there is difficulty in breathing (dam chadna) and cough is present. The above medication will halt the disease and prevents progress. Sadly no medicines available til now to reverse it. The only answer to this disease is lung transplantation. You can check few ipf groups on facebook. U can get few answers. There are trials going on, but the medic...more