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Discomfort in lungs/diaphragm/chest and tightness of throat 5 days after vomiting?
Posted 10 Jun 2016 by • 2 answers
Last sunday I had a hangover and threw up (since then I have given up the alcohol and addressed my problem with that). During the vomiting, I was leaning against a building (not sure if that's relevant, but friends have commented that an odd posture might be the cause of the issue). Since ...
Lump on chest pain around heart/left lung area?
Posted 26 Aug 2016 by • 2 answers
I have recently been having some pain that I thought was to do with my heart, but I have felt around my chest area and on the left side I have found a small lump but it feels like it should be apart of my bone, it feels very hard. I get sharp pains around my heart/left lung area at least once a ...
Wake up feeling short of breath and weird feeling in chest/ lungs?
Posted 23 Oct 2016 by • 1 answer
I work nights and on my nights I can sleep. 9 times out of 10 if I get a call I will wake up with a tight feeling in my chest. It s the weirdest feeling not like a pain but it does feel harder to breathe especially to take deeper breaths. When I try to take a deep breath it s like my lungs can t ...
Doc unconcerned by constipation up to my lungs?
Posted 3 Jul 2016 by • 1 answer
I am usually very regular, but I have been constipated for a week now. I've tried miralax, senokot, and meta mucil with no luck. I went to an Urgent Care facility, where I was given an x-ray (after a LOT of hesitation from the doc). At first I was told by the tech I'd be getting two ...
Cytoxan - I am taking Cytoxan for my auto immune disease attacking my lungs. I take it in a pill..
Posted 17 days ago by • 0 answers
... form. 75mg. Will my hair fall out?
Erlotinib - My wife had a non-small lung cancer, completely resected. She is cancer free. The Dr?
Posted 13 Jul 2017 by • 0 answers
... wants to start
Can Cystex be used with Xarelto, a blood thinner?
Posted 22 Jun 2017 by • 0 answers
Had surgery and developed a blood clot in lung. Have now been on blood thinner for two months and a lower dose
Tudorza Pressair - Can I get nodules in my lungs while using this product. It has been 3 years and I
Posted 10 Jun 2017 by • 0 answers
... have 1 nodule in my left lung
Symicort side effects?
Posted 31 May 2017 by • 0 answers
Was having asthma attack after a food reactions. My lungs started to hurt and burn. I had the worst sore throat ever I thought it was strep it wasn't. WAs a side effect of oral thrush. Been through all the antifungal medication they could prescribed and it is not working. Since, his is from a ...
How do I know when the pneumonia is gone?
Posted 25 May 2017 by • 0 answers
I'm 5 weeks from being diagnosed. Finished three weeks of meds. Still wheezing on affected lung and very tired.
I am female, 56 years old and have been taking capecitabine for five months. I have stage IV breast?
Posted 27 May 2017 by • 0 answers
... cancer which has spread to my lungs. My onc informed me that I will have to be taking this drug for the rest of my life. I have gained 22 pounds after taking this drug for five months while following a normal diet combined with light exercise. I will not be going into remission so I cannot ...
Did anybody else develop inflamed lungs or pneumonitis while on Ibrance?
Posted 13 May 2017 by • 2 answers
After being on Ibrance/Femara for the past 6 months, have now developed inflammatory pneumonitis and was taken off the drug this past month to see if inflammation clears up. This is my 4th round of breast cancer over 20 years and went metastatic 2 years ago. Had previously been on Faslodex ...
Alpha-1 Proteinase Inhibitor Deficiency - Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency - I worked in the Coal?
Posted 19 May 2017 by • 0 answers
... Mines over 23 years and have Black Lung
How can a doctor determine whether a patient has a fungal infection or a bacterial infection?
Posted 12 May 2017 by • 0 answers
Say of the lungs.
Is anyone taking anastrozole for metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma? If so, what is your experience?
Posted 6 May 2017 by • 0 answers
... I am taking anastrozole, and after two months, a CT scan showed that the lesions in my lung (which are estrogen positive) have significantly shrunk in size
