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Suggest Treatment For Breathlessness And Chest Infection
Brief Answer:
Prognosis is good if patient follows proper treatment.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear, thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your situation and problem.
COPD(chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease) is progressive disease.
If you follow GOLD guidelines for treatment of COPD then prognosis is good.
Usual 5 year survival rate is 70-80%.
Following are the treatment guidelines.
1. Quit smoking as soon as possible. This is the most important step.
2. Take regular inhaled bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroid. Start long duration agents.
3. Enroll yourself in Pulmonary Rehabilitation center where chest physiotherapy and deep breathing exercises are done. These will improve lung function and thus decrease the symptoms.
4. Get done adult respiratory vaccination with pneomococcal and Influenza vaccines to prevent recurrent respiratory tract infection.
So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.
Hope I have solved your query.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wish you good health.
Thanks.
Prognosis is good if patient follows proper treatment.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear, thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your situation and problem.
COPD(chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease) is progressive disease.
If you follow GOLD guidelines for treatment of COPD then prognosis is good.
Usual 5 year survival rate is 70-80%.
Following are the treatment guidelines.
1. Quit smoking as soon as possible. This is the most important step.
2. Take regular inhaled bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroid. Start long duration agents.
3. Enroll yourself in Pulmonary Rehabilitation center where chest physiotherapy and deep breathing exercises are done. These will improve lung function and thus decrease the symptoms.
4. Get done adult respiratory vaccination with pneomococcal and Influenza vaccines to prevent recurrent respiratory tract infection.
So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.
Hope I have solved your query.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wish you good health.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
It can't b cured right ? It gets worse overtime ?
Brief Answer:
Yes, it can not be cured, we need to control it.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear, thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
I can understand your situation and problem.
Sorry to say, but COPD is incurable. We can halt the progression or delay it but we can not revert and cure the disease.
The treatment guidelines mentioned in the previous answer are best treatment to halt the progression of COPD.
So follow these for better prognosis.
And believe me, COPD is having excellent prognosis if proper treatment is taken.
Hope I have solved your query.I will be happy to help you further.
Wish you good health.
Thanks.
Yes, it can not be cured, we need to control it.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear, thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
I can understand your situation and problem.
Sorry to say, but COPD is incurable. We can halt the progression or delay it but we can not revert and cure the disease.
The treatment guidelines mentioned in the previous answer are best treatment to halt the progression of COPD.
So follow these for better prognosis.
And believe me, COPD is having excellent prognosis if proper treatment is taken.
Hope I have solved your query.I will be happy to help you further.
Wish you good health.
Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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