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 Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:15 pm
Do you want to talk about it?
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:22 pm
Well you kind of already know.
Like Moving, keeping up in classes, etc.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:32 pm
Ah, yes.
I can understand why you're stressed.
But stressing will only make you sick.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:46 pm
Too late. I'll probably calm down when things start getting back to normal.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:58 pm
Step-dad just got home.
My brother is up and cranky between the pain and the boredom.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:17 pm
I'd probably be cranky too, so I don't blame him.
But other than that, he's doing okay?
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:32 pm
If he's fine in the morning then I will only be counting the days when he comes home.
If anything else is going to happen then it will happen by morning.
My issue now is how did this happen. How was their a hole in his lung.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:44 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:46 pm
It could be COPD {Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease}.
It's the most common lung disease. There are two types: Chronic bronchitis {involves long term cough with mucus} and Emphysema {involves destruction of the lungs over time}. Most people with COPD have a combination of the two.
The symptoms develop pretty slowly, so it's very likely that he {or anyone else for that matter} would have noticed.
The reason I'm saying this is that pneumothoraces {aka collapsed lung, caused by a hole in the lung} and heart troubles are complications.
Also, it doesn't always show up on x-rays and CT scans.
If you're interested in reading more on it, there is info here.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:54 pm
It would he to be just emphysema if that was the case. He doesn't have a cough or mucus. The other issue with it being one of those too is that would imply that his right lung would also be in the process of destruction. Wouldn't it?
So if he does have COPD what is the treatment? Is it like a syndrome or a bug that does go away with treatment?
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:01 pm
angelmage99 It would he to be just emphysema if that was the case. He doesn't have a cough or mucus. The other issue with it being one of those too is that would imply that his right lung would also be in the process of destruction. Wouldn't it? So if he does have COPD what is the treatment? Is it like a syndrome or a bug that does go away with treatment? I just asked my step-dad and he confirmed that they found the hole using an x-ray and I'm sure when he was breathing that they could hear something was off. Off to bed with me.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:08 pm
It doesn't go away and there is no cure.
Normal treatments to help relieve symptoms {and keep the disease from getting worse} include inhalers, inhaled steroids, and anti-inflammatory meds.
For more severe cases {or during flare ups}, people afflicted may need steroids {by mouth or intravenously}, a broncholidator {which is a substance that dilates the bronchi and bronchioles, decreasing resistance in the respiratory airway and increasing airflow to the lungs} through a nebulizer {which is basically a machine that administers medicine in mist form}, oxygen therapy {necessary if blood oxygen level is low}, or assisted breathing via machine.
Antibiotics are prescribed during flare ups as well, to help prevent infection.
Pulmonary rehabilitation can teach a different way to breath to keep staying active an option.
Of course a hole will show up. If it is COPD, then it has escalated.
X-rays can show up normal if he has COPD, as in they can't always diagnose it via x-ray. {Blood tests, though, are another story.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:19 am
How about living a normal life? When do you say inhalers why type? Well it be the type that he's hooked up tonight or the type that asthma patients use? How do you get it and if it's spread able what would I have to do to protect myself?
Well their is still the issue of it pressing up on his heart. Maybe there is something else that it could be.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:00 am
This is an inhaler. This is a nebulizer. I'm guessing that if he's hooked up to something now, it's a hospital grade nebulizer. It's a non-communicable disease, so you can't catch it from him. The general way to catch it is through smoking, inhalation of gases/fumes, lots of secondhand smoke, pollution, etc. Also, people who lack alpha-1 antitrypsin {which is a protein}. It could be something else. I've just been looking at symptoms and possible causes. It's nothing you couldn't find with a google search. But remember that my info is third hand, and I have no history on your brother.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:13 am
Gases/fumes maybe and the same with secondhand smoke (my step-dad). I'm not sure about the protein.
The only things that I haven't told you that may or may not be a factor are hormonal shots (or he would be as short as me) and I forgot the word, but it's when there is a hole in your muscle and things can get through. It's kind of common and very treatable.
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