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I have stage 1 copd just recently quit smoking tired of having hard time breathing watching videoes like these to give me encouragement to stay smoke free

I've 4th.stage COPD. Ido Yuga every day 1 hour. Do household work. Can't cook due to smoke. Can walk. Climb 3rd.floor.Have cough cold but managable. Lost 15kgs.quite active. Now I am 37kgs.100%you can control I am 81yrs.old lady. Stay blessed🙏. INDIA.

Thank you for this broken down explanation. My husband was just diagnosed with Emphysema and obviously I'm concerned. Knowledge is the only way to beat fear so this helps me a lot.

I'm a newly qualified nurse in the UK (7 months in) and I'm constantly coming home to read up on situations that I need to understand more. Thank you so much for your videos. Even my tired mind gets it! You're a very gifted teacher. Of course, it goes without saying that I'm a new SUBBIE!!

I had no idea my COPD was the same as emphysema. Sounds like things are going to get horrible. What really sucks is that I only had to smoke about 6 mos and I was diagnosed with it. As soon as I started smoking, I developed a steady cough & coughing up stuff. Even if I had quit, it wouldn't have helped. So unfair. I don't smoke now....but it's TOO LATE!!! I don't want to die suffocating. Why can't they come up with better treatments to help get the air out?

My 48 yr old daughter is struggling with breathing issues. She struggles with GERD and possible acid reflux into her lung. Her apt has flooded several times with mold issues. It seems logical to me that acid reflux, and chronic mold exposure would promote the development of COPD.

Speaking about the “cost” of this disease being 50 billion dollars.... I must wonder what that horrible amount might be reduced by if big pharma (& their billion dollar profits) were to charge less than (the approximate) $300 to $400 PER inhaler? The exception to that high-dollar inhaler cost is the Proventil Inhaler which is about $76. The explanation of COPD in this video is very helpful & well explained.

My mother died at 46 with this, she had shortness of breath and lost loads of weight, no cough, she got this at 36 but they didn't know what it was until she was 39, that was 42 years ago. A awful disease and affected us all in the family.

Gratitude for this information. It’s been 3 years I’ve been diagnosed with COPD.

Probably the clearest explanation so far, thank you

Great explanation Dr Seheult, so glad I continued watching. I was about to close it down after seeing the screen written words, ALTHOUGH, hearing your tone and slow, clear descriptions and explanations, I appreciate your time in doing this clip.

This is BY FAR the BEST explanation of COPD I’ve ever seen! Thank you!!!! I’m studying the respiratory system right now in A&P 2 and this is very germane to me at the moment. Subscribed!!!

I have never smoked nor had my mother or her sister. I hate that judgement so much. I am an RN but your explanation of the spirometry was helpful to me. I am retired and luckily my severe sob did not start until 3 yrs ago. I was always coughing and sob with exertion but pretty normal. It just took a turn for the worse and can find no specific reason. I spent 18 months of test and more test and specialist. I am just learning to live with the restrictions. The saddest is I can no longer travel in comfort. I am 70 by the way.

I'm hoping this is the beginning of a great version to live better for myself and my loved ones. Thank you, lost my mom, aunt and grandfather. Now the one I love, may live longer. Xoxo

Thank you so much for your fabulous teaching! I have never seen anyone teach like you. God bless🙏

Never ignore the nutritional aspect of this. All things equal, gut health, and avoiding inflammatory foods including Lectins and Sugar can make a significant and very positive difference. Even minor changes in diet like cutting out grains, soda, sugar, etc., can have a huge positive impact. Doctors are not quick to address this and it is a disservice. I am not suggesting diet will cure COPD but it can definitely help. Whenever a person has pain, they have inflammation.

34 years old just got told today i have emphysema news hit me hard as i have a young child hard to wrap my head around it

I like how you simplify those confusing concepts into simple diagrams... 😃😃 It really helps in terms of understanding and memorising :D

Good basic lecture. Especially important regarding the fact its #3 and RISING. As an RT for 35 years I see the great value in Pulmonary Rehab programs as the generation of the Marlboro Man ages.

Your video really helped me to understand COPD and especially spirometry better! Thank you so much! :)

Use Tiffenau index, fev1: static vital capacity(not forced), it is corrected by age. Using 0,7 as threshold you overstate an obstruction in elderly people and understate in young people. Anyway good explanation

WOW DOCTOR. i am so impressed with your explanations that everyone can understand.

I just wanted to thank you for your informative videos, MedCram (love that name... reminds me of how my friend used to "cram" for his finals). In this world of so much bogus information, your straightforward podcasts are like a breath of fresh air, completely without hype or "network news reporting." Incidentally, I'm a big proponent of using mega doses of vita C to boost the human immune system, especially "Liposomal Vitamin C" in the liquid form, proven to be ten times more potent and biologically available, especially with critically ill patients. Maybe you'd care to do a story on the subject? Good luck in all that you do sir, and thanks again.

Please remember that many ppl that have COPD never smoked. I grew up with a chemical plant in my back yard. Literally n it hurt to breathe the yellow air in the hot summers. Since moving to Houston Tx I was diagnosed with COPD. They have terrible air here as well. Developed many allergies also.

Just a fun thought. Glyphosate exposure is also increasing. Glyphosate binds to manganese causing respiratory distress in plants. Manganese is also necessary for animal respiration. Is our food killing us?

Thank you for explaining this as I was diagnosed with COPD after ratio of 0.18 or severe lung disease and close to death

Your lectures are very helpful, thank you so much. Would love to see you do 12 lead interpretation. Thank you again for your good work.

I've been coughing a lot and bringing up mucus. My dr mentioned COPD, but other than using inhalers, has not recommended anything. I've had problems with lung issues since I was young. I saw an allergist, and he tested me for allergies, and found that I did have some issues. I changed my diet, by taking out dairy, and other things. However, at certain times of the year I have flair ups. I've had a lung xray which showed clear lungs. I've had bronchitis, pneumonia over the years too. Should I press my Dr for more tests to determine if it is COPD?

like the simplicity of this = easy understand but the slowness of waiting for all the written stuff drove me nuts!

huge help , thanks you ! Love the videos I have 30-40 % lung function am a COPD stage 3 or the new term is COPD C whichever it is BAD.

Great video .. keep posting new topics plz .. I am RN and used your video to reinforce my medical knowledge.

Hey MedCram, Great video. Just wanted to point out that Emphysema, as described in the GOLD Guidelines, is only one of several structural abnormalities present in patients with COPD (Chapter 1, Paragraph 3), but it seems that in this video you use the terms interchangeably.

Thank you. I think you need to also make the point that it is, in the early stages, reversible, if the causative is halted.

I have exactly that and I have the nebulizer with treatment meds.. because of it I've had phneumonia..maybe three times in the last ten + years..I'm in pretty good health..the last time I went to the emergency room was in the year I'm not sure was i think in 2016..I don't have breathing problems unless I get upset..like when I cry..but I've always have had the phlegm.. build up in my lungs but am able to cough it up no problem....I am seeing a lung specialist..and have been for a year now..he says I'm doing good.

Fantastic lecture. MedCram you rock!

I've been diagnosed with an overlap of COPD and Asthma. I take two different 24 hour inhalers and have ventilin for emergency. I wondering if you could talk about that combination. Thank you for your help/advice

Excellent videos. And you put them in terms I can understand. Regardless of the subject you approach.

Clear and concise, as usual. Thanks, keep these vids coming.

COPD is a term includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis and one of them is predominant

Well articulated and simplified ..Thanks

Why is COPD increasing when smoking rates are falling quite dramatically? People living longer?

I feel sad for those that refuse to examine H2O2 therapy. Have seen it work in horses with severe COPD. Volume rose 40%, pt. gained 150 pounds, and lived several more years.

My mom had had Crohnes Disease for several years and was now diagnosed with COPD. She never smoked by the way. She is 90

Very well taught for layman. I hope parts 2 and 3 are forthcoming. Can't locate.

Thank you for these awesome videos Doctor!

really good explanation. Better than my lecturers :P

Concise and precise. Nail it on the dot. Thanks for the lecture. Appreciate it.

I have this because of both of my parents chain smoking around my asthmatic ass as a kid. My dad also had asthma and died from COPD. It's a bad death. Now I know what I have to look forward to.

I am absolutely shocked …I had no clue that this was such a big matter… and it’s never talked about …wow …shocking

i wished i had been told about this before it was to late

Thank Dr. Roger Seheult💓

What about people like FireFighters, who suffer a burn to their lungs? Is there a different name for that? Are there different symptoms and treatments?

Great. This just reinforces what I’ve done in my lectures.

Thanks a great review!!! Easy to understand and brief!!!

Much appreciation your videos teach us a lot

Superb explanation...made quite simple 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

How does COPD differentiate itself from asthma? Is it fair to ask which disease is worse or easier to control or treat?

Thank you for this info, this did help us very much.

That was so direct and to the point!! THANK YOU!!!!!

Really appreciate all the videos in these series. Would you be able to do a set on types and diagnosis of anemias? Thanks!

Great Presentation and detailed information, best I've seen today!

I had fluid removed from my chest cavity 2 years ago and spent 20 days in the hospital. When I was released I was told I had emphysema and pneumonia but never was offered any kind of follow up treatment. I'm really starting to have trouble with my breathing again. I never smoked and have no idea why I have this. Is there anything I can do that will help me with my breathing besides another hospital stay and chest tubes? Ty so much

I guess that’s why my lungs feel like it takes my chest cavity at times. Especially walking home all diesel & propane trucks going by is harsh.

I was told that chronic bronchitis is also a form of COPD.

were is the treatment part I think you forgot that

Superb... Crystal clear!

C.O.P.D. is a catchall it seems for several lung diseases. I have an emphysema diagnosis but think the hyperinflation is a result of my extreme childhood asthma, which it seems to me would cause a chronic state of hyperinflation. The doctor took a modern scan of my lungs and assured me, after a bout with viral pneumonia in 2009, that emphysema was present, though I couldn't see it in the scan when he pointed to it. Good for a disability anyway!

Very helpful explanation. Thank you!

just found out about this channel. thank you so much for taking out the time to do these videos. i hit the subscribe button

Thank you, Dr. Seheult!

Perfect. Its high yield information and great review. Thanks for putting these up, keep them coming.

very good explanation!!! thanks for doing this video. I subscribed and look foward to many more.

In title says treatment is included in this video?

Thanks for creating this video!

thank you!!! it's help me a lot for my presentation

Great overview! Thank you

Excellent description but Light on treatments explanations.

Just grateful for the great lecture!

Wow. Very clear

Thank you for putting this out here....

Great job! Thank you!

Great,thank you for sharing

Just been diagnosed with this today I don't think it's sunk in yet 🥺

millions of thanks,you are the best

I wonder if you slowly pumped air into a persons lungs while watching the lungs expand under MRI would that help a person to breathe better or is it just a loss of elasticity?

nice explaination,thank you sir

Fantastic , nicely explained,far from boredom

Sir roger S. I just want to thank you immensely for your medical expertise and the way you share it with us...thank you and I wish you were on Trump staff

So what happened to the " treatment" part?

Very good resource, I'd say. Thanks!

Very good professor Greetings from Morocco

We were taught COPD is a combination of Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis, has the definition changed from 2014 to now?

I review a lot of x-ray reports and CT scan reports for the work that I do. Most reports show restrictive lung characteristics ;ie. scarring, plural thickening/effusions, etc.; but the impression is always COPD. I sometimes think that COPD is used as a blanket term by physicians for obstructive and restrictive illnesses. How come there is no illness called CRPD (Restictive)?

Great explanation! Thank you!

How does pneumonia play in this illness?

Very good. I didn't understand it. My doctor just told me I had it and sent me home with inhalers one of which is steroid and gives me mouth infections all the time. I've now stopped that inhaler and I'm so tight chested it feels like someone is crushing me. My peak flow has come up as 270. I don't think that's good.

This video may help with education but it doesn't help people who suffer because they can't breathe properly. Good medication and exercises to get rid of the mucus which is one of the major problems with this disease are simply missing here.

really thanks alot.so clear and understandable

excellent video!