hello,my mom is suffering from disease where she is feeling lack of breathness,cough etc. she is 58 yrs old.Although her treatment is going on in bombay hospital from past 4 yrs.all reports comes normal or clear cant understand the disease properly why she is suffering so much. i think that she might be having COPD?but no symptoms of COPD is been seen in her X-ray or blood reports.pl.guide & help me.
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. COPD is not diagnosed on chest x-ray. It is functional disease of lung. It causes obstructive Airway defect. Pulmonary function test (PFT) is must for the diagnosis of bronchitis. It will not only diagnose bronchitis, but it will also tell you about severity of the disease and treatment is based on severity only. She will need inhaled bronchodilator (formoterol or albuterol) and inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) (budesonide or fluticasone) on the basis of PFT. Also enroll her in pulmonary rehabilitation center where chest physiotherapy and deep breathing exercises are done. These will improve lung functions. So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.