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COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Last Active: Mar 29, 2023 | Replies (86)Comment receiving replies
My mother smoked constantly and I was around her a lot as I grew up . Also I had a lot of respiratory disease growing up. Fifteen years ago I was diagnosed with cough variant asthma. During the Covid pandemic I have been extraordinarily careful. Just recently I went into the hospital with chest pains and incidentally was diagnosed with Covid. My friends say if I got it, everyone will get it, that is how careful I was. My lung X-ray at the hospital says “hyper inflated lungs consistent with COPD”. I had no symptoms with Covid but now I have COPD. I’m waiting for my husband’s Covid test to come back before I contact my care team at Mayo. Any suggestions or advice will be much appreciated and I thank you for listening.
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@mpeters- Good morning. Well, you didn't stand a chance of escaping some sort of lung disease! My mom smoked too, unfiltered chesterfields! Can you believe it? COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is when the lungs are inflamed from an irritant.
Since you have COVID, even if you have no obvious symptoms I would follow any suggestions that your pulmonologist gives you. I'm sure that you Mayo team will provide the best advice and care possible. Continue to isolate, or maybe quarantine until your husband's results come back. Have food and medications delivered if possible and rest, drink lots of liquids and keep track of any fever if you get one.
Even if your lungs show signs that are consistent with COPD after COVID is gone and you recover completely the COPD "look-alike" might be gone.
Best of luck with this and please let me know if your husband is in the clear and what your Mayo doctors suggest! ok?
Merry