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Look into a High resolution lung CT if you have shortness of breath
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: 11 hours ago | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
Thanks for the recommendations based on your recent experience, @jazzygirl5. As you look into your new diagnosis of bronchiolitis obliterans, I thought you might be interested in these related discussions in the Lung Health group:
- Bronchiolitis obliterans aka Popcorn Lung https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/bronchiolitis-obliterans-aka-popcorn-lung/
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/boop-pneumonia/
- Obliterative Bronchiolitis (OB) vs. ILD or CLD? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/obliterative-bronchiolitis/
It must be unsettling to feel like you're suffocating. What helps you? When will you have the pulmonary function test?
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I had (probably) no COVID but (probably) bacterial pneumonia in May 2024
but in my CTs I do see these "honeycombing" patterns as in the
wikipedia picture on Bronchiolitis obliterans. (see attached picture)
And I have other unusual patterns (bulla,pneumothorax,bronchiectasis),
which I only found in some rare post-COVID CTs.
And in articles about COVID at google.scholar
Last year I had downloaded one CT-database from China, one from Iran.
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Thank you for these links, Colleen. I really appreciate it. Unfortunately, nothing helps as I’m always out of breath when I walk. The PFT is tomorrow. Funny, after seeing the results of the CT scan, my UCSF pulmonologist and the nurses in the pulmonary department are now concerned. Too bad it’s taken so long and I know I’m not the one. Be well!