Age 29 and just found out I have COPD

Hey Becky, and Everyone,

My experience might can help you with this condition. Have you ever heard about the salt cave therapy...?

This is a natural, drug free therapy. All you have to do is sitting in a room, and relax. There is a medical device which is creating a special micro-climate in the room. I have been several times, as I have asthma. It helped a lot for me. I think its great, because you don't have to take drugs, inhalers etc.

Hope it was useful

Get better soon Becky!

hi

yes its a nightmare

i think i have some awful condition as ive been coughing up loads of horrible gunk for the last 2 years.

i was smoking and put it down to just a smokers cough but after stopping for 10 months i still have it.

so im really down as i think its copd or maybe bronchiecstasis which is even worse.

i recently remembered that i mixed some drain cleaners which caused a terrible reaction just before the cough started and breathed in lots of the fumes and felt terrible for about a week just prior to getting this cough

Did they ever check your alpha-1-antityrpsin? if not it maybe something you want to ask your doctor about.  

Hi silk mascara, I read all your replies and noticed that the chap on the last one suggested you need testing for Alpha 1 anti trypsin deficiency. I was diagnosed with Copd at 40 and at 47 was told I had Alpha1. You can either ask your GP to test you or you can join the Alpha1 support group on Facebook. They can send you info and even a home testing kit. Believe me when I say you will be better off if you know because you will also know all the precautions and positive stuff you can do to slow progression. The group are very very friendly and supportive. Good luck

Hola everyone,Im 29 too and i was diagnosed with COPD, two weeks ago i had several breath attacks and the first one was so violent that my lungs stop moving and my sight was absent, i conciouslly holded every little particle of oxygen because i was certain i was passing away and first my face got numb then my fingers and then all my body then i got a cramp in all my body and i started to get feel cold (35c here in mexico), i learned some yoga breathing long ago and that saved so i recovered,then the day after i went to the doctor, i have 8 years smoking weed and my speciallty was the bong so through the combustion i got a lot of alchitran and s**t apart from the thc, i rarelly smoke tobaco but i was a passive smoker too. 

I did the spirometry and the technician saw me fine, at the stage 3 of the test i got the same attack and managed to control it better because i was sorrounded by the neumologist in the medical center, still my neumologist told me to stop smoking for a year atleast to stop the progression,apparently my x rays show nothing but my lungs are a little inflated, also i had a really sticky flem (brownish) and i felt how it was obstructing my airways i show it to my doctor and he said it was a little necrosis from the broncheos, i have two weeks without smoking and i feel a little better now, time seems to last forever when u lose ur breath, ive been using magnet theraphy and its works with the hydrogen atoms of the body, also i got prescribed the seretide discus and im nebulizing 5cc of sodium solution before bed and in the morning, i havent used my oxygen in a week, because the first days i would get numb very easyly, now im researching and as you guys mention its a waking signal and a drag of ear, im eating more and trying to run 3km 3 times a week to oxygenate my body,im 1,77cm and weight is 57kg, now im trying to research how to bulk and get more moscular mass, tell your friends and stoners to get a vaporizer or something i was ignorant of the damage i was doing to my lungs

Hi silkmascara,

I was diagnosed at your age, I am now nearly 65 which probably sounds ancient to you.  At the time I was told I had Bronchiactisis which was all through my left lung.  I have never smoked, although my husband died with lung cancer.  I had a CT Scan a couple of weeks ago.  The last time I had it was in 2009.  It hasn't worsened during that time, but now another small patch has shown up on my right lung.  I lead a very "clean" life, never smoked, don't drink and try to keep up my exercise which is not easy....so take heart there are people who have lived a long and productive life...just keep as healthy as you can and seek the best advice you can get from your doctor.

 

Well,I'm very sure each of you will come out of COPD soon.

Good eating habits and exercise will surely help for the good recovery.Moreover, one can aviod company of the people who smokes as it gives you the same temptation.

My prayers and thoughts with you all.

 

You are so young ...have you considered treatment with nebulizer and master antioxidant guthanione It has been Known to really improve lung function but might Be expensive I am trying get my friend who has COPD interested he is very depressed

Hi, after reading all the posts, I was wondering how everyone is getting on nearly a year on. x

 

Hi, i was just wondering, all the young people on here with COPD, have you joined any other support groups like those on facebook or twitter or the BreatheEasy support groups, or just online forums? 

Am trying to find more young women with COPD, but can't find them anywhere!! 

Thanks, x

iam to waiting to find out what stage am at.like you too iam not coming to terms with it.am 42.i stopped smoking five years ago.i dont have a cough been getting a bit breathless walking up the stairs.and some tines when iam driving. its so scary. the doctor's have told me my lungs ain't very clear. let all know how you get on.i understand how you are feeling.xxx

Hi Silkmascara, am wondering in light of your early diagnosis, have you been tested for Alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency. This is a genetic disease, inheritable from your parents or grandparents. Please ask your GPs to do the test or if you have a consultant they would test you also. Believe me it makes a difference to treatment in the long term.

Hi, silkmascara and everyone else, who continue to visit the webpage. Have been through the posts and was mildly surprised to note the relatively light attention given to what is a serious condition.

I would be very interested to hear how you are all progressing. 

In the next few weeks I would like to report my own findings and progress in stalling -- or even reversing -- COPD. It is something I thought would never happen to me. A very active physical regimen from an early age (incl. 35- and 50-mile marathons, cycling, mountaineering, swimming and outdoor work) would keep the 10 cigarettes-a-day habit neutralised.

How wrong I was. It now remains to be seen if any of the damage can be repaired through my own research and application. IF I can succeed in breaking a million or so others of the habit along the way, something useful will have been achieved.

Hi, All who follow this thread!  I was recently diagnosed with early stage COPD but I AM a lifelong 68 year old smoker. I live in the US and here it is said that there is no cure or healing of the lungs. I am joining in the conversation because of the oxygen treatment and inhalers that I now must incorporate into my life. Unlike David1942, I had not been as active as he, so I am baffled by why he would have COPD only smoking 10 cigarettes per day.  My habit was much more than that number, so I expected something like this to happen to me, particularly, since I retired 6 years ago, which increased the nasty addiction.  My theory, which would be almost impossible to prove, is that using inhalers could be a culprit in disguise. Have you been using inhalers or nebulizers, David?

Breathe deeply and often, everyone.  Keep healthy!  Thanks!!

Pat