Question 1

How can you differentiate between asthma and COPD.
What are the complications associated with a COPD patient undergoing surgery?

Accepted Answer

Asthma is seen in childhood, whereas COPD is seen i adults above 40 years of age.Asthma is triggered by allergens like pollen or dust , whereas copd is due to smoking.Asthma airway obstruction is reversible whereas COPD obstruction is irreversible Asthma is treated by inflammation and copd is treated with bronchodilators. A diagnostic spirometry differntiates betweeen asthma and copd.

Question 2

Hello doctor my father and husband are covid positive and was having fever last week, and now the fever subsided but is having couch on n off while talking, laughing and occasionally sleeping. No chest pain or difficulty breathing.
Is steam inhalatio...

Accepted Answer

Salbutamol syrup 10 ml thrice daily for 7 days is advised to the patient. The signs include difficulty reathing,fever,loss of taste,chills,cough ,headache ,bluish discolouration of lips and face etc.

Question 3

63yo woman. I have had breathing issues for a decade. I take deriphelyn 150, essiflo puff, combimist puff, asthalin inhaler, otrivin. I also have dust mite allergy. Is it ok if i take these daily ?

Accepted Answer

Continue same treatment.Also etophylline orally ,twice daily is advised to the patient.

Question 4

I have fever 101, four days before. At present no fever since today. In covid test result came posstive. I also done xray of chest and in report shows Bilateral lung fields show prominent bronchovascular marking. I want to know about this findings.

Accepted Answer

Probable diagnosis is upper respiratory tract infection.Patient is advised tab augmentin duo 625mg thrice daily, for 5 days, tab pan d,orally once daily for 7days ,syrup sucralfate 10ml thrice daily for 7 days.Also avoid spicy and hot items is advised to the patient.

Question 5

From past 3 weeks some small streaks of blood is coming with mucus during sucking of mucus. Now I'm having very less cold.

Accepted Answer

Patient is advised x-ray chest pa view, pulmonary function tests (pft).

Question 6

The patient is on TB medication from one month. She is doing vomiting from 2 days continuously after eating or drinking any thing. But today she took TB medicine 2times and vomited it both the times immediately after taking the TB medicine. So please...

Accepted Answer

Yes. Vomiting may be because of AKT induced hepatitis. For that liver function test to be checked and treatment should be modified accordingly

How can you differentiate between asthma and COPD. What are the complications associated with a COPD patient undergoing surgery?

How can you differentiate between asthma and COPD. What are the complications associated with a COPD patient undergoing surgery?

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Hello doctor my father and husband are covid positive and was having fever last week, and now the fever subsided but is having couch on n off while talking, laughing and occasionally sleeping. No chest pain or difficulty breathing. Is steam inhalatio...

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