Well, if you have COPD, inhalers will help. sm
Posted By: PUlmonary on 2005-09-16
In Reply to: inhaler - Sara
It is a steroid, so be careful. It can make you very hyper and cause your blood pressure to rise, as well as slow healing of any cuts or wounds.
My son has asthma and uses rescue inhalers prn. My dad has COPD and used albuterol 3x daily.
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Inhalers are used for a lot of reasons besides asthma.
My Dad is on one for his COPD. My son was on one temporarily due to a severe viral lung infection. I have to get one every summer and wear one of those white masks because of hypersensitivity to forest fire smoke with bronchitis.
I do reports all the time where patients have asthma, COPD, emphysema, and
even cancer and continue to smoke. In our local paper they are following a woman in her battle with cancer. She continues to smoke, as does her husband. They were broke before the cancer diagnosis, having to borrow daughter's babysitting money to pay bills. Just think how much money they've blown on cigarettes.
I've even known one man with a trach who smoked through his trach.
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