LymeNet Flash: Anyone told they have emphysema?

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Posted by katc (Member # 17210) on :

Hi ya'll,
I went to a lung specialist today because of my trouble with breathing.

He looked at my chest xrays and said my lungs are hyper-inflated. He said I think you have emphysema.

Actually, he is testing me for two types. One is hereditary, where you lack an enzyme, so you get a shot once a month to replace it.

The other would be emphysema that some people can get even though they rarely smoked.

So I had blood drawn and a ct scan.

I am just so critical of any diagnosis. Because I have been diagnosed wrong so many times before.

Obviously, I guess if the blood tests shows an enzyme is missing, then there is pretty much no denying that.

I'm sure you all know what I mean.

i did tell him I had Lyme, and I was curious about babesia.

He quickly dismissed that and said that was extremely rare, so he wouldn't test for that.

Just wondering if anyone else got this diagnosis.

Thanks!

Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :

i was diagnosed wih asthma and put on inhalers...dumb, dumb, dumb.

this was before i got diagnosed with lyme....

so this doesn't surprise me at all.