COPD: When to Suspect? (Clinical Features & Early Diagnosis) Dr. J.K. Samaria COPD is a serious illness worldwide. It is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality if left untreated in the early stages. It is also associated...

Author: Prof. J.K.Samaria, Varanasi

Forming Indian Guidelines for Treating COPD patients Dr. Dheeraj Gupta Although numerous evidence-based guidelines are available for the diagnosis and management of COPD with recent updates Globally; there are differences in the overall types of cases, risk factors, disease prevalence...

Author: Prof. Dheeraj Gupta, Chandigarh

Asthma is one of the most common respiratory diseases that affect millions of people across the globe. While it can be managed with proper medical care and lifestyle changes, it’s essential to understand that early diagnosis and intervention are critical....

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a severe lung disease that affects millions of people around the world. This blog explores what is COPD and its common symptoms, treatments, and prognosis – arming you with the knowledge to understand this...

Dr. Radha Munje Professor & Head Department of Respiratory Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra Associate Professor Department of Respiratory Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur Previous Next What is COPD? Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

Author: Dr. Radha Munje & Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra

Place: Nagpur

Dr. (Prof.) A.G. Ghoshal Dr. Sushmita Roy Chowdhury Consultant Pulmonologist Fortis Hospital Kolkatta We are in the midst of an epidemic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without being aware of it. The disease can be minimally expressed as progressive...

Author: Prof. A.G.Ghoshal, Kolkatta

INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE Dr. Vinod K. Jangid What is interstitial lung disease? Interstitial lung disease is a large group of disorders, in which there is inflammation of interstitium of lung that is progressive in nature and can further leads to...

Author: Dr. Vinod Jangid

Place: Kota

Dr. Navneet Singh Dr. D. Behra (On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide (Lung cancer is a serious life threatening disease of lung, strongly related to tobacco smoke. Early detection is important for decreasing suffering and...

Author: Dr. Navneet Singh & Dr. Behera

Place: Chandigarh

Dr. Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan Dr. T.Linga devi MBBS MRCP ( UK ) This will be presented as a case scenario:A BE graduate enters our hospital Emergency Room (ER) at 5.00pm and says his brother, Mr.X, 55years of age felt giddy and...

Author: Dr.Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan & Dr.T.Linga devi

Place: Chennai

Delhi chokes on smoke from neighboring states Dr. M. Sabir Every year with the start of winter season air pollution caused by stubble (crops residue) burning becomes a hot topic. Stubble (crops residue) is a ‘biomass fuel’ also used in...

Author: Dr. M. Sabir

Place: Bikaner

Smoking Habit in India Dr. M. Sabir There are evidences suggesting smoking in India has been known since at least 2000 BC, when cannabis was smoked and is first mentioned in the  Atharvaveda. Performing ‘ home’ (fire offerings) and ‘dhupe’ (fumigation) are mentioned in the Ayurveda for medical purposes and have...

Author: Dr. M. Sabir

Place: Bikaner

OPINION & SUGGESTIONS FOR RESPIRATORY PATIENTS O.P. SHRIVASTAVA Indian chest society is doing a commendable job in its efforts to increase awareness of respiratory diseases amongst general public. By providing a platform in the name of ‘Public Forum’ it has...

Author: Dr. OP Shrivastava

BURNING BIOMASS FUEL & LUNG DISEASES Dr. M. Sabir Delhi chokes on smoke from neighboring states A study by IIT Kanpur listed stubble burning as the third Highest contributor to Delhi’s winter air-pollution, afterconstruction dust and vehicular fumes. DELHI Updated:...

Smoking Habit in India Dr. M. Sabir There are evidences suggesting smoking in India has been known since at least 2000 BC, when cannabis was smoked and is first mentioned in the  Atharvaveda. Performing ‘ home’ (fire offerings) and ‘dhupe’ (fumigation) are mentioned in the Ayurveda for medical purposes and have...

Author: Dr. M.Sabir

From Editor’s Desk Dr. M. Sabir Dear Friends, On behalf of all the members of Indian Chest Society, I express our sincere thanks for taking interest in our website ‘Public Forum’. It is a matter of satisfaction for us that...

Author: Dr. M.Sabir

Dr. RajaDhar Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. The greatest harm is to the lungs by affecting your breathing. It narrows the breathing tubes to cause Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and make you crippled from breathlessness increasing chances...

Author: Dr. RajaDhar

Dr.M.Sabir Dear Friends COPD day brings start of winter in northern part of our country. Winters are worst for COPD patients, but with little care & prevention serious sufferings can be avoided: together for betterment of respiratory health in India....

Author: Dr. M.Sabir

COPD & PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER Dr. Sanjay Kochar COPD is a chronic progressive condition characterized by slowly progressive irreversible bronchial obstruction & a fluctuating symptom complex of recurrent productive cough & dyspnoea. Due to irreversible nature of COPD, the aim of...

Author: Dr. Sanjay Kochar

BONE DISEASES WITH COPD Dr. Sudhir Chaudhri Osteoporosis or bone weakness is a common finding in COPD. It is characterized by low bone mass accompanied by micro architectural changes in bone that increase the susceptibility to fracture. Osteoporosis is measured by...

Author: Dr. Sudhir Chaudhri

Tuberculosis and Its Diagnosis Dr. Surya Kant Tuberculosis (TB) has been known to mankind since ancient times. TB is one of the oldest recorded and main causes of death of human beings. Earlier this disease has been called by numerous...

Pharmacological Treatment of COPD Dr. B.B. Mathur Q.1 What are the main aims of the Treatment?                      Ans. Main aims are : 1. To relieve symptoms 2. To improve exercise tolerance 3....

Author: Dr. B.B. Mathur

SMOKING CESSATION Dr. Kavita Mody M.D., F.C.C.P, P.G.D.H.H.M Q) What does cigarette smoke contain ?                                                  ...

COUGH Dr. B.B. Mathur (Cough is not a disease itself but is one of the commonest complaints of most respiratory ailments. It is caused by very simple disease like common cold to dreaded disease like Lung Cancer. It is always...

Author: Dr. B.B. Mathur

Place: Bikaner

Life style modification, rehabilitation, exercise and yogs for COPD patients Dr Virendra Singh, MD Is there any difference in the lungs of a clerk and an athlete? An athlete does not feel breathless even after running for few kilometers whereas...

Author: Dr. Virendra Singh, MD

Care for Nutrition while treating COPD Dr Sheetu Singh, MD Are nutritional abnormalities common in COPD?          Nutritional abnormalities are encountered in 2-50% patients of chronic obstructive airway disease (COPD). What causes nutritional abnormalities in patients with COPD?                ...

Author: Dr Sheetu Singh, MD

Care of the critically Ill COPD patient in the ICU Parvaiz A Koul MD, FACP, FCCP, FRCP (London) 1. When does the COPD patient need admission to the ICU?       Whenever an exacerbation of the patient is severe, the physician may...

Author: Dr. Parvaiz A Koul

ASTHMA Dr. M. Sabir (Asthma is a common respiratory problem characterized by symptom free periods (with ought treatment), but during this period basic pathological phenomenon e.g. inflammation of airways continues. If treatment is discontinued during this period attacks in future...

Author: Dr. M. Sabir

Place: Bikaner

COPD-Assessment of Disease progression & response to treatment Dr. Agam Bohra COPD is common preventable & treatable disease characterized by persistent airflow limitation i.e. usually progressive & associated with chronic inflammation in airways kills more than 3 million people every...

Author: Dr. Agam Bohra

PROGNOSIS OF COPD Dr. N.K. JAIN MD. D.N.B., FNCCP FCCP (USA) Chronic obstructive disease worsens over time. After COPD becomes clinically apparent, the median survival is about 10 years. Prognostic variables in COPD patients are not well described. A number...

Author: Dr. N.K. Jain

“COPD: THE TERROR OF THE 21st CENTUARY” Dr Virendra Singh (In majority of patients, COPD is caused by preventable causes e.g. exposure to tobacco smoke – active or passive, biomass fuel & air pollution. Although till date, it is not...

Author: Dr. Virendra Singh

Place: Jaipur

Dr. M.Sabir,MD Editor, Public Forum President Elect-2012-13, Indian Chest Society Dear friends, Today is ‘World COPD Day’. It is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) to improve awareness and care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) around...

Author: Dr. M.Sabir

INHALATION THERAPY – BASICS Dr. S K Luhadia (Target oriented drug delivery by inhalation root to the airways is an effective way of treating many respiratory diseases e.g. asthma, rhinitis & COPD. This method is safe, as it needs less...

Author: Dr. S.K. Luhadia

Place: Udaipur

DEFINITION OF COPD P.S. Shankar MD, FRCP (Lond), FAMS, DSc(Gul), DSc(NTR), DSc(RGUHS) Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore, Karnataka Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem associated with long-term exposure to...

Author: Prof. P.Shankar,Gulberga

KNOW SWINE FLU Dr Surya Kant,MD (On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 for swine flu which is the highest alert level. This alert level means that the swine flu...

Author: Dr. Surya Kant

Place: Lucknow

Magnitude and burden of COPD Global and Indian Scene Dr S.K. Jindal, MD FAMS, FCCP, FNCCP Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, popularly called COPD is a...

Author: Prof. S.K. Jindal, Chandigarh

SLEEP APNEA Dr Rajesh Swarnakar What is Obstructive sleep Apnea in Adults? Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common problem that affects a person’s breathing during sleep. A person with OSA has times during sleep in which air cannot flow...

Author: Dr. Rajesh Swarankar

Place: Nagpur

Dr Atul Luhadia INTRODUCTION    The most common way to immunise a person against an infection is through a vaccine. Vaccination works by giving a person a substance that contains very small parts of or a weakened form of an infectious...

Author: Dr Atul Luhadia

WHO Declares International Health Emergency Dr. G. C. Khilnani, New Delhi What is Corona Virus? Corona virus is a common microorganism which causes infections of upper respiratory tract and Pneumonia. These are enveloped RNA viruses which are distributed among human,...

Author: Dr. G. C. Khilnani,New-Delhi

WHO Declares International Health Emergency Dr. G. C. Khilnani, New Delhi

Author: Dr.Sabir

STRUCTURE AND WORKING OF HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Dr. M.Sabir, MD ‘Preliminary knowledge of structure & functioning of the organ system of body is important for understanding mechanism of disease development in human organs , its diagnosis and treatment. All possible...

Author: Dr. M. Sabir & Dr. Shaheen Farooq

Place: Bikaner

Dr.Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan Dr. Lingadevi Thanasekaran Introduction Covid 19 is caused by the new coronavirus which spreads rapidly among people of different age groups right from adults to children and elderly population. As the pandemic continues , we have learnt that...

Author: Dr.Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan and Dr. Lingadevi Thanasekaran

Chairperson West Zone, Indian Chest Society Dr.Neeraj Gupta World is facing pandemic with Corona Virus Disease, originated in the year 2019, popularly named as CoVID 19. Government of India has taken sincere efforts to contain the spread of this virus...

Author: Dr.Neeraj Gupta

From Editor’s Desk Dr. Sabir Tuberculosis is a chronic debilitating disease, if timely not detected and not treated adequately it can cause incapacitation, decrease in earning capacity and ultimately patient become burden on the family. It is highly prevalent in...

One of the leading diseases affecting the population on a global scale is cancer. It is also one of the leading causes of death all over the world. Cancer is a state in which the body cells start growing at...

Interstitial lung disease is a type of pulmonary disorder affecting the lung tissue, leading to scarring and difficulty breathing. This article will look at the different types of interstitial lung disease, their causes and lung infection symptoms, and the available...

Tuberculosis is an infectious bacterial disease which is caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. It usually affects the lungs which is known as pulmonary tuberculosis. When the bacteria spreads to the other parts of the body it is known as extra-pulmonary tuberculosis....