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January 2019 I Used A Thc Pen Contaminated With Hydrogen
Question: January 2019 I used a thc pen contaminated with hydrogen cyanide. Over the past year every time I try to smoke marijuana it feels as if my left lung is getting tighter like it shut down. I can smoke organic cbd or nicotine with no problems. Only marijuana causes it. I’ve been to 4 doctors and no one will refer me to a lung specialist. I just want some kind of answer and to know if this will effect me on a long term basis
Brief Answer:
Get done chest x ray and PFT.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Ask a doctor forum.
I can understand your concern.
By your history and description, possibility of bronchitis is more likely.
For the diagnosis of bronchitis, you need chest x ray and PFT (Pulmonary Function Test).
If PFT is suggestive of obstructive abnormality then it is bronchitis confirmed.
In that case, you need to stop smoking everything and start inhaled treatment in the form of inhaled bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroid.
So try to get done chest x ray and PFT.
And if possible do complete smoking cessation.
Because smoking anything on long run affect your lungs and cause bronchitis, cancer etc.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Get done chest x ray and PFT.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Ask a doctor forum.
I can understand your concern.
By your history and description, possibility of bronchitis is more likely.
For the diagnosis of bronchitis, you need chest x ray and PFT (Pulmonary Function Test).
If PFT is suggestive of obstructive abnormality then it is bronchitis confirmed.
In that case, you need to stop smoking everything and start inhaled treatment in the form of inhaled bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroid.
So try to get done chest x ray and PFT.
And if possible do complete smoking cessation.
Because smoking anything on long run affect your lungs and cause bronchitis, cancer etc.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
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