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Kyle Stiegert replied to the topic Changing Furnace Filters & Spring Cleaning For PF Patients in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 3 years, 1 month ago
Here is the French zip code study
<span style=”color: #212121; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, ‘Segoe UI’, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, ‘Fira Sans’, ‘Droid Sans’, ‘Helvetica Neue’, sans-serif;”>Sesé L, Nunes H, Cottin V, et al. Role of atmospheric pollution on the natural history of idiopathic pulmonary…[Read more]
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Kyle Stiegert replied to the topic Changing Furnace Filters & Spring Cleaning For PF Patients in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 3 years, 1 month ago
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Kyle Stiegert replied to the topic Changing Furnace Filters & Spring Cleaning For PF Patients in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 3 years, 1 month ago
I just now found a different article on an analysis of Lombard Italy with similar findings. I’ll keep looking for the French Zip codes research.
Valérie Siroux1 and Bruno Crestani. “Is chronic exposure to air pollutants a risk factor for the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?” Eur. Respitory J. 2018
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Kyle Stiegert replied to the topic Changing Furnace Filters & Spring Cleaning For PF Patients in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 3 years, 1 month ago
<p style=”text-align: left;”>There is a recent IPF study looking at particulate matter by French zip codes. It did find that dirtier air was associated with more rapid declines. So, with that in mind, I think it does help a little to change your house air filter often enough to improve air quality. It probably also helps to use the house fan or…[Read more]
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Kyle Stiegert replied to the topic Corona virus in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 3 years, 3 months ago
Some basics to help incude:
1. Try to stay a few feet from other people.
2. Would not buy prepared meals (away from home or delivery). Cook your own food.
3.Recognize this as not much different than risk of a respiratory based flu.
4. Ebike or drive. Steer clear of public transit including air travel.
5. Really steer clear of people in health…[Read more]
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Kyle Stiegert replied to the topic The Production of C02 From Various Foods We Consume in the forum Healthy Recipe Sharing 3 years, 5 months ago
Hi Charlene thanks for your hard work.
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Curious if you have any citations of science backing up these claims/issues?Here are some of my other questions:</p>
-How different are various foods in terms of co2 production? Do you have something akin to a calorie chart?-is all of the co2 expelled through the lungs? If not,…[Read more]
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Kyle Stiegert became a registered member 5 years, 1 month ago
Hi Kyle, thanks for joining the PF forums and welcome!