Shortness of breath is a characteristic symptom for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A major cause of breathlessness in COPD is hyperinflation of the lungs due to [...] Continue Reading…

If you are a COPD patient, or a caregiver to someone who has COPD, there are many COPD medications that greatly improve management of COPD symptoms and intermittent flare-ups. [...] Continue Reading…

Most cases of COPD develop over time, after the lungs and airways have suffered irreversible damage over several years and decades, from inhaling irritants with toxic particles and smoke. [...] Continue Reading…

COPD has no known cure but there are a variety of treatment paths that patients can pursue on the advice of a specialist pulmonologist to enhance the quality of [...] Continue Reading…

Coping With COPD

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Living with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, presents several challenges. The magnitude and wide prevalence of this disease may shock many who are unaware that one in four deaths [...] Continue Reading…