What is COPD?!
Question: I have COPD It is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and I am living with it. There are different depths to it and different means of controlling it. But, once you have it ; it does NOT go away.
Answers: I have COPD It is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and I am living with it. There are different depths to it and different means of controlling it. But, once you have it ; it does NOT go away.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease...it is a combination of having Emphysema and Bhroncitis. Nasty disease process, but yes you can live with it. Hard to live with at that
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. yes, you can. My dad lives with it.
The main symptoms of COPD include dyspnea (shortness of breath) lasting for months or perhaps years, possibly accompanied by wheezing, and a persistent cough with sputum production.[2] It is possible the sputum may contain blood and become thicker (hemoptysis), usually due to damage of the blood vessels of the airways.
Severe COPD could lead to cyanosis (bluish decolorization usually in the lips and fingers) caused by a lack of oxygen in the blood. In extreme cases it could lead to cor pulmonale due to the extra work required by the heart to get blood to flow through the lungs.[3]
It's a lung disease, and yes, you can live with it but it requires treatment. It's SORT of like living with diabetes. You have to stay on top of it.
From what I understand, normal air sacs expand and contract, but in a COPD patient, they don't do that so well. Medications like inhalers help, and antibiotics help with the chronic bronchitis.
Yes you can live with it. Almost all lung diseases are classified under COPD like asthma and emphysema.
COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, yes.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Decease. Smokers often get it.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
You will in time die from lung disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, under the umbrella of COPD is emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Asthma used to be part of COPD, but no longer is classified as such. Individuals with COPD have problems with shortness of breath and oxygenation of blood, the tend to have less oxygen and more carbon dioxide in their blood.
Many medical conditions can be impacted secondary to COPD.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
I know quite a few elderly people who have lived with and managed this disease for years. You need to listen to and follow your doctor's advice. It CAN be managed. If you do what you're supposed to, you could outlive your doctor.
COPD is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, it is very painful to live with, and yes you can live with it. I have known people that had it, but in the long run it does wear a person down and they pass away.