Cardiac Blood Resp Disease-Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD is a progressive disease that makes the person have a hard time breathing. Lungs are mainly affected by this disease. In the lungs, less air flows through the airways and will get worse and worse as time goes on.
Symptoms:
- An ongoing cough or a cough that produces a lot of mucus (often called "smoker's cough")
- Shortness of breath, especially with physical activity.
- Wheezing (a whistling or squeaky sound when you breathe)
- Chest tightness.
Treatment:
- quit smoking
- avoid secondhand smoking
- Bronchodilators
- surgery
Causes: COPD is usually caused by smoking. The tobacco smoke irritates the airways and breaks the stretchy fibers in the lungs. Secondhand smoking can also cause this disease followed by breathing in air pollution or chemicals over long period of time.
References:http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/copd
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