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THE TRUTH BY STEPHANIE CONNER
You don't have to
deal with COPD
on your own.
THE TRUTH
ABOUT
COPD
Check your knowledge about
this challenging but manageable
lung condition
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Breathing is effortless for most
people. Oxygen in, carbon dioxide out. But for people with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or
COPD, breathing is hard work.
An umbrella term that includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, COPD is a
condition in which the airways in the lungs
thicken. Airflow decreases, and the body
gets less and less oxygen while struggling to expel carbon dioxide. Shortness
of breath settles in. A person might also
have mucus or phlegm, have a chronic
cough, get a lot of respiratory infections
or experience fatigue.
But not all COPD looks the same, says
Stephanie Williams, a registered respiratory therapist and director of community
programs with the COPD Foundation.
"If I have 10 people in a room, they're
all going to report something unique to
them," she says. "Not everyone has the
chronic cough. Not everyone has oxygen
levels that drop to unhealthy points. It's all
just a little bit different."
The more you understand about COPD,
the better equipped you'll be to get help.
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