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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term for a group of respiratory tract diseases that are characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. It is usually caused by tobacco smoking but can also be caused by coal dust. Conditions included in this umbrella term are: chronic bronchitis emphysema bronchiectasis Other names COPD is also known as CORD, COAD, COLD which respectively stand for chronic obstructive respiratory, airways, or lung disease. COPD has been ...
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Articles
- COPD
... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease in which the lung is damaged, making it hard to breathe. In COPD, the airways-the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs-are partl... - Every Breath You Take
... Preventing and Treating EMPHYSEMA by Carol Lewis We begin life with a breath, and the process continues automatically without a thought. It's only when we can't take a deep breath or, as in Sh...
Resources
- Acute Bronchitis (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- American Lung Association Factsheet: African Americans and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
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