The sad answer is yes. It is a progressive disease that has to be managed aggressively. Smoking cessation is a must, but most do not.
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Although these conditions are often accompanied by other things, the answer is YES.Both of these can lead to progressively worse respiratory failure (inability to breathe), and can kill you. Stop smoking.
Emphysema is one type of COPD. There are others.
yes the elderly, young children, people with long term illnesses eg COPD are most at risk
Coffee can not help people with COPD. The only thing to help with COPD is medicines giving by a doctor.
http://copd.about.com/od/copd/a/copddiet.htm is a very helpful page that discusses COPD and provides detailed infromation on how those with COPD can keep healthy.
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The best options for COPD treatment are to quit smoking and then to do as your doctor recommends. Surgery is not usually done with COPD, however, it is still an option.
85% of patients diagnosed with cor pulmonale have COPD
COPD is respiratory usually caused by smoking etc
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)