While it is true that COPD can develop from smoking, anybody has a chance to get it. There is just too much pollution in the air we breathe. Good exercise really helps, keeps the pollutants from building up in the body.
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Bronchitis, pneumonia, COPD, cancer,
Less illness related to COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease).
Emphysema is one type of COPD. There are others.
Is emphysema considered a critical illness? Nonetheless, types 3- 4 COPD/emphysema puts you at risk for many serious or fatal complications like pneumonia or heart failure. For this reason, some doctors consider types 3-4 COPD/emphysema to be a life threatening disease.
No one is pulmonary one is behavioral.
The COPD symptoms are that one will feel very run down and tired. Additionally, one can feel a lot of pain, that generally starts in the head area and have trouble breathing.
There are several ways one can help someone with COPD. One most important is making sure there is no smoke smell on the person visiting. Even just having it on the clothes can be harmful to someone with COPD.
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.
Smoking is one cause of COPD. Other causes include preterm birth, inherited factors, and long-term exposure to chemical fumes and industrial dust.