It is possible that your carbon dioxide levels are too high... If you are increasingly sleepy, and you have a chronic lung disease like COPD, you need to bring this to the attention of your doctor...
Emphysema is one type of COPD. There are others.
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.
What effects does copd have on the gi track
Hypoxia is where there is low oxygen concentrations in the tissures so therefore this must be due to the lack of oxygen in the blood due to poor/lack of gas exchange caused by the copd
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)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD can be extremely serious if left undiagnosed or if not properly treated. If you have some of the symptoms of COPD you should certainly consult your doctor.
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COPD, or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is broken down into four different stages. The first stage is Mild COPD. The second is a moderate cough. The third is severe COPD and the fourth is very severe and may be fatal.