Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

COPD, a condition that effects the bronchial passages, cannot be cured. In Chronic broncitis, the air passages become narrower due to the buildup of mucus. A milder version of this is acute chronic broncitis, which lasts for a shorter span of time. In the case of emphysema, the passages are, in essence, eroded by chemicals. This type is commonly caused by smoking but can also be obtained by people with severe asthmatic problems, as their bronchial tubes are already narrower, causing incresed complications. COPD is treated much like asthma with rescue inhalers for symptoms that suddenly effect you. Just like asthma, you can take inhaled steroids, but you have to see a pulmonologist to determine the correct treatment of your particular symptoms.

Emphysema is one type of COPD. There are others.

Decreasing sodium intake is one good tip, as well as eating more frequent, but smaller meals with higher calories. For more information, see: http://copd.about.com/od/copd/a/copddiet.htm

chronic bronchitis and emphysema

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Quitting smoking, avoiding respiratory irritants and infections, avoiding allergens, maintaining good nutrition, drinking lots of fluids, maintaining proper weight, and exercising to increase muscle tone

A good prognosis of COPD relies on an early diagnosis and prompt treatment. Most patients will have improvement in lung function once treatment is started, however eventually signs and symptoms will worsen as COPD progresses. The median survival is about 10 years if two-thirds of expected lung function was lost by diagnosis.

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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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The life expectancy of someone diagnosed with COPD at age 50 differs from person to person. It's all dependent on your diet and how well you take care of yourself physically. If you do then you will have a higher life expectancy than those who don't.

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I am 62 female with recently diagnosed COPD and CHF..just want to know what my life expectancy could be---good and bad. Ask your doctor about breathing exercises and physical excercise such as walking daily, cleaner air in the home, nutritional support for your blood and circulation, veins and arteries and capillaries, reduced stress and tension. Consider learning more about CoQ10 and Reveratrol supplements to support your heart. You may also find that all natural Vitamin C with rutin and hesperidin may be helpful for your overall health. Ask your doctor about vitamin C. You just got to take care of yourself alot more than what you might have in the past. Listen to your doctor and discuss your fears and desires with him or her. Make sure you are comfortable with your doctor's treatment and do not be afraid to get a second opinion if you need one. This is a very serious condition and will require good medical supervision at all times. Educate yourself on all of your options and how to support yourself with a healthy lifestyle. You may be able to improve your health in many other ways and cope more sucessfully with this long term disease. Stay positive and take one day at a time! These are my personal thoughts and do not represent any kind of medical advice so make sure you get back to see your doctor asap.

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There is no "normal" oxygen level in COPD. Anything below 90% would be seen and COPD.

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I think the Best place to live with COPD or any respiratory diastase is a place that is :

- Small or middle sized city , with very little pollution, no big industries, not too many cars and traffic. Check for possible allergies problems before to pick up a city to live.

- No high altitude town, it must be as close as possible to the sea level altitude. This is very important for your breathing capacity.

- Preferably located by the ocean or close to the ocean, to benefit from the healing effect of SEA AIR that will normally protect your lung condition from worsening, improve your symptoms, and even allow much longer life expectancy.

- Swimming regularly in calm and warm SEA WATERS to benefit from the healing effect of the sea salt and all the other miraculous sea water minerals. But remain always close to the shore.

- Only a Winter warm town, cold weather is harmful to COPC patients, and in a relative way to life expectancy

- No cloudy city, only clear skies, preferably sunny skies for global mental and physical health improvement as D vitamin reserves (from the sun) are needed for all cells and organs to function at their best.

- Avoid breathing cooking smoke (especially fried oil) at home and every where, so don't live in home located in a street with cooking odors and smoke from restaurants. It is often the case in touristy streets in exotic countries.

- Never live in a house or flat where you have to close all windows at night, weither it is for safety raisons or for cold weather reason. You need enough oxygen coming into your room and into your lung at night too.

- No place with no large bathroom or with only a small shower where you have to breath the very hot, humid and polluted air/steam.

- Don't live in the place that is too far from a supermarket, a pharmacy, a good hospital and doctors, where you have to walk a long way or to drive long way before getting what you need.

- Avoid cities where emergency services are slow, or with a bad reputation etc.

- The town must not be too small to have some possibilities of social life what is important for mental well-being

- Safe city with friendly people -or at least not rude people-, to live in peace of mind is important when you suffer from COPD.

- A city that is not too far from your children or your parents and family, is important even if you are a couple. Isolation is never advised.

2.18 % is the real statistic. It's between Malaria and Road Traffic Accidents.

This data is taken from the World Health Report 2004. It might be old data, but I seriously doubt that has changed much in 6 years.

COPD is characterized by aveolar destruction. Funstional alveoli are necessary for the transport of oxygen from the atmosphere into the blood stream and eventually to the tissues. Loss of alveoli equals loss of oxygen in the tissues and incidently increase in carbon dioxide in the same since it cannot be excreted into the lungs. The end consumer of oxygen is the target tissue. The tissue merely registers that oxygen levels are low, but cannot differentiate as to whether they are low for lack of oxygen transport capacity or lack of oxygen to be transported. Hemoglobin is a molecule that binds oxygen in the bloodstream. It is responsible for the delivery of a majority of the oxygen that reaches the target tissue. Since an organism is not necessarily able to alter the external environment that it is in, i.e. the oxygen that is available to it, it attempts to increase it's ability to transport the oxygen that is available, i.e., it increases the concentration of hemoglobin in it's bloodstream. Hope that this helps. PTR

Emphysema is chronic and progressive. It can be managed, but not cured, and eventually the benefits of management fail.

A blood clot on the lung is called an emboli. The term embolus means the process of forming emboli.

It's part of the diseases grouped under COPD because they have the same pathophysiology. It's caused by an obstruction leading to too much carbon dioxide in the alveoli. Emphysema is an obstructive respiratory disease.

Long-term exposure to lung irritants that damage the lungs and the airways usually is the cause of COPD. In the United States, the most common irritant that causes COPD is cigarette smoke. Pipe, cigar, and other types of tobacco smoke also can cause COPD, especially if the smoke is inhaled. learn more about COPD

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