Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Otherwise known as Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Sometimes related to asthma or other related respiratory disease A common disease found in the smoking population.

My husband has copd for 3 half years. Its getting worse. You answer my question. 2years isn't enough time to spend with my husband. at night time he has a hard time breathing. Everyday he comes home from work. He is so tired, hardley can breath.

It can be, but most anesthetists will use oxygen and a "trachea" tube to keep the required oxygen content of the blood during surgery.

It depends what is being inhaled.

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Coughing up blood in phlegm doesn't definitively indicate COPD, although some COPDers may experience it from time to time. It is actually a symptom of several possible disorders, with the most common being mild bronchial infection (for example - bronchitis, which is a major component of COPD).

Although most cases are mild conditions, it may be a sign of a serious illness (particularly tuberculosis). So if you or somebody you know experiences frequent episodes of coughing up or vomiting up blood, they should contact their physician or health care provider as soon as possible.

COPD-related deaths are about twice as high among unskilled and semi-skilled laborers as among professionals

ask for meds that dilate the bronchial tree to aid in easier breathing. The answer is Spiriva and Advair for Moderate to Severe stages. Oxygen is also added to the Severe stages depending on disease severity.

85% of patients diagnosed with cor pulmonale have COPD

Chronic bronchitis and Emphysema.

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No.

Marvlix helps a person with copd breathe more easily.

Changing your location can sometimes help with chronic health conditions. Moving to California may help with COPD if the air quality in California is better than where you live now.