How COPD Affects the Body Beyond the Lungs
COPD affects the body beyond the lungs, significantly impacting a lack of oxygen in the blood, anxiety, or trouble falling asleep.
Reducing Anxiety While Showering When You Have COPD
There are simple strategies you can use for reducing anxiety while showering with COPD so you can have a more comfortable experience
Managing Muscle Weakness from COPD
Muscle weakness can make it challenging for individuals with COPD to exercise or engage in everyday activities like walking.
The Difference Between COPD and Emphysema
COPD is an umbrella term for various lung diseases, including emphysema, that make it difficult to breathe.
The Link Between Smoking and COPD/Emphysema: Quitting Strategies
Quitting smoking is a crucial step to consider in managing COPD and improving your quality of life.
Is it Possible for People Who Don’t Smoke to Develop COPD?
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute reports that “smoking is the most common cause of COPD, accounting for as many as nine out of 10 COPD-related deaths. However, as many as one out of six people who have COPD never smoked.”
Pulmonary Rehabilitation: How it can Help Improve Your Severe COPD/Emphysema
Have you recently been diagnosed with COPD or emphysema and you are looking for more information? Read this article as we look at some common misconceptions about COPD.
Debunking COPD Myths
Have you recently been diagnosed with COPD or emphysema and you are looking for more information? Read this article as we look at some common misconceptions about COPD.
COPD Caregiving: Caring for the Patient and Yourself
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients can be especially difficult to care for because COPD is a progressive disease that gets worse with time.
A COPD Diet: Improving Symptoms through What You Eat
A healthy diet can help improve your quality of life by lessening the severity of some symptoms and making it easier to breathe.
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