COPD
 Micrograph demonstrating emphysema (left of image - large empty spaces) and lung tissue with relative preservation of the alveoli (right of image). H&E stain.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to chronic bronchitis and emphysema, a pair of two commonly co-existing diseases of the lungs in which the airways become narrowed. This leads to a limitation of the flow of air to and from the lungs causing shortness of breath. |
symptoms
| symptoms |
| Chronic cough |
| Mucus when you cough |
| Shortness of breath |
causes
| causes |
| Chronic bronchitis |
| Emphysema |
drugs that treat this condition
| drugs that treat this condition |
| Advair |
| Albuterol |
| Atrovent |
| Brovana |
| Combivent |
| Diskus |
| DuoNeb |
| Prednisone |
| Serevent |
| Spiriva |
| Theophylline |
treatments
| treatments |
| Bullectomy |
| Inhaler |
| Lung transplant |
| Lung volume reduction surgery |
| Nebulizer |
| Oxygen |
tracking this condition
| things to track |
| Diet |
| Mood |
| Oxygen levels |
| Productivity |
| Sleep |
| Symptoms |
