This is a disease of the lungs. It usually involves two lung conditions: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. COPD makes breathing difficult. It can interfere with your ability to be active. This disease gets worse over time, but it can be managed.
Watch this to understand what COPD is, how COPD affects the lungs, and the importance of taking your medications and working with your healthcare team to develop a treatment plan.
Watch this to help you understand what happens when you have a COPD flare-up, and what you can do if you have one.
Learn some common techniques that may help you quit smoking - a habit that is the most common cause of COPD.
If you have a lung condition such as asthma or COPD, your doctor may decide to treat you with a medicine that you breathe into your lungs. You will inhale it with either a nebulizer or an inhaler device. These devices have some important differences.
If you've been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, you may be facing some new challenges. But you can live a full life with COPD. You just have to take steps to manage your condition properly.
Watch this to get an introduction into the different type of oxygen therapy devices.
Watch this to help understand why you might be prescribed oxygen therapy, and how it might help you in your daily life.
This clip helps you to learn about Bronchial Hygiene techniques and how they help remove mucus from your lungs letting you breathe easier.
This clip will help you to understand that being at a healthy weight, and what you eat and how you eat affects how you feel with COPD.
This clip will help you understand that when you have COPD, joining a pulmonary rehabilitation program can help you to do more in your daily life.
Over 30 million Americans live with COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of COPD from pulmonary specialists and patients living with the disease.
Living a healthy life with COPD requires attention to medication, exercise, and other healthy habits. Pulmonary specialists explain how controlling air quality, avoiding infection, and smoking cessation are critical to keeping lungs healthy.
Learn to recognizing trouble signs and COPD triggers from patients living with COPD and pulmonary doctors.
Pulmonary rehabilitation, or rehab, is a program that helps you learn how to care for COPD. Find out more about how it can help you breathe better and manage both the physical and emotional stresses of COPD.
