COPD

Copd is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It limits flow of air in lungs. The reason of that is very often contact with cigarettes smoke and another air pollutions. This is fourth reason of death in United States of America. Symptoms are not specific, coughing is dominating. For diagnose, doctor uses spirometry and treatment of this disease is only symptomatic.

Moreover, people who smoke cigarettes, have more risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than another people. People after 40 years of life and men are more dangered. The growth of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is also connected with genes.

What is also interesting, if you had very often bacteria infections and virus infections when you were child, you are more dangered. Some tests showed also dependence that adults with asthma are more dangered for having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Results of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are: osteoporosis, depression and anemia. Historical division of copd are “pink puffer” and “blue bloater”.