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COPD is a lung disease caused by a persistent blockage of airflow from the lungs. COPD is a life threatening disease that interferes with normal breathing.

Symptoms

COPD has one prevalent symptom - breathlessness. Other symptoms include abnormal sputum (a mix of saliva and mucus in the airway) and a chronic cough. Every day activities such as climbing stairs or carrying a heavy bag an become difficult over time as the condition worsens.

Diagnosis and treatment

A simple test called a 'spirometry' will confirm if you have COPD. This test measures how much a person can inhale and exhale, and how fast air can travel into and out of the...

What Is COPD?

Did you know that COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States and causes about 25,000 deaths a year in the UK? In fact, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), COPD is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide! Millions of people around the world have been diagnosed with COPD, but perhaps even more frightening is the number of people who have gone undiagnosed. Doctors estimate that there could be millions of people who have this disease, but are not even aware of it. You may be asking yourself, “Exactly how could someone have this disease and not know it?” In order to understand...

COPD is the short definitions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. In the United States alone COPD is the fourth leading cause of death.  This respiratory illness is primarily caused by smoking, genetics, air pollution and asthma. Secondary smoke and respiratory infections can also occur in COPD.  This disease affects your quality of life as it makes breathing incredibly difficult. However, a regular exercise program can help you manage the disease better as well as increase the quality of life.

Importance of Exercise

Pulmonary rehabilitation and exercise go hand in hand as it improves the overall strength and endurance of the respiratory muscles. during exercise the...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease also known as COPD is the term that is given to a group of lung diseases. these lung diseases block your airflow as you exhale, making it very difficult for you to breathe.  Practising regular breathing exercises can help you cope with COPD and also aid your COPD treatment.  Worldwide COPD is a major cause of death.

Relax and breathe

If you have COPD then the most effective way to overcome breathlessness is to relax and breathe. Find a quiet spot and lay down in a comfortable position completely focus on your breathing.  With each breathe that you take you should try and slow down the pace and relax...

Within each edition of Fitpro Network, the magazine for personal trainers, they ask an expert to answer a training-related query, and in the April/May 2012 edition they examined training a client with COPD.

We thought we’d share the question and answer with you.

Q: A new client has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). What do I need to  be aware of when training them and how much impact can exercise have on their condition?

A: According to the NHS, COPD is the name for a collection of lung diseases including chronic bronhistis, emphysema and chronic obstructive airways...

I have now been using my Powerbreathe Medic for 3 weeks.  The day I started using it I also reduced my inhaler dosage. This was done with the full approval of the nurse at the asthmas clinic!

I have been tracking my peak flows twice a day to give me an objective picture of what is happening.

The first couple of days my peak flow stayed the same, then on day 3 it dropped slightly, only by 15-20 points.  After two days it popped back up again, and has been trundling along since then.  The only time I have had any symptoms was after a tough track session, but I always have coughed after those!

Getting into a routine with the twice...

I follow a lot of triathletes on Twitter, and Mel Ryding was mentioning POWERbreathe and how it was reducing her asthma inhaler usage at track running sessions.  I am an asthmatic who uses Seretide inhalers twice a day and have been talking to the nurse at the asthma clinic about trying to reduce my usage.  I had got down to three puffs a day and I want to see how low I can go so I swapped a few messages with POWERbreathe and discovered that a version is available as a medical device on prescription!

On my next visit to my doctor, I mentioned the POWERBreathe Medic.  She had never heard of  it and suggested I spoke to the nurse at the asthma...

If you are someone who suffers from shortness of breath, have trouble breathing or find you have to put in more effort to breathe, then you probably have a respiratory illness or some form of lung disease such as emphysema, COPD or asthma.  Whether you are resting, exercising or simply lying flat, you can suffer breathing difficulty symptoms.  If you can pinpoint the triggers that cause these breathing problems then you can find out what the underlying cause is.

Symptoms contributing to breathing difficulty

So what are the symptoms? If you have severe breathing problems then the most common symptoms are rapid respiratory rate, continuous wheezing...

Indoor air can be just as polluted as outdoor air. Even more so. For those who suffer from COPD and other respiratory illnesses, spending time indoors is not by choice. This is why it is important that the quality of the indoor air is as pollution free as possible.

To help improve the quality of air indoors, here are some top tips which will help anyone who suffers from COPD, asthma or any other respiratory illness.

 

#1 You need to take charge of the air you breathe inside

Over anything else you need to take charge of your home if you want to improve the quality of the indoor air you...

Lung disease is a condition or disease in which the lung function is impaired.  Without lungs, humans will not be able to breathe correctly. Our lungs open the doors to life as they provide us with oxygen and remove the carbon dioxide from our bodies.

Our lungs are constantly in contact with the outside air and the internal body environment which means they are susceptible to disease. In the USA alone COPD is the fourth leading cause of death. It has been predicted that by 2020 COPD will become the leading cause of death in the USA. Lung disease affects many people but it is also the number one killer in babies less than a year old.

With the cold...