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What is COPD?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a collective name, and includes conditions such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema and cystic fibrosis.
|  | Who gets COPD?
The World Health Organisation rates COPD as the fourth most common cause of death throughout the world. | | Symptoms and diagnosis of COPD
It is only by a regular measurement of lung functions in patients at risk, that the disease will be unmasked in its early stages. | | Treatment and monitoring of COPD
No curative treatment for COPD exists. Cessation of smoking is the only significant therapeutic measure, which will retard chronic loss of lung function.
| | Education about COPD
The battle for prevention of COPD will be won or lost depending on the education those health authorities, doctors and the media provide to the public about COPD. |
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