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COPD

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Who gets COPD?
The World Health Organization rates COPD as the fourth most common cause of death throughout the world. Read

Treatment and monitoring of COPD
Psychological aspects of living with COPD

About COPD

	What is COPD?		Who gets COPD?
	Symptoms and diagnosis of COPD		Treatment and monitoring of COPD
	Education about COPD

COPD in the news

	Carbon monoxide for the lungs?
	COPD meds may raise stroke risk
	One-legged exercise better
	Bacon bad for the lungs
	CT is lung disease capital
	Heart disease inflammatory
	Keeping arteries open longer
	Health dept doubtful about fees
	Bullet explains headache
	Easy migraine diagnosis
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Real life story

Mom with CF has healthy twins
Rida Viljoen's chances of her ever falling pregnant were small because she had cystic fibrosis. Yet this year she fell pregnant naturally and gave birth to healthy twin boys. Read more

FAQ

	1. Who wil get COPD? 2. What is emphysema? 3. COPD, what is it? 4. What is chronic bronchitis? 5. What does COPD stand for? 6. So where does asthma fit into all of this? 7. Apart from smoking, what are the other risk factors for COPD? 8. Is COPD irreversible? 9. If I have COPD, why should I stop smoking? 10. How many smokers develop COPD? 11. How is COPD diagnosed? 12. Does COPD have clear symptoms?

Test yourself
	The management of COPD
	Interesting lung facts
	What's the difference between these Lung Diseases?
	Shortness of Breath
	Wheezing
	Are you at risk for COPD?

Visuals/Audio

	The airways in Normal Lungs and Bronchitic Lungs and Emphysemic Lungs (Illustration: NIH
	The respiratory system (ill: NIH
	The exchange of gas in the lungs (ill: NIH

Contents

The Lungs
How the lungs work, Lungs of the unborn baby, What is a tracheotomy?

Smoking
What's in that cigarette?, Behind the smoke screen, Cutting back doesn't help, TB: Anyone can get it, Why smokers suffer after ops

Living with COPD
COPD and exercise, COPD and clothing, COPD and leaving the house, COPD and meal preparation, COPD and shopping, more...

COPD and medication
Respiratory therapy, You and your oxygen unit, COPD, you and your medication

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	Living with COPD
	Real life story
	Smoking
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