Category: Uncategorized

A genetic disorder known as alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1AT) deficiency raises your risk.

Certain viruses and bacterial infections may make symptoms worse.

These can help determine if you have COPD.

Pictures of the lungs help diagnose COPD and the severity of the condition.

This disease damages your lungs in ways that make it hard to breathe.

Smoking is the main cause of COPD, but secondhand smoke also raises risk.

Over time, your lungs lose their ability to work effectively.

Persistent inflammation narrows your bronchi, or airways.

The walls between the air sacs in the lungs become damaged.

This inflammatory airway condition can significantly impact your life.