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The myths and the reality of COPD
How much do you know about chronic obstructive lung disease?
Slide 2
The term chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is used for a group of chronic lung diseases, including emphysema and bronchitis.
Slide 3
Mito:
COPD is a male disorder.
Reality:
Women have a greater incidence of COPD than men.
- Women receive diagnoses of the lower age
- Smokers are 50% more likely to develop COPD than smokers
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Mito: Only smokers can develop COPD.
Reality: You can develop COPD even if you never smoke. Other COPD risico factors are genetics and exposure to:
- Passive smoking
- Pollution
- Cleaning products
- Chemicals or aerosols
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Mito: You can’t train if you have COPD.
Reality: Regular exercise, even if it is low intensity, is useful for people with COPD.
You can improve your:
- Self -confidence
- Difficult breathing
- Use of oxygen
- Feelings of fear, stress and depression
- Muscularity
- Aptitud cardiovascular
- Dream
- Energy level
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Mito: COPD can be easily diagnosed.
Reality: COPD is difficult to diagnose because it has the same symptoms as other lung disease, heart failure and pulmonary embolism.
Other reasons are:
- No consultation with an expert COPD specialist (a pneumologist)
- Do not undergo a spirometry test, the reference method for diagnosis
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Mito: The symptoms of COPD are the same for everyone.
Reality: Not everyone experiences the same symptoms.
The most common symptoms of COPD are:
- Cough in the long term
- Difficult breathing
- Cough mucus or mucus
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- Fatigue or fatigue
- The feeling that you can’t breathe
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Mito: There is no treatment for COPD.
Reality: COPD cannot be cured, but the treatment can be useful to reduce complications and control symptoms.
Therapeutic options can be:
- Source codilatores
- Steroid
- Medicines such as Anticholinergic, Biofarmacus and PDE4 inhibitors
- Additional oxygen
- Endobronchial lung therapy
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
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Mito: You don’t have to stop if you have Copoc because the damage has already been done.
Reality: Stopping smoking can be useful to improve your symptoms and your quality of life.
In the first 9 months after quitting smoking you will see cough improvements and breathing difficulties.
Slide 10
It is important to have consultations with a pneumologist for a suitable diagnosis and treatment for COPD. Make sure you talk to your medical care provider if you have symptoms.
This educational source has been drawn up in collaboration with COPD Foundation and with the support of Regeneron and Sanofi.
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