• COPD Learning Center If you have COPD, you know how scary it can be to feel short of breath. Whether you just found out that you have COPD or you've been living with it for a while, you will find helpful information here. Our topics will teach you about the disease and give you some tips on breathing easier. Get the information you need in...
  • COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Discusses causes and symptoms of COPD. Looks at chronic bronchitis and emphysema, two diseases that are usually a part of COPD. Covers quitting smoking. Includes treatment with bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids. Offers home treatment tips.
  • COPD: What Happens to Your Lungs Learn how COPD affects your lungs and makes it hard to breathe.
  • COPD Action Plan If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), your symptoms may get worse over a short time and stay bad. This is called an exacerbation (say "egg-ZASS-er-BAY-shun") or flare-up. Your shortness of breath, cough, or mucus may get worse.
  • COPD Flare-Ups Sometimes your symptoms may get worse over a short time and stay bad. This is called a COPD exacerbation (say "ig-ZAS-ur-BAY-shun") or flare-up. A flare-up can be dangerous, so it's important to know what to do and take action. Your doctor can help...
  • COPD: Avoiding Your Triggers Actionset You can help reduce flare-ups of your COPD by learning what the triggers are and avoiding them. Pay attention to symptoms that may warn you of a flare-up. While some triggers may be out of your control, there are others that may be easier to avoid.
  • COPD: Handling a Flare-Up In a COPD flare-up, your symptoms get worse over a short time and stay bad. You may have more shortness of breath and wheezing. You may have more coughing, with or without mucus. You may cough up more mucus than usual, and it may be a different...
  • Avoiding COPD Triggers Learn how to avoid the things that make your COPD symptoms worse.
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Fast Facts Find out what chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is.
  • Focus On: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) After viewing this video, the viewer will understand what happens in the body when you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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