| IS THIS YOU?? |
| WINTER COUGHS? BRONCHITIS? EMPHYSEMA? WHEEZING? ASTHMA? |
| If you suffer from any of these or have more than two serious episodes of breathlessness and coughing a year, you could be suffering from the "Silent Disease"COPD that affects more than 30 million Americans and kills over 120,000 a year. |
are feelings of breathlessness after minor exertions (often blamed on advancing age), wheezing, flare ups of asthma (frequently blamed on allergies)and attacks of Bronchitis (blamed on the weather). Since these are also symptoms of many other diseases, it is not surprising that COPD is often misdiagnosed. As it progresses the number of asthma attacks and/or bronchitis increase, breathing becomes more labored and coughing produces more sputum, many times yellow or brown colored. Sometimes the sputum can contain traces of blood. Often audible wheezing can be heard. Untreated at this stage the disease will accelerate to a point that requires Hospitalization. Even then it is possible that it could be misdiagnosed as severe bronchitis,or an asthma episode or even a severe cold.
specialises in pulmonary diseases where you can request that a Spirometry test be given. This is noninvasive and consists of blowing into a machine linked to a computer several times, which will give the physician a picture of the state of your lungs. |
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