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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Comprehensive Case Study

Case study on COPD (Chronic Observatory Pulmonary Disease). Know the effects and symptoms. Get essential awareness tips from experts and learn the diagnosis steps as well

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Comprehensive Case Study

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  1. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease better known as COPD is a chronic obstructive disease of the lungs due to which the victims complain of chronically poor airflow. Most of the smokers suffer from this disease. Although it is not reversible, with proper care and management it can be kept in control for a long time.

  2. In Australia, it is estimated that lung diseases account for at least 10 percent of the total number of diseases and lung cancer represents 40 percent of the deaths annually. Lung cancer and COPD are popular among older Australians. Lung diseases and respiratory problems constituted 1.26 percent of the total population in 2011-12. During that time, almost 65,224 persons were admitted to hospital which constituted about .70 percent of all hospitalization cases.

  3. The COPD Awareness Day on November 19 attempts to raise awareness regarding COPD and what can be done in order to prevent it. The theme for 2014 is early detection and prevention of COPD. In this article, we take a close look at the disease, its symptoms and its treatment. What is COPD? As the name suggests, it is a chronic disease (i.e. a disease that is persistent over a longer period of time) of the lungs which is characterized by obstructive airflow. It is sometimes known as chronic obstructive lung disease or chronic obstructive airway disease.

  4. Explaining COPD • To explain COPD, we must first understand how our lungs function. The air that we breathe in passes through our windpipes called bronchial tubes or airways. They, then branch out into smaller and thinner tubes called bronchioles. These tubes are attached to small air sacs called alveoli. Oxygen passes through the walls of the air sacs into the blood while carbon dioxide moves from the blood to the air sacs. This is called gas exchange. Sometimes the air sacs lose their elasticity due to smoking and pollution. Further airways may be filled with mucus and the walls of the airways may be inflamed. All these lead to reduced gas exchange. When this happens, the person concerned complains of difficulty in breathing. This condition is called COPD.

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