When your COPD treatment isn't enough: 5 signs to talk to your doctor

The most common side effects of NUCALA include: headache, injection site reactions (pain, redness, swelling, itching, or a ...
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The early warning signs of COPD you need to know—and how it differs from bronchitis

When you think about diseases that affect the lungs, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there are likely some ...
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Sneaky COPD Symptoms Every Woman Over 50 Should Know

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung condition that often hides in plain sight. You may think you’re dealing with a common cold, when in reality, your lungs are swollen, irritated ...
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COPD on the Rise and Many Don't Recognize the Symptoms

WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For many Americans, breathing is a challenge. Over 12 million have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and live with symptoms, including ...
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COPD: What it is and how to manage it

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases that affect the lungs. The disease makes it difficult to breath and progressively gets worse. About 15 million Americans have been ...
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COPD: Symptoms and Patient Groups

COPD symptoms vary depending on the amount of lung damage that has occurred due to inhaled substances, most commonly smoking. Symptoms are usually slow to develop and often don’t appear until there’s ...
Medscape

When it Comes to COPD Symptoms, Are Patients What They Eat?

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is frequently associated with cardiovascular, metabolic, and psychological diseases, all of which can negatively impact quality of life, exacerbations, and ...
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Study Finds COPD-like Respiratory Symptoms Common Among Smokers Despite Lack of COPD Diagnosis

In a finding that could lead to better treatment of smoking-related lung diseases, scientists are reporting that about half of current or former smokers with normal lung function have respiratory ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Patients With COPD Prefer Improvement of Daily Symptoms Rather Than Exacerbations

A discrete choice experiment found that patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) valued improvement in their daily symptoms more than improvement of exacerbations.
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Do Smokers with COPD Symptoms and Normal Lung Function Need Bronchodilators?

"In patients with risk factors for COPD and respiratory symptoms, referring for spirometry is important to triage who will and won’t benefit from bronchodilators." – Meilan Han, MD, Professor of ...
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Adding CT, Symptoms Improves COPD Diagnosis

Incorporating chest CT imaging and respiratory symptoms into the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnostic schema improved identification of individuals with poor respiratory outcomes, ...