Pulmonary rehabilitation is considered an important factor in treating severe lung conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). MORE: Find out how COPD affects the lungs. In this video from Living Healthy Chicago, COPD patient Rose Anderson talks about what it’s like living with a condition that makes…
Life is tough for people with a chronic illness, but through the pain and the fatigue and all the other symptoms and side effects, they show an extraordinary passion for life and try to achieve as much as possible. With help from themighty.com, we’ve compiled a list of eight remarkable things…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a term used primarily for two serious lung conditions: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. But how are the lungs specifically affected by COPD? COPD patients talk about exacerbations and lung infections.  When we breathe in, oxygen enters the lungs and passes though branches called…
The month of March is National Women’s History Month, first recognized in 1981 as “Women’s History Week” beginning the week of March 7.  Between 1988 and 1994, there were a series of negotiations to expand Woman’s History Week into a month-long event. The resolution from those negotiations went into…
This video from Novartis draws attention to the fact that many of us take the simple act of breathing for granted. However, for people who suffer from lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), breathing is not a simple act and the struggle is very real. RELATED:…
While few of us choose to become caregivers, many of us are faced with the task if a loved one is diagnosed with a chronic disease. The transition is a strange time for everyone involved, as the nature of the relationship changes for both the caregiver and patient. However, it is…
First thing’s first: what is COPD? COPD stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, an illness that causes difficulties breathing due to the airways collapsing. This makes it hard for the patient to expel oxygen from their body. According to Dr. Kai-Michael Beeh, smoking cigarettes is the main cause for developing…
In this video from Novartis, several COPD patients talk about their lives with the disease and how frequent chest infections have affected them. Read our six tips for protecting your lungs. From pleurisy to pneumonia, the patients featured have all suffered a variety of chest infections that have negatively…
Lungs are an essential part of the respiratory system that allow our bodies to receive oxygen. This is our most important ability, since every cell requires oxygen to function. We take in air through our nose or mouth, which then travels through our wind pipe and into our lungs. The…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3rtYfDsB0 This video from AffloVest shares that up to one in three people who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will also have bronchiectasis. It also explains how lung secretions (mucus) builds up in the bronchial airways in the lungs of bronchiectasis patients over time, which becomes a breeding ground for bacteria and germs…
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