Better Living With Copd Book

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Better living with copd book.

Better living with copd. Living with copd presents 13 million americans with new challenges and opportunities for better health. Excellent information on the disease and how to deal with it in a positive way. Better living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a patient guide better living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a patient guide is a joint project of the statewide copd respiratory network clinical practice improvement centre queensland health and the australian lung foundation copd national program.

There are mainly two categories of copd which are emphysema and chronic bronchitis the primary reason for copd is longstanding exposure to substances such as cigarette smoke chemical fumes and air pollutants that damage the. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease copd is the second leading cause of. The lungs stop functioning properly. Copd is a common lung condition affecting both men and women.

A patient guide third edition has been developed to support people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to better understand their condition and the steps they can take to better manage copd. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or copd for short is a respiratory disease that makes it increasingly difficult to breathe. Better living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a patient guide. Around 1 in 7 australians aged 40 years and over have some form of copd 2 however around half of these people living with copd symptoms do not know they have the condition 3 indigenous australians are 2 5 times more likely to have copd than non indigenous australians 4 copd is not a contagious disease.

Self help and treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease i have read several books on copd and found this to be one of the best. An excellent resource for anyone interested in learning to live with and manage copd is published by lung foundation australia and queensland health 3rd edition of better living with copd it includes information on medicine inhalers preventing and managing flare ups. We hope this book will be a valuable resource for all people with copd their carers and health professionals.