COPD: Are you at risk?
"COPD: Are You at Risk?
DID YOU KNOW?
COPD is the 4thleading cause of death in the United States. The disease kills more than 120,000 Americans each year--that's 1 death every 4 minutes--and causes serious, long-term disability. The number of people with COPD is increasing. More than 12 million people are diagnosed with COPD and an additional 12 million likely have the disease and don't even know it.
WHAT IS COPD?
COPD is a serious lung disease that over time makes it hard to breathe. You may have heard COPD called other names, like emphysema or chronic bronchitis.
In people who have COPD, the airways--tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs--are partly blocked, which makes it hard to get air in and out.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?..."
DID YOU KNOW?
COPD is the 4thleading cause of death in the United States. The disease kills more than 120,000 Americans each year--that's 1 death every 4 minutes--and causes serious, long-term disability. The number of people with COPD is increasing. More than 12 million people are diagnosed with COPD and an additional 12 million likely have the disease and don't even know it.
WHAT IS COPD?
COPD is a serious lung disease that over time makes it hard to breathe. You may have heard COPD called other names, like emphysema or chronic bronchitis.
In people who have COPD, the airways--tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs--are partly blocked, which makes it hard to get air in and out.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?..."
Resource Date:
August 22, 2007
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http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/copd/campaign-materials/html/copd-atrisk.htm