Though some nonsmokers do get COPD, smoking is the main cause of the condition ... Talk to your doctor about treating your allergy symptoms so they don’t make your COPD worse.

Other symptoms include breathlessness on mild exertion, frequent coughs and colds in winter, and persistent production of phlegm. COPD is an umbrella term, which covers smoking-related conditions ...

Smokers' airways are hyper-reactive, meaning they sometimes can be hyper-responsive to non ... of symptoms with your doctor during routine check-ups, including that of weight loss. COPD is a ...

The disease is mainly caused by smoke from biomass and the patient group is very heterogeneous in terms of symptoms and ...

However, as much as 50% of COPD cases in the United States remain undiagnosed. Methods: Report of symptoms, smoking history, and spirometric data were collected from subjects screened for a work ...

"However, not everyone who smokes will develop COPD symptoms, and not all people with COPD have a history of smoking ... He adds that non-pharmacologic therapies are also helpful in reducing ...

Early diagnosis of COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, increases the quality of life of the patient and the efficacy of available treatments ...

Elevated IL-26 levels in the nose of smokers with and without COPD may provide a simple method for early detection and ...

Scientists in Sweden have found a new and easy way to detect COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) early—by testing ...

The disease is mainly caused by smoke from biomass and the patient group is very heterogeneous in terms of symptoms and ... in the nose of smokers with COPD compared to non-smokers, while smokers ...