Under the initials COPD hides a chronic respiratory diseaseparticularly disabling, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Characterized by coughing, spitting up, shortness of breath and airway obstruction, COPD is a fairly common disease. In effect, it affects 5 to 10% of people over 45mostly men even if the proportion of women continues to increase, and represents the third leading cause of death in the world.
It is tobacco, which, in 80 to 90% of cases, is responsible for this disease, and smoking cessation will be the cornerstone of treatment, regardless of the stage at which the diagnosis is made. How to spot the symptoms of COPD, what treatment is offered to patients and how to avoid this chronic lung disease?
the Dr Jimmy Mohamed and Geraldine Mayr receive the Dr Laurent Tecucianu, pulmonologist at Montfermeil hospital. He explains precisely what chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is and the treatments that exist today to relieve patients.
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