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COPD: Coming Up for Air
COPD is an umbrella term used to describe major lung diseases where airflow is reduced including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The result is lots of coughing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and increased mucus production. And in sever cases, less oxygen and more carbon dioxide. Smoking is the culprit for 90 percent of all cases of COPD.
Nearly half of the people diagnosed with COPD get short of breath while doing such mundane things as washing, dressing or doing light housework. A third get breathless just having a conversation or sitting or lying down.
The symptoms of COPD are globally under-recognized and sufferers of this condition tend to underestimate the severity of their symptoms. Do you have the symptoms?
COPD: Coming Up For Air, co-hosted by Stephen L. Rennard, M.D., Larson Professor of Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and James F. Donahue, M.D., Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina raises awareness of this under-reported illness. This 30-minute documentary program, produced as part of ITV¹s award-winning series, The Cutting Edge Medical Report, airs over The Fox Health Network, and is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from Glaxo Wellcome.
For information on air dates and times, or to order a VHS copy of this program, please call 1-888-380-6500.
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