COPD may be you often hear this term. Do you know what COPD
is? COPD is the abbreviation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The
disease is combination of chronic bronchitis, chronic asthma and emphysema. The
common symptoms are shortness of breath. The other symptoms include chronic cough,
tiredness, chest tightness, and excessive mucus production. Each disease may have the same symptom,
although it attacks in different part of organ. The disease inhibits the air
flow to your lung. At chronic bronchitis the air flow was inhibited by the
secretion of mucus in excessive amount. At asthma, the air flow is inhibited by
narrowing of bronchial. At emphysema, the air flow is inhibited because there is
the damage of alveoli walls in your lungs. It can disrupt the exchange of
carbon dioxide and oxygen. To determine what disease is attacking you, the
doctor need do the examination by stethoscope or x-ray.
Chronic bronchitis
What is bronchitis? This is one of the respiratory disorder
that caused by the swelling of respiratory tract especially at bronchial tubes.
Your bronchial tissue tube may be experience the inflammation and result the
secretion of mucus in excessive amount. The inflammation may caused by virus
and bacterial infection. The common symptoms are cough with for more than three
month until two years. The cough is often along with mucus in excessive amount.
How do you get bronchitis? There are many factors that may
be caused bronchitis such as genetic, environment, smoking, allergens and more.
Is bronchitis contagious? It depends on the cause of your bronchitis. If your
bronchitis caused by viruses or bacterial infection, it can contagious. But for
chronic bronchitis asthmatic is not contagious.
Chronic asthma
The respiratory disorder caused by the spasm in the muscle
of respiratory track. Asthma attack is usually triggered by environment factor
such as allergen and another bad environment. Asthma care is doing by use the
bronchodilator or decongestant to relax the respiratory track.
Emphysema
In the disease, your lung will hard to shrink and expand, so
that it hard for you to breath. There are chronic destruction in your alveoli
that disrupt the exchange of oxygen and carbondioxide in your lung. It makes
your oxygen level in your blood become low and makes you feel tiredness.
How to prevent COPD
Treatment for COPD just for reduces the symptoms of your disease. It cannot restore your lung. So prevent the COPD is better than treat it. There are many ways that you can do to prevent COPD such as below.
Stop smoking
Smoking is the main factor that cause the COPD. To prevent the COPD you should avoid smoking.
Occupational health
This is also the great factor that can cause COPD. When you work at bad environment such as cement industries, coal mines, construction and more shuld use the safety device such as masker. Check your lung health regularly.
Avoid Air pollution.
Pollutant is commonly found in industry area. Choose the residential that is far from industry area is better for your lung health. If you live in bad environment for long time, you prone to experience the COPD.
