7 signs you may have copd?
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['Shortness of breath, especially during physical activities.', 'Wheezing.', 'Chest tightness.', 'A chronic cough that may produce mucus (sputum) that may be clear, white, yellow or greenish.', 'Frequent respiratory infections.', 'Lack of energy.', 'Unintended weight loss (in later stages)']
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Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of COPD. Most people who have COPD smoke or used to smoke. However, up to 25 percent of people with COPD never smoked. Long-term exposure to other lung irritants—such as air pollution, chemical fumes, or dusts—also may contribute to COPD.
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['a cough or hiccups that keep coming back.', 'a hoarse voice.', 'bad breath.', 'bloating and feeling sick.']
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['feeling more severely out of breath.', 'reducing lung function making breathing harder.', 'having frequent flare-ups.', 'finding it difficult to maintain a healthy body weight.', 'feeling more anxious and depressed.']
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Some people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—especially those with emphysema—may be underweight and malnourished. People with COPD often lose weight. When you lose weight, you lose muscle mass, including the muscles that help you breathe. This may make breathing more difficult.
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Smoking is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Smoking is also a trigger for COPD flare-ups. Smoking damages the air sacs, airways, and the lining of your lungs. Injured lungs have trouble moving enough air in and out, so it's hard to breathe.
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COPD is a general term that includes emphysema. The COPD acronym means chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD is a general term that now includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, certain types of bronchiectasis and by some doctors and researchers, asthma. Consequently, emphysema is a type of COPD.
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["a cough that doesn't go away after 2 or 3 weeks.", 'a long-standing cough that gets worse.', 'chest infections that keep coming back.', 'coughing up blood.', 'an ache or pain when breathing or coughing.', 'persistent breathlessness.', 'persistent tiredness or lack of energy.']
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['Lung diseases like COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.', 'Dehydration.', 'Anorexia.', "Adrenal gland problems, such as Cushing's syndrome or Conn's syndrome."]
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['Lethargy/weakness/inactivity.', 'Difficulty with or discontinuing exercise.', 'Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing possibly accompanied by fluid buildup in the lungs and chest.', 'Sudden paralysis of the hind quarters.', 'Fast breathing during dormancy (not panting)', 'Fainting/collapse.']
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Smoking is the main cause of COPD and is thought to be responsible for around 9 in every 10 cases. The harmful chemicals in smoke can damage the lining of the lungs and airways. Stopping smoking can help prevent COPD from getting worse.
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['Shortness of breath, especially if it comes on suddenly.', 'Trouble breathing or a feeling of suffocating (dyspnea)', 'A bubbly, wheezing or gasping sound when you breathe.', 'Pink, frothy sputum when you cough.']
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Currently, definitions of night-time symptoms in COPD include worsening of respiratory symptoms that either occur at night or interfere with sleep onset or duration, an increased need for reliever medication during the night, and sleep disturbances such as frequent nocturnal awakenings and poor quality sleep ( ...
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['shortness of breath.', 'persistent cough.', 'wheezing.', 'extreme tiredness (fatigue)', 'pain in your chest or shoulder.', 'in more advanced cases, clubbed (swollen) fingertips.']
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Everyone who's diagnosed with emphysema is said to have COPD. However, it's possible to be diagnosed with COPD and not have emphysema. A person can receive a COPD diagnosis while only having chronic bronchitis, for instance. Emphysema is usually the direct result of years of smoking cigarettes.
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COPD trigger: Weather Temperature and weather can cause COPD symptoms to worsen. Cold, dry air or hot air can trigger a flare-up. According to a study, temperature extremes, below freezing and above 90°F (32°C), are particularly dangerous.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term given to a group of chronic lung diseases that make it harder to breathe air out of the lungs. These diseases include emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and sometimes asthma.