COPD
Little-Known Epidemic
Researchers say there is so little public awareness of how common and serious C.O.P.D. is that the O might as well stand for “obscure” or “overlooked.”
The disease may not be well known, but people who have it are a familiar sight. They are the ones who cannot climb half a flight of stairs without getting winded, who have a perpetual smoker’s cough or wheeze, who need oxygen to walk down the block or push a cart through the supermarket. Some grow too weak and short of breath to leave the house. The flu or even a cold can put them in the hospital. In advanced stages, the lung disease can lead to heart failure.
Researchers say there is so little public awareness of how common and serious C.O.P.D. is that the O might as well stand for “obscure” or “overlooked.”
The disease may not be well known, but people who have it are a familiar sight. They are the ones who cannot climb half a flight of stairs without getting winded, who have a perpetual smoker’s cough or wheeze, who need oxygen to walk down the block or push a cart through the supermarket. Some grow too weak and short of breath to leave the house. The flu or even a cold can put them in the hospital. In advanced stages, the lung disease can lead to heart failure.
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