Lungs that are affected by COPD

Living With COPD

Life with COPD can be a challenge, but it can be easier if you learn and use strategies to cope with symptoms like shortness of breath. Discover ways to maintain your health and live well with COPD.
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Airway Clearance Devices Can Help You Clear Excess Lung Mucus
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Are E-Cigarettes the Safer Choice for People With COPD?
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Surgery Risks for COPD Patients
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How to Keep Working When You Have COPD
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Should You Use a Pulse Oximeter to Monitor Your COPD?
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How to Manage Panic Attacks When You Have COPD
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How You Can Get Better Sleep When You Have COPD
man has respiratory problem from covid-19 so wear Inhaler Oxygen mask
Tips for Traveling with Supplemental Oxygen
Weslo Cadence G 5.9 Treadmill
The Best Home Pulmonary Rehab Exercise Equipment
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Why COPD and Heart Failure Go Hand-in-Hand
Pink Heart Shape Padlock And Key
Why Right-Sided Heart Failure Is a Major Concern for People With COPD
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How Does Pneumothorax Develop in the Lungs?
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How Controlled Coughing Helps COPD
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How to Travel Wisely When You Have COPD
Woman experiencing heartburn.
Do You Have COPD? You're at Risk for This Reflux Disorder.
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COPD Can Make Your Oxygen Levels Drop at Night
Oxygen therapy
What Respiratory Failure Means
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Oxygen Therapy During a Power Outage
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Why Exercise Is Important if You Have COPD
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How Can a Healthy Diet Help Manage COPD?
Senior Woman Coughing While Standing On Field During Foggy Winter
Find Out How Bronchiectasis Makes You Feel
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Coping with Heat When You Have COPD
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Planning and Communication Are Key to Intimacy With COPD
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Learn How to Stop Your Anxiety Over Breathing When You Have COPD
Female patient with nasal cannula
An Overview of Nasal Cannulas
Smoking as pollution
4 Tips for Avoiding Secondhand Smoke on the Road With COPD
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How to Properly Use an Incentive Spirometer
Blueberries are a source of antioxidants.
Antioxidants May Help Treat Patients With COPD
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12 Ways to Conserve Your Energy if You Have COPD
Close up of older Hispanic woman using asthma inhaler
Using a Bronchodilator Inhaler the Right Way Is Tricky
The 8 Best Portable Oxygen Concentrators of 2022
The 8 Best Portable Oxygen Concentrators of 2022
Older women walking outdoors
The Benefits of Walking for People With COPD
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Do Herbal and Alternative Remedies Help COPD?
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Adult Vital Signs and How to Measure Them
Man wearing an oxygen mask in the hospital
Predicting Life Expectancy in People With COPD
Doctor showing patient CT scan imaging
Everything You Need to Know About Bronchiectasis
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Practical Tips for COPD Pain Management
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Why COPD Causes Fatigue
A man is short of breath.
5 Tips to Reduce Shortness of Breath in Cold Weather
Man eating breakfast with egg, bacon, arugula on brioche bun and coffee
Why Some Healthy or Everyday Foods May Worsen Your COPD Symptoms
Oxygen therapy
How to Get Medicare to Cover Your Oxygen Supplies
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How Alcohol Affects Lung Disease
Quitting Smoking
10 Lifestyle Changes That Can Improve COPD
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Diagnosis of Bronchiectasis
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How Quitting Smoking Can Help Your Lungs—Even After a COPD Diagnosis
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Can an Anti-Inflammation Diet Help People With COPD?
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5 Ways to Prevent COPD From Getting Worse
Serene woman wrapped in blanket on the beach sitting in the sunshine
Vitamin D Deficiency and COPD
How to Be Safe When Using Supplemental Oxygen Therapy
Sleep Apnea
What Should You Do If You Have COPD and Sleep Apnea?
Young child being exposed to secondhand smoke
How Secondhand Smoke Can Cause Many Illnesses
Man using an asthma inhaler
These Conditions Are the Most Common Complications of COPD
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Top 10 Houseplants That Clean Indoor Air Quality
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Health Problems That Complicate the Effects of COPD
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Living Your Best Life With COPD
Woman touching her chest
Breathing Exercises to Help With COPD
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How to Improve COPD Breathing With Dietary Modifications
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Improving Indoor Air Quality Can Ameliorate Your Breathing
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What's the Best Way to Treat Bronchiectasis?
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Can Wood-Burning Stoves Be Unhealthy for You and Your Home?