While smoking remains the leading risk factor for COPD, non-smokers should be aware of other environmental and occupational ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is a serious condition that affects the lungs, making it hard to breathe. It develops slowly over time and is often caused by damage to the airways and ...

COPD is caused primarily by long-term exposure to irritants that damage the lungs. Smoking remains the main cause, although non-smokers exposed to air pollution, or fuel fumes are also at risk.

Many people with COPD have both. Emphysema slowly destroys air sacs in your lungs, interfering with blood flow. Bronchitis causes inflammation and narrowing of the bronchial tubes, which allows ...

“A chronic cough is often the first symptom which, over time, becomes more persistent,” notes Chaggar. “As COPD progresses, ...

Delhi's air pollution has reached severe levels, raising health concerns for those with chronic respiratory diseases like COPD.

2. Prenatal care: During the pregnancy, make sure you consistently go for doctor visits without fail. This can help you ...

According to experts, COPD is a leading cause of death worldwide, affecting millions of people. The World Health Organisation says currently COPD affects 63 million people across the world ...

COPD causes the airways to become inflamed and narrowed, making breathing difficult as time passes in such patients, who gradually lose lung function. First off, once a patient is diagnosed with ...

The symptoms of asthma and COPD can sometimes be hard to tell apart. Both conditions cause chronic inflammation of the airways and interfere with one’s ability to breathe. In asthma, your ...

Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City consultant physician, respiratory medicine and interventional pulmonologist Dr Syed Ajmal Syed Ali said that low awareness is one of Malaysia's biggest challenges in ...