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We found about 71 results for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases COPD
  1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Fast Facts Find out what chronicobstructivepulmonary disease (COPD) is.
  2. Oxygen Treatment for ChronicObstructivePulmonary Disease (COPD) Covers oxygen treatment to increase oxygen flow to lungs and blood when you have chronicobstructivepulmonary disease (COPD). Explains that oxygen therapy may slow or prevent heart failure. Covers oxygen use during exercise, sleep, and travel.
  3. COPD (ChronicObstructivePulmonary Disease) Discusses causes and symptoms of COPD. Looks at chronic bronchitis and emphysema, two diseases that are usually a part of COPD. Covers quitting smoking. Includes treatment with bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids. Offers home treatment tips.
  4. COPD: Using Exercise to Feel Better Covers ways to exercise and stay active with chronicobstructivepulmonary disease (COPD). Explains that exercise makes muscles stronger and may improve shortness of breath. Provides step-by-step instructions and photos for how to do upper and lower body exercises.
  5. COPD
  6. COPD: What Happens to Your Lungs Learn how COPD affects your lungs and makes it hard to breathe.
  7. COPD Action Plan
  8. COPD: Handling a Flare-Up
  9. How Asthma Develops in Children
  10. Asthma in Children Discusses causes and symptoms of asthma in children. Looks at treatment with medicine such as inhaled corticosteroid and albuterol. Discusses avoiding triggers and treating attacks. Covers using nebulizers, metered-dose with spacer and dry powder inhalers.
  11. COPD: Exercises for Building Strength Try a few gentle and safe exercises to build your strength.
  12. Avoiding COPD Triggers Learn how to avoid the things that make your COPD symptoms worse.
  13. COPD Flare-Ups
  14. COPD: Avoiding Your Triggers
  15. COPD: Keeping Your Quality of Life Learn how you can stay as active and healthy as possible with COPD.
  16. Lung Function in COPD
  17. COPD's Effect on the Lungs
  18. COPD: You Can Still Be Active Commit to taking small steps to stay active with COPD.
  19. COPD and Sex
  20. COPD: Avoiding Weight Loss Guides you through ways to add nutritious calories and protein to your diet.
  21. COPD: Eating Well for Strength and Energy Learn how good nutrition can give you energy and help you stay healthy.
  22. COPD: How to Use a Nebulizer Learn how to use a nebulizer correctly.
  23. COPD: Keeping Your Diet Healthy Covers eating healthy foods when you have COPD. Offers tips to make eating easier and help you get necessary nutrition.
  24. COPD: Taking Medicines After a Flare-Up Learn how taking COPD medicines correctly helps prevent flare-ups and trips to the hospital.
  25. COPD and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency
  26. COPD: Take This Chance to Quit Smoking Find motivation to quit by comparing what you tell yourself about smoking and what the facts are.
  27. COPD: Time to Decide About Smoking Learn how continuing to smoke will affect your COPD symptoms.
  28. COPD: Clearing Your Lungs
  29. COPD: Try a New Quit-Smoking Strategy Hear how one man with COPD finally quit after many years of smoking.
  30. Nebulizer for COPD Treatment
  31. Chronic Illness: Help for Caregivers
  32. Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  33. Bullectomy for COPD
  34. COPD: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
  35. Fran's Story: Finding Support When You Have COPD
  36. Cal's Story: Learning to Exercise When You Have COPD
  37. Sarah's Story: Dealing With the Emotions From COPD
  38. Lung Cancer and Other Lung Problems From Smoking
  39. Using Oxygen Therapy at Home Learn how to safely use oxygen in your home.
  40. Lung Problems: Breathing Exercises Learn some exercises for your lungs that can help make it easier to breathe.
  41. Lung Problems: Ways to Clear Mucus Learn some ways to clear mucus out of your lungs so that you can breathe more easily.
  42. Your Corticosteroid Inhaler: Making It Easier to Breathe Learn why you need to keep using your corticosteroid inhaler and how to make it easier to use.
  43. Asthma in Children: Knowing How Bad an Attack Is
  44. Treating Asthma in Babies and Younger Children
  45. Helping Your Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler With a Mask Spacer Learn how to help your child use a metered-dose inhaler with a mask spacer.
  46. Asthma Action Plan for Your Child Learn how following an asthma action plan can help you control your child's asthma.
  47. Long-Acting Bronchodilators for Your Child Learn why a long-acting bronchodilator might be added to your child's asthma medicine.
  48. Helping Your Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler Without a Spacer Learn how your child should use a metered-dose inhaler without a spacer.
  49. Helping Your Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler With a Spacer Learn how your child should use an inhaler with a spacer.
  50. How to Use a Nebulizer With a Mask Learn how to use a nebulizer, with a face mask, on your child.
  51. Asthma's Impact on Your Child's Life
  52. Breathing Problems: Helping a Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler and Mask Spacer Covers helping a child use a metered-dose inhaler with mask spacer. Explains that a metered dose inhaler delivers a measured dose of medicine directly to the lungs. Includes pictures on how to use metered-dose inhaler with mask spacer.
  53. Breathing Problems: Using a Nebulizer
  54. Breathing Problems: Using a Metered-Dose Inhaler
  55. Breathing Problems: Using a Dry Powder Inhaler Covers using an inhaler to get needed medicine into lungs quickly. Describes dry powder inhalers, how they work, and why to use them. Includes pictures on how to use a dry powder inhaler.
  56. Lung Problems: Learning to Breathe Easier
  57. Asthma: Peak Expiratory Flow and Personal Best
  58. Asthma: How to Overcome Treatment Obstacles
  59. Asthma: Keeping Your Child Out of the Hospital Learn ways to prevent a return trip to the emergency room for your child with asthma.
  60. Asthma: Helping a Young Child Take Medicine Learn ways to encourage your young child to take asthma medicine with a nebulizer.
  61. Helping Your Child Deal With Asthma Learn how to help your child deal with asthma and asthma treatments.
  62. Oxygen Therapy: Using Oxygen at Home
  63. Conserving Your Energy Learn how to conserve your energy when doing daily activities.
  64. Asthma: Is Your Child Using the Quick-Relief Inhaler Too Often? Learn how to tell when your child is using a quick-relief inhaler too often and when to call a doctor.
  65. Lung Surgery: Before Your Surgery Learn how lung surgery is done and what you can do to prepare.
  66. Lung Surgery: Returning Home Learn how you'll feel after lung surgery and how to take care of yourself at home.
  67. Testing for Asthma in Children Learn about asthma tests for children.
  68. Ned's Story: Quitting Smoking
  69. Child Safety: Air Pollution
  70. Asthma: Educating Yourself and Your Child
  71. Lung Transplant Learn basic information about lung transplants, including why they are done, what to expect after the surgery, how well a transplant works, and what the risks are.

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