2nd World Congress on COPD, Asthma and Lung Health

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) makes breathing a struggle, and when breathing is problematic your body struggles to reach the desired level of oxygen in the blood. Your body’s organs depend on that oxygen to provide energy without it, your body shuts down. With the breathing difficulty that is a keystone to COPD, many patients experience symptoms that warrant their doctor prescribing COPD oxygen therapy. Oxygen therapy is the use of an oxygen tank to supplement the oxygen your lungs are able to use from the air. A higher concentration inhaled equals more oxygen available in your body. Whether you’re a newly diagnosed COPD patient or a COPD veteran, chances are if you haven’t already, at some stage it’s likely you’ll need supplementary oxygen. If you are worried you may run out of oxygen consider oxygen conserving devices (OCD). They are used with a tank or oxygen concentrator so oxygen is delivered only when you inhale, making the supply of oxygen last lon...

What is Alpha 1? You might not realize it, but your lungs and liver are connected in a very direct way. The liver manufactures a protein called Alpha-1Antitrypsin, which is then used by the body to repair environmental damage that accumulates in the lungs. Therefore, in people with a normal production and distribution of Alpha-1Antitrypsin throughout the body, when they breathe in an irritant that damages cells in the lungs, the body uses Alpha-1Antitrypsin to repair the damage.  Symptoms of AAT deficiency include Shortness of breath and wheezing Repeated lung infections Tiredness Rapid heartbeat upon standing Vision problems Weight loss It’s a Genetic Thing: Alpha 1 Some people have a genetic mutation that prevents the Alpha-1Antitrypsin from exiting the liver where it’s made. Even though their livers are generating Alpha-1Antitrypsin, this protein gets stuck inside the liver and can’t travel to the lungs where it’s needed. This results in a co...

One of the first things you should know is what COPD stands for. COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a lung disease that makes breathing a difficult affair. The disease progresses over time with lung damage where you are at an increased risk if you are a smoker and COPD treatment often involves oxygen therapy. It’s often a mix of two diseases, COPD will show symptoms and signs of Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema. Chronic Bronchitis What Is Chronic Bronchitis? Bronchitis is an inflammation of the lining of the bronchial tubes. These are the tubes that carry air to and from your lungs. People who have bronchitis often have a persistent cough that brings up thickened, discoloured mucus. They may also experience wheezing, chest pain, and shortness of breath. Bronchitis may be either acute or chronic. Acute bronchitis develops from a cold or other respiratory infection and often improves within a few days without lasting effects. Chronic bronchitis is a more...

You probably already know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. However, you may not realize that the third leading cause is chronic lower respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ). What’s more, you may not realize that the two are often connected and that the symptoms they cause can be strikingly similar. Shortness of breath, for instance, is a hallmark sign that is often associated with both of these conditions. Shortness of Breath from Heart Failure Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a condition that happens when the heart turns out to be excessively frail, making it impossible to adequately direct blood out to whatever is left of the body. Thusly, liquid levels develop and blood can go down into both the heart and lungs, prompting shortness of breath. For most CHF patients, trouble breathing does not happen when they are very still, but rather even little measures of effort can make side effects start...

According to the World Health Organization, smoking is the primary cause of COPD. This includes smoke from cigarettes, cigars, and pipes as well as secondhand tobacco smoke exposure. People are exposed to secondhand smoke when they breathe near someone who’s smoking. Tobacco smoke and secondhand smoke travel, like the air you breathe, down through the windpipe and eventually into the bronchial tubes. The toxic smoke then moves into the bronchioles, which contain the minuscule clusters of air sacs known as alveoli. Within the alveoli are the capillaries. When you inhale, the oxygen moves through the alveoli and into the capillaries, allowing oxygen to be distributed to the rest of the body. Simultaneously, carbon dioxide is transported from the capillaries into the alveoli so it can be removed from the body when you exhale. This process is known as a gas exchange. The elasticity of the air sacs enables this exchange to occur smoothly. However, people who regularly smoke or ...

COPD is a gathering of dynamic lung ailments. The most widely recognized are emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Numerous individuals with COPD have both of these conditions. Emphysema gradually obliterates air sacs in your lungs, which meddles with outward wind stream. Bronchitis causes irritation and narrowing of the bronchial tubes, which enables bodily fluid to develop. COPD makes it harder to relax. Manifestations might be mellow at initially, starting with hacking and shortness of breath. As it advances, it can turn out to be progressively hard to relax. You may encounter wheezing and snugness in the chest. A few people with COPD have intensification or flare-ups of extreme side effects. The best reason for COPD is smoking. Long haul presentation to synthetic aggravations can likewise prompt COPD. It’s an infection that requires a long investment to create. Determination, for the most part, includes imaging tests, blood tests, and lung work tests. T...

A CONVENTIONAL treatment for common respiratory diseases can lead to worse health outcomes for patients, researchers at the University of Newcastle and Imperial College London have found. Research published in the international journal Nature Communications found the use of inhaled steroid hormones to treat symptoms of viral respiratory infections put people with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at a higher risk of developing pneumonia. “The current therapy is steroids – because we don’t have anything better, and the effectiveness of steroids is really mixed in COPD. Some people benefit from it, but many don’t.” But prolonged use at high doses could cause side effects, including an increased risk of secondary infections like pneumonia. Because COPD damages the airways and lung tissue, compromising resistance to infection, something as simple as a common cold could cause severe respiratory complications for patients. Share your knowledge and Unders...

If you’ve recently been diagnosed with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chances are you’ve been told that you need to improve your eating habits. Your doctor may even have referred you to a registered dietitian to create a personal diet plan. A healthy diet won’t cure COPD but it can help your body fight off infections, including chest infections that may lead to hospitalization. Eating healthfully can make you feel better, too. Maintaining good nutrition on top of dealing with this condition doesn’t have to be boring or difficult. Just follow these healthy diet tips. Tip #1: Stay Balanced A healthy diet includes a variety of foods. Try to include these in your daily diet: low-fat protein foods, such as lean cuts of meat, poultry, and fish particularly oily fish like salmon, mackerel, and sardines complex carbohydrates, such as whole-grain bread, bran, brown rice, lentils, quinoa, beans, and oats  these foods are also high in fiber, which hel...

Symptoms of COPD include inflammation, difficulty breathing, and a variety of others. One’s diet significantly impacts this condition, whether it be in a negative or positive way. There are, however, foods that should definitely be avoided Nitrated Meats Nitrated meats, such as cold cuts, ham, bacon and hot dogs, will worsen COPD. Aside from that, they are not good for anybody. Salt and Salty Foods Salt has the tendency to retain water inside the body, which can make it harder to breathe. Salts that are high in potassium may negatively react with other medications. Milk and Dairy Milk and dairy products are known to contain a compound called casomorphin, a byproduct of milk. This chemical will cause mucus build-up inside the intestines and lungs. Cruciferous Vegetables A cruciferous vegetable is basically any vegetable that’s high in fiber, such as broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy and radishes. The problem with fiber is that it’s known to produce gas and ...

COPD customarily was viewed as a man's illness, yet it currently slaughters a bigger number of Women's in the United States than men. Women's represent 58 percent of the 14.7 million individuals in the U.S. living with the infection and 53 percent of the individuals who bite the dust from it, as indicated by the American Lung Association. About 8 percent of Women's in the U.S. have revealed a COPD conclusion, contrasted and just shy of 6 percent of men.  Since COPD is regularly connected with men, Women's are every now and again analyzed after the infection is now best in class. Side effects of COPD incorporate an unending hack, wheezing, fixing of the chest and shortness of breath. There is no cure for COPD , yet its movement can be moderated. The most vital thing a patient can do after a COPD determination is to quit smoking.  Analysts to a great extent accuse Women's slow reception of smoking for the advanced ascent in COPD passings amon...

As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COPD is the third-driving reason for death in the United States with tobacco smoke being a key factor in its motivation. COPD causes breathing related issues and blockage of wind current in the body. Indications of the sickness incorporate shortness of breath, hacking, trouble practising and history of asthma. It's analyzed utilizing spirometry, a breathing test that checks how well your lungs can breathe in and breathe out. Scientists took a gander at spirometry information and respiratory indications of in excess of 2,700 patients, including present or previous smokers, and in addition people who never smoked. They found that about portion of present or previous smokers experienced respiratory side effects like COPD, and additionally an expanded hazard for flare-ups in their manifestations, despite the fact that their lungs appeared to work regularly as indicated by the spirometry test comes about. To know More:...

A collaborative research study between several Australian institutions suggests that cigarette smoking and infection with viruses such as influenza can reduce the effectiveness of symptom-reliever drugs like salbutamol in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These findings were published in a research article, “Influenza A virus infection and cigarette smoke impair bronchodilator responsiveness to β-adrenoceptor agonists in mouse lung,” in the Clinical Science journal. COPD, a term used to describe several types of lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and chronic obstructive airways disease, is distinguished by inflamed and blocked airways that make breathing difficult. The recurrent inflammation of the lungs leads to permanent structural changes, making COPD patients more susceptible to frequent infections. Smoking tobacco is the primary risk factor for COPD, which works by altering the immunity of the patients and raising their vul...