10 COPD Facts to Help You Manage Your Condition

A smartphone app can alert you to avoid nearby risky environments where air pollution and weather conditions are likely to aggravate your COPD.

Charles Moore, “.” Bio News Texas. Feb. 14, 2014.    

Higher outdoor temperatures can increase your COPD symptoms and rescue medication use while worsening your lung function.

American Thoracic Society, “.” Science Daily. May 19, 2014.      

Replaceable HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filters remove as much as 99 percent of indoor air pollutants to improve your COPD symptoms.

Denise Mann, “.” Everyday Health. March 12, 2014.      

Use a pedometer-based walking program with Internet instruction and support to improve your health-related quality of life.

American Thoracic Society, “.” Medical News Today. May 21, 2014.      

Moderate to vigorous physical activity can lower your rehospitalization risk.

“.” RT Magazine. April 21, 2014.                

Treatment may combine a short-acting bronchodilator like Ventolin with a long-acting bronchodilator like Combivent.

Zab Mosenifar, M.D., “.” Medscape. June 2, 2014.              

You burn 10 times more calories breathing than people without lung disease, so eat high-protein, high-calorie foods to avoid unplanned weight loss.

“.” Lung Institute. June 13, 2014.      

Eat fish, cheese, bananas and grapefruit for better lung function and fewer COPD symptoms.

Amy Norton, “.” HealthDay. May 21, 2014.                

In smokers, COPD appears typically 20 or more years after taking up this unhealthy habit.

“.” Healthy Women.  

     

Quit smoking to slow down, stop or reverse COPD’s progressive deterioration of your lung function.

Mike McMullen, “.” Men’s Health Magazine. June 12, 2014.