Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Management

Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is being caused by obstructed airflow from the lungs.
It is basically a lung disease making patient’s condition worsening. This disease is being caused
if an individual is being allergic to certain type of gases or is engaged in smoking cigars. It also
increases the threat related to developing heart or cardiovascular disease. Present report will lay
emphasis on the future intention and how the problems related to this disease can be reduced. It
will also lay focus on types of nursing interventions that can be used in curing COPD. Report
will also provide details about early signs and symptoms of this disease.
MAIN BODY
As per the view of Bhakta and et.al., (2019) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is
basically preventive and treatable lung disease. In The early stage of COPD patients suffer from
shortness in breath. It basically occurs to those people who are regularly engaged in smoking
cigars or they are working more pollutant area. The common signs and symptoms of COPD
includes shortened in breath, sneezing, coughing with mucus. It has been analysed that patients
who are suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has chances of developing lung
cancer, heart disease and also variety of other disease (Wedzicha and et.al., 2017). Emphysema
and Chronic Bronchitis are the two most common conditions which is being linked to COPD. It
is really essential that patients have proper management so that their quality of life can be
controlled. It will reduce the threat related to this disease. It has been analysed that the symptoms
of this disease is often invisible, it only is visible when lung damage appears significantly.
Problems related to this disease will continue to develop when patients are exposed to smoke.
The main symptoms include daily cough and mucus.
In the opinion of Martinez and et.al., (2019) it is really necessary for patients suffering from
COPD to have an idea about the early signs and symptoms of this disease. It can include
shortness of breath, wheezing, tightness in chest, chronic cough, blueness of the lips. The main
cause of COPD in developed countries is tobacco smoking. In the developing world, COPD
often occurs in people exposed to fumes from burning fuel for cooking and heating in poorly
ventilated homes. So it is really necessary for health care professionals to make patients
understand about the early signs and symptoms of this disease. This will assist them in
improvising health outcome of service users. COPD can also enhance the risk of infection in
lungs, depression, high blood pressure. So it is the duty of health care professionals to be