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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

   

Added on  2021-02-19

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CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVEPULMONARY DISEASES

TABLE OF CONTENTINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1FINDINGS.......................................................................................................................................1History of the Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..............................................................1Aetiology......................................................................................................................................1Clinical Manifestation..................................................................................................................1DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................................2Treatment ....................................................................................................................................2Future issues and development....................................................................................................3CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................3REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTIONChronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) are two long term lungs diseases whichmost of the time occur together and makes it difficult for a person to breath (McCarthy & et.al.,2015). This assignment will lay emphasis on history of Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases,aetiology of COPD, clinical manifestation, possible treatments for the disease, future issues andnew development.FINDINGSHistory of the Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasesIt is a group of two main lungs diseases i.e. emphysema and bronchitis. Group of thesediseases block the airflow of an individual. It can decrease quality of life, degrade an individual'shealth and can also become one of the main reason for someone's death. It has been one of themain leading cause of deaths today. It has been observed that every year more than 40 percentcases are detected of COPD and out of those 40 percent, in more than 10 percent cases death ofpatient is recorded. Till now more than 15 million deaths had been reported because of COPD.Every 1 Australian out of 20 is diagnosed with this disease. It lowers the level of lungsfunctioning or can also decline lungs functioning rapidly. It is six times likely to occur insmokers as compared to non smokers. It is both preventable and treatable only after detection butmost of the time it has been observed that it is not detected in timely manner.AetiologyOner of the main root cause of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is smokingtobacco. More than 70% cases of COPD recorded are due to smoking. Other commonaudiologies of COPD are occupational exposure and air pollution. Sometimes exposure toburning fuel such as coal also becomes a cause of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.people who frequently come in contact with burning fuels suffer from COPD (Woodruff & et.al.,2015). Other than this, patients with long history of lungs infection or condition can also sufferfrom this disease. Another common aetiology due to which Chronic obstructive pulmonarydisease occur is Asthma i.e. patients who suffer from asthma are also likely to suffer from thisdisease.Clinical ManifestationCOPD symptoms does not appear till there is any kind of significant damage to lungs.One of the main symptom of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is mucus and cough1

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