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  • There is now a light weight portable spirometer that empowers people with COPD to monitor their lung function at home and in between office visits. Spiro PD can alert you of a decline in lung function before you feel symptoms. It also allows you to track your triggers and view your trends over the last day, week, month or year.  This helps prevent exacerbations from occurring and provides insight into your lung health to help you maintain a healthy life.

  • one of my dear friends from America just got Diagnosed with COPD :(

  • They keep mentioning cigarette but no1 says that you can get from cold too. I have bronchitis and never smoke in my life but remember how i got it first time. In summer day I ran from outside to the refrigerator and started breathing from there relaxing and enjoying the cool air. That's the time I got it no smoking..

  • Im a nursing student in my second semester and I really appreciated this video!!! It helped me distinguish between the two disorders but also see how they are combined into one general one. Thank you so much!!

  • @ashley07LU useful information.. Treatment: Anti-Cholinergetics and beta-2 agonists and Glucocorticosteroids.....

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  • The Buteyko Method is an effective drug free treatment for COPD. Buteyko Center USA teaches students how to normalize breathing and reduce COPD symptoms. This technique has no side effects, visit Buteyko Center USA's website to take a free breathing test and read testimonials written by students who have improved their health tremendously with Buteyko breathing. Contact us to learn more at 1-800-520-3450, breathe gently!

  • My mother died from this one month and one day ago. Painful death-the coroner told me she purged up blood when she died..

  • @joliefrijole sucks to be her

  • It`s helpful and simple to understand. I `m 54 years old and I`ve been diagnosed with COPD in January 2011. I`ve never smoked, but my father, mother, sister and brother smoked every day in my house... I have many problems to have a healthy respiratory system because I need to take many intravenous drugs at a hospital. The good thing is that we can make it better taking our medicines and making some exersice...

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  • hehe doctors like you i can watch all day long :D.. thank u for such a nice video doc, xx

  • is copd the same as coad?

  • SMOKE ITS A SHIT.

  • I feel so sorry for affected people. :(

    It makes me teary when I see grandchildren play with their grandparents in the waiting room of my lung doctor who have to carry around their oxygen machine and are still laughing.

  • Guys just quit smoking!

  • Thank you for the the video it has a lot of information for my paperwork

  • Chronic means no cure..

  • @TheKjward treatment is directed towards the symptoms rather than the damage itself. Which is more than I can say for many other "chronic" diseases.

  • Well Oh dear im now doing remarkably OK....All diseases in this world do have cures just look hard enough....

  • COPD is responsive to adult stem cell therapy. The Angeles Stem Cell Center of North America treats patients with COPD - listen to some patients before + after 866.668.9263 ext 126 Dr. Janis.

  • Im very ill with this problem but have an opinion..Fuck this disease I Will Defeat and cure it within 3 months...

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  • @2012Wordsmith COPD can't be cured.

  • i'm so sorry .even i wish my dad wud stop smokin.i'm too scared for him

  • Year & half later. Sorry I pressed enter. Dad was a refuse driver he lived on refuge tips I worked with him I seen the dust very scary my dad worked 7 days a week in it it must have had some kind of effect aswel as his smoking? He had home oxygen but that weakened his lung as his left one was nearly dead he was strong he was my dad LOVE YOU DAD ALWAYS LOVE YOU & MISS YOU Best grandad in the world & dad xxxx

  • Thank you everyone for my condolences it means alot I would love to help you to help plp with COPDS disease my dad Was my life my rock in my life but I know everyone dies but it still hurts a

  • Asthma doesn't cause COPD, this is an unconfirmed gossip.

  • RNpedia.com to know more about this..

  • i smoked age 13 to 33, quit now 2 years, lost my teeth to gum disease, lungs are fine

    if you smoke try to give up, if an ex chain smoker like me can stop you can :)

  • COPD or EPOC (in Spanish) is better treated by an expert. Ask help from a Certified Allergist / Immunologist. ALLERGIES CARACAS and ASTHMA CARACAS

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  • Only Satan can heal COPD. Hail.

  • mashbob11, I am so very sorry. How old was she? I am only 41. I was diagnosed at 38. COPD is not inherited but if you smoke please try to stop. Not Smokeing won't make it better but it will slow down it's progress. Even if you do develope COPD it can be managed. If you don't smoke chances are you will never develop it. God Bless and give you peace from your loss.

  • im scared of getting COPD because my mum died a month ago because of it

  • im 18 an i think i may have this...its really scary to think about...

  • i have been diagnosed with copd, with the help of my doctor, family and friends i am doing well and havent smoked for two weeks now, 2 weeks doesnt sound a lot but to me its a mile stone, im 53 and have been smoking since i was 10, watching this video has made me even more determined to give up before it gives me up. thank you for sharing this vid with us all.

  • @spitfirered01 does it feel any better for not smoking for 2 weeks?

  • hey everyone! whats up kim?

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  • Scary real scary!!! I think after watching this im going to attempt to quit smoking.

  • @jhartist123 ... it's true!!! Using oxygen as a support mechanism won't help!!! It puts your lungs into a state of confusion...and you will eventually stop breathing at night!! Start with simple exercise...and gradually build yourself to a sustainable level!! You know what you can do, and can't do--- you can do it all.... one step at a time. Live well my friend!

  • scary!! very informative!

  • oh god this is fake or my friend has a super strength that guy is a smoking machine and sprints 4 long distance which i the guy who doesn't smoke die chasing him

  • Useless

  • Last night, I had an episode where I was coughing uncontrollably and at the same time got very dizzy and had stomach pain! I am a smoker!

  • I suffered from asthma and chronic respiratory problems and was a smoker for 12 years. I quit smoking about 7 months ago now and my breathing has improved tremendously. I no longer use daily inhalers--I only keep an albuterol inhaler around that I maybe have to use 1 or 2x per month. If you're a smoker, you can quit! Don't give up until you succeed!!

  • Go to wikipedia to fine out how to prevent asthma

    Search amge;lou1818

  • I had been plagued with asthma for over 50 years.

    Every doctor has told me (and my daughter, who also has asthma) to use Albuterol.

    We just kept puffing all day year after year.

    I was in Brazil to have some plastic surgery, but the surgeon said I must see a

    cardiologist before he started cutting. I would guess he did not want me to die on his watch.

    The cardiologist said my heart was fine, but said I hear lots of noise in your lungs.

    He asked what I have been using.

  • I was diagnosed at 38 with COPD. I have had pnumonia 7 times, hospitalized over a week 2 times.y last event I quit breathing, went unconcious and fluid got around my heart. Every time I get sick I come out worse. I want to try oxygen at night but my doctor says it will weaken my lungs further. Which is true?

  • Michael117american, have you been seen by an ENT doctor?

  • I have a contant cough, difficulty yawning, difficulty in taking deep breaths, tightness in my neck (sometimes chest) . anyone know anythiing about these symptoms? i have been to two different DRs and both sent me home without any kind of explanation. i have looked online and some say Asthma, some say anxiety, some say Acid reflux its rediculous. untill these symptoms i have always been as strong as bull PLEASE HELP!!!

  • but then, vibrations to the lungs would fix the hardening of the lung..blather thingeys? Vibrating them loose would do the trick right?

  • Thank you so much

    How do you help I'm starting my own web portal so i could advertise you

  • didnt know arnold swarzenegger got his md after becoming the govenor!

  • Interesting

  • "howevaa" haha silly :)

  • Thats fine, ill just laugh at u when one day u end up carrying ur own oxygen tank.

  • @95ellington dont think you ever gona see me with this thing 2013 the richest and most evil people will survive so dont care about you :P

  • @beavisCS it might be over 20 times worse, but when youre smoking, it makes it thousands of times worse. Even if I was in a building full of running cars, with no windows, I still wouldnt say, Oh its so toxic in here anyway, might as well suck directly on a tailpipe.. u get what im saying?

  • I have COPD on oxygen 24 hours also have had bypass surgery, stents, and ablation on heart. I feel good. I have been on vent 5 times in 6 months but like I said I feel fine now. Its not going away but it is manageable I was greatly surprised at how well I feel when I eat right, more home grown veggies, and no fried foods. All this time i never knew food could make a difference but it really does.

  • my father has been diagnosed with copd...for a few months now..he is in n out of the hospital regularly and has problems breathing ..he quit smoking 35yrs ago but dr says it caught up with him..he is 68yrs old and his health is getting worse..its so hard for me to watch him like this..hope u guys dont have to go thru this one day...

  • I have asmatic bronchitis

  • i feel everyones pain but its even worse when you know you brought it on yourself...

  • I was diagnosed with copd years ago. I had a case of pneumonia and was born with bronchitis. I remember when I was a kid begging my parents not to smoke in the car. It was irritating my eyes and they kept on doing it. So I felt like if you can't beat em, join em. I started smoking and now I'm 51 and having a hard time quitting even though I'm on oxygen at night.

  • I suffer from Chronic Bronchitis due to allergy. It really sucks. I need to take advair and Avamys (Nasal spray) for it in order to control it. Last winter I caught pneumonia. Its really sad cuz I didnt have allergic reactions before, I didnt even know I had any allegies but I took chamomile for acne (cross-reaction with rag weed allergen) now I know and am suffering for it endlessly, ironic.

  • I lost my mom suddenly on Dec 26th,2007 to this COPD. She was just diagnosed 1 year before she died...once you've got it your time is limited. Yes she smoked but had quit 8 years before diagnosed...she was only 64...miss you momma!

  • Holy shit, I have chronic bronchitis, and I experience the symptoms of emphysemia or whatever, too... I guess it's time to call a doctor then, lol

    Shame, cause I'm not a smoker, and I'm... well, let's call me a "fresh" adult ;)

  • symptoms of empysema does not necessiraly mean you have empysema, see a doctor and evaluate both your heart, and lungs

  • who is the "we" you speak of?

  • a person that has a COPD has an ashma also.? and aside of smoking whats the other cause and reason why a person has a chronic obstructive pulmonary desease?

  • smoke, or ANY irritant to the lung like air pollutants, will cause increase in size and number of mucus secreting glands in the brochial tree. this leads to inflammation and fluid accumulation (edema) and that's WHY it's obstructing air flow. why is it chronic? because there's a persistent inflammatory response of the lungs.

  • my dad past away 5 wks with this disease and he worked in the refuge industry and dad never brought up mucus my dad was my friend and i'll miss him so much..

  • @leef0324uk then you seem to be the perfect candidate to help us spread awareness and information about the chemtrails and things they are already admitting to spraying the skies with, all over the world. It is a fact that harmful things are being sprayed into the air, and it is also fact that these diseases can be caused by such substances.

    Im so sorry your dad passed away. Help us stop others from losing loved ones!

  • @leef0324uk *sigh* :(

  • @leef0324uk im so srry i

  • smoking is main cause for lung diseases. have a good health!

  • i started smoking about 4 days ago, and the day after i felt short of breath and for these past three days i've felt the same. i feel my lungs have less capacity of oxigen, i used bronchial dialators, but they help me just a little. can this be COPD??? if anyone know please answer, i'm worried

  • i don't think so.... this disease happens for people who smoke over 10 years (normally). so, keep away from smoking!

  • thank you!

  • Just quit smoking..you'll breathe easier and you could be richer...by not spending so much money on those ciggies. :-/

  • Its not COPD but just your body reacting to the uptake of a deadly habit. COPD may happen in the future years if you continue to abuse your respiratory system. Its not to late, STOP IT!

  • definitely not, smoking makes you short of breath in the short term, but COPD is a chemical change, the inhibition of alpha-1 antitrypsin which allows elastase to break down actual structural components of the lungs. Short answer, no, its usually after at least 5-10 years.

  • thank you for such an informative video ..

  • Thanks very much

    I really like the explain manner with pictures

    good luck

  • i gott sugestion for all peoples who gott lung problems ..cuz i gott to ..im using Salt pipe and helping me ..it is very popullar like HALOtherapy ,,why not to try

  • I know it might sound reallly crazy, but I think their a cure for asthma that does not invlove any drug, just type the word Buteyko and watch the videos

  • i feel that i'm going through this COPD thing...i've been coughing since 23 April 2009 this yr..and it hurts my chest within..although i'm not a smoker...i guess it due to the bad air around me is polluted..no wonder alot of climate changes in our world..i guess this is what GOD shown of anger when he is not please with humans like us..thats why we have global sickness and global warming..this is a sign of GOD warning...haiz..i don't wish to die early before marriage...

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  • I was diagnosed by my doctor last year with COPD,and I'm 26 yrs old,and for the simple fact that people in their middle age gets it,how does someone my age gets it?

  • is it possible that you are a heavy smoker or your parents smoked alot around you when you were young? it could be also a no. of other factors....it can happen to anyone at any age although it isn't likely to get it younger

  • My parents both smoked ,and I started smoking when I was 23 yrs old.

    Environment can play a big factor also

  • its true the air polution caused by smoking,disel cars ,and factorys

  • Also,chemicals can play a factor in COPD.

  • hi can you tell me what was your exact sign and symptoms in your condition cause i think i had also similar in your case im also 2 years old... pls reply as soon as possible

  • Shortness of breathe upon exertion....I can't walk far without running out of breathe.Also coughing up mucus or dry coughing,etc.,etc.

  • wheezing (like asthma), ongoing cough of mucus (esp. with bronchitis), shortness of breath upon exertion are common symptoms of COPD. but again, not everyone with COPD has these symptoms. it also depends on the severity. if yours is severe, your peripherals (e.g. lips, nails) may appear blue.

  • my father i think has this disease ...and your saying there are no cure for now for this diease

    and can a person die from this disease if not check by a docter

    please tell me

  • there is no cure and a person who has this will slowly succumb to it . it can take a long time and usually takes at least a cat scan to determine one has it . I stopped smoking 2 years ago and breathing is harder now .The purpose of the doctor is medication to help slow the process and make breathing easier but itsall temporary and probably less than 2 decades mortality .

  • my Mom died from c.o.p.d. in oct. 2007 she suffered for about 4 years before she passed.

    i miss her more and more every day

    i really cant explain it it's really hard

  • my grandpa's been smoking since hes 12, hes around 70-80 now, no problems since than.. i feel lucky

    sorry for you man

  • How old she was?

  • You can check COPD sites by google search. There is also COPD survivors-site. It is possible to live longer when use medicament ("asthmapipe")

  • CIGARETTES are a direct bronchial irritant

    cannabis is medicinally beneficial and u dont even smoke it but if u do. its much healther than a cigarette

  • They say "live life to its fullest, why stop now?"

    Living life to the fullest extent should not include air hunger, anxieties related to shortness of breath. Activity intolerance because of no strength. How about chronic pain loaded with narcotics because of cancer that has spread throughout the body. Lastly, how about a family member sitting next to you questioning why? over your dead body, when others are celebrating christmas. That is my experience as a nurse.

  • Hi, I have a question my Lung collapse (pneumothorax) like 5 month ago I has surgery after 5 days on the Hospital cause i have persistent air leak on the Lung affect the Surgery name are: Right Transaxillary Toracotomy With The Resection of the Apex of Right Lung and Pleural Abrasion..But now my Final Diagnosis are Right Upper Lobe Apex: Lung with subpleural Emphysematous change and Focal Pleural Fibrosis..(THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY) but I can't Undertand was My final Diagnosis said..

  • and asthma too

  • I wish my mom would listen

  • As a respiritaroy therapist, we see the destruction that COPD causes. Despite the many treatments to tame the effects, nothing works better than stoping smoking now. Trust me, you do not want to go through what so many people go through just to breathe. I feel bad, but the literature is out and we have to make decisions based on that. Even cutting down on smoking is not enough. Cigs burn your cilia, the elevator to remove mucus, that gunk just sits in your lungs and rots and cakes on. Stop now

  • @itsmemeDDP he said nothing about bronchiectasis.

  • My brother is a chin-smoker, he won't stop smoking, i am afraid he will end up having either lung cancer or COPD

  • My neighbor had asthma started smoking in the seventh grade. After high school he moved up to five packs a day. By his late thirties he was getting pretty sick and cut down to over two packs a day of filtered cigarettes. He told me the doctor said filters were better but I didn't believe it. Later he switched to "light" cigarettes and went back to chain smoking.

    By his mid-forties he in an oxygen tent and buying cigarettes by mail.

    Today his chest is a medical exhibit.

  • i watch my own mom die of this disease and it was horrible i have tryed to give up smioking and find it really hard but i have cut down from 35 40 fags a day to ten aday i will give up this disease is horrible in its worst form !!!!

  • Good Job! Keep it up! There are no health benefits of smoking so why bother!

  • Glenda

    Your mother is looking down on you and she's saying (GLENDA I'M PROUD OF YOU).

    NOW GO THE WHOLE WAY, Give it all up. life SHORT God Bless

  • im 15....my bad

  • i think i might have cronic broncitice cuz i cough up blood and lots of mucies

    and iv been smoking for 4 years and in 15

    soooo...

    thats not good

  • Quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to your health.

    How about: "Quitting the refineries plants,the chemical plants, the gas & the diesel engines everywhere would certainly, greatly (& very greatly) reduce the risks of injuries to your health".

    I like this one: "Staying away from hospitals will greatly reduce the risk of MRSA".

    Just like Lawyers go to school to learn how to steal, so Doctors go to school to learn how to kill.

    Someone told me that once.

  • Smoking explains about 95 % of COPD. Smoking cessation is one step to more healthy and better life. You are right about staying away from hospitals. In Finland, doctors know the risks of staying too long in a hospital but the patients experience that they were not treated well enough because they were sent home so early.

  • A few months ago I tried to quick smoking and lasted about a month.

    During that month I experienced a significant drop in my blodd pressure, cholesterol and sugar level. Also, I didn't have numbness of arms, hands, legs and feet.

    On the other hand, I exprienced panic attacks, sadness without an explanation in which I would cry out of no reason at all, I had trouble sleeping, fear of close spaces (such as being in an elevator), feelings of being pesercuted. Hopeplesness. Cont.

  • Cont: I had feelings of anger, depression, stress, anxiety (very badly) and wanted to tell someone about this, but for fear of ridicule I didn't until I told a few family members only to hear: "Fuck off!, it's all in your head and stop bullshitting".

    It was a weird experience.

    I could breath better and even smell things better, but the other effects bothering me so much and seeing my friends smoking made me feel an outcast to the point I resume smoking.

    I may try hipnosis next time.

  • i have all those symptoms you have now and extreme paranoia my mum just walked into my room and told me she has COPD and left.i feel so anxious right now and really really afraid.not only is her health fucked iv began with chest infections around the time she began, and iv now found a cyst or lump under my arm... im 19, iv never smoked at all

  • This helped me out A LOT. I have always had a problem differing the 2 for some reason... but this cleared it up. Thanks for uploading this. tyler

  • All I can say is please if any of you smoke quit. My mother was diagnosed in 1997 with COPD. She passed away on August 2nd and she had been on a ventilator for the last 2 years and in a special skilled nursing home where she was miserable and depressed. I miss her so much. I loved her so much. So, please again, if you all smoke, please stop.

  • My Dad Died in O6' of it. Smoking and Drinking which exacerbated the use of smoking.

    Most people smoke more when they drink.

  • Thanks for a great video. we would love to use video link/ref for teaching purposes only and will gladly acknowledge owner/youtube. do you know how we could get permission?

  • Eating/vaporizing works just as good, and tastes just as good. Smoking it is worse than smoking tobacco.

  • According to my Doctor I don't have COPD, however, I do have bronchitis and asthma.

    At the hospital they said I had acute bronchitis while my Doctor insist I have chronic bronchitis.

    I smoked for 20 years and I'm still smoking.

    Two weeks ago I had spirometer test (came out ok passing all testings) and an x ray (showing I'm ok), but after helping my brother move and with so much dust exposure, now I have difficulty breathing and spitting out white to clear phlegm which don't go away.

  • wow in denial much?? Now its time to reep the rewards of your 20+ yrs of smoking!! Have fun with your steroids, bronchodialtors and antibiotics. Congratulations, thought you were getting off scott free? They all do.

    Sincerely,

    Grim

  • Mr. Grim,

    I understand the fact that you carryout "death" at the appointed time and that it doesn't matter what we do to avoid you, specially when you're doing your job very well as the collector of the end of our dying process.

    120,000 daily human deaths must keep you very busy Worldwide and I wonder if you have the time to read this, if you do, I remind you of this: "Where is thy sting?".

    My destiny is to expire and resurrection, but yours..."destruction".

    Have a smoke.

  • my husband is heavy smoker i wanted to get divorce him cos i get pregant premature bec of hes smoking habit..im really turn-off

  • I got COPD from probably smoking 2 packs a day for 40 years. I have labored breathing even when I walk a short distance. Don't even ask me to work or do physical exercise.

    I wonder if stem cells could regenerate lung tissue or whatever is damaged? Please hurry and investigate.

  • I have been sick since I was a child with lung infections. It sucks...litterly...pardon the pun....I hate getting sick all the time, and always being on antibotics....now also being on an inhaler...yes I smoke, trying to quit...under too much stress....excellent video though...thank you!!

  • i am screwed too i was on 6 liters of oxygen and quit using it in oct 2007 and well i am still breathing , but it hurts, this disease is not curable and having no insurance no oxygen ,,

  • I enjoyed your video, it was very informative. I am volunteering and wanted to know if you would like to post your video on our website: the lungchallenge . com

  • omg...im screwed....

  • Thank you for this info

  • I have it. I am 12 and I have NEVER smoked but have inhaled second-hand smoke. I am going to Rady's Children Hospital today or tommorrow in San Diego where I live.

  • I've got it, I'm 22 only smoked for 3 years, have given it up for 2 years but have had chilhood problems with my lungs. What a luck eh?

  • not true , it was a good video !

  • He might have been talking about the disease.

  • that sucks balls

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