Your Best Day with COPD

Treatment, nutrition, and exercise advice, plus dos and don'ts, all targeted to your needs and designed to make living with COPD a little easier.

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COPD Treatments

Treatments and medication for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) range from simple breathing exercises to medications and even surgery. COPD occurs when the airways and air sacs in the lungs become inflamed or damaged, most often due to smoking, and is more common after age 45.

To determine if you have COPD, your doctor is likely to conduct some tests, including spirometry, which involves inhaling as deeply as you can and exhaling into a tube.

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