Archive for the ‘COPD - Coping With Breathlessness’ Category
8 Breathing Tips for People With COPD
health.com
Living with COPD
More than 12 million Americans have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Almost as many may not realize that their shortness of breath and coughing are in fact symptoms of this debilitating condition.
Although such symptoms can start out as a mild annoyance, they can get worse with time. Eventually you may [...]
September 2, 2010
Tags: breathing tips COPD Posted in: COPD - Coping With Breathlessness, COPD - Living With It 
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Emphysema Patients Breathing Easier Without Drugs, Surgery
TheDenverChannel.com
Emphysema patients breathing are easier without drugs or surgery.
Right now, nearly six million people in the U.S. are having a hard time catching their breath. Severe emphysema strangles the life out of energetic people.
Traditionally, drugs, inhalers, a lung transplant or a massive surgery were the only ways to help. But doctors are testing a new [...]
August 12, 2010
Tags: bronchila valves emphysema, emphysema umbrella valves Posted in: COPD - Coping With Breathlessness, COPD - Medications and Treatment, COPD - New Research and Findings No Comments
New from EFFORTS - The Summer Newsletter and New COPD Book Downloads (free!)
A message from EFFORTS President, Linda Watson -
Joan Esposito has given us another wonderful newsletter. See it by checking out the “New on our Web Site” corner on the left hand side of the index page.
http://www.emphysema.net/bindex.html
Thanks JJ and thanks to Mike McDonald for getting everything up for us.
Also new - Free book downloads!
EFFORTS books page [...]
June 2, 2010
Tags: EFFORTS Summer Newsletter, Emphysema Foundation Summer Newsletter, free COPD books, free Thomas Petty MD books Posted in: COPD - Coping With Breathlessness, COPD - Living With It, COPD - Patient Resources, COPD - supplemental oxygen, COPD Newsletters - Latest Editions No Comments
May is Asthma Awareness Month
A CDC Feature
Control Your Asthma
Asthma is the most common long-term disease of children, but adults have asthma, too. Asthma causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. If you have asthma, you have it all the time, but you will have asthma attacks only when something bothers your lungs. [...]
May 2, 2010
Tags: asthma awareness month, control asthma Posted in: COPD - Coping With Breathlessness, COPD - air quality One Comment
Swallowing - When The Meal Won’t Go Down
New York Times Health News
When an older person regularly gags or chokes in the middle of a meal, it’s obvious that there’s a problem. But what of the more subtle symptoms of trouble while eating?
Say your father gets a runny nose or weepy eyes during meals, or clears his throat repeatedly, or develops a voice [...]
April 26, 2010
Tags: eating and COPD, swallowing disorders, trouble swallowing food Posted in: COPD - Coping With Breathlessness, copd nutrition No Comments
