Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)? Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a disorder that makes breathing difficult by blocking airflow and damaging the lung’s other tissues. Two primary conditions are referred to by the term COPD. 1 When there is damage to the walls separating several air sacs in the lungs, emphysema…