Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Abbreviated told COPD.

It is the chronic inflammation of the bronchi.

It is characterized by almost constant cough. A productive cough is to say that generates sputum.

Against this background, outbreaks of winter superinfection often manifest themselves.

A progressive symptoms more than three months per year for at least two years is a sign of chronic bronchitis.

Chronic bronchitis poor oxygenation and shortness of breath at the slightest exertion, and it will have a long cardiovascular impact is to say the seriousness of this condition.

Other symptoms are important to know and announce the installation of respiratory failure.

These are memory problems, especially in recent memory, it should not be too quick to put on account of age, sleep disorders, restless with snoring often sleep, daytime sleepiness, irritability, disturbed character, sometimes erectile dysfunction in men, and libido disorders.

CAUSES

Causes of chronic bronchitis include tobacco and professionals or other respiratory irritants, but also tobacco.

Acute recurrent bronchitis may ultimately lead to a similar pathology.

Acute bronchitis early childhood should be treated very accurately.

The result of all this is that the airways are more properly defend themselves, they are no longer able to expel secretions they produce because of their chronic inflammation.

EXAMINATION

This is primarily the FUNCTIONAL RESPIRATORY EVENTS (see this term) that constitute the best test to assess the severity of COPD.

Spirometry is the most important consideration because it allows the assessment of FEV.

FEV (forced expiratory volume in one second), if cut, defines obstructive disorder.

The risk of death from respiratory failure is high if the FEV is around 0.450 L / second.

The study FEV also allows note possible improvement in treatment of COPD

The test FEV should preferably be done in the morning, without bronchodilators from sleep and without corticosteroids for one week.