They’re separate conditions that can damage your lungs in opposite ways and for different reasons. But symptoms of COPD and pulmonary fibrosis can be so alike that it can be tricky for doctors ...

COPD is an umbrella term used when you have one or more of these conditions: Emphysema. This results from damage to the small air sacs, called alveoli, inside your lungs. These little sacs ...

"COPD is a chronic lung disease that affects how well your lungs function," explains Jamie Garfield, MD, a professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple ...

It occurs when allergens or irritants trigger inflammation (swelling) and narrowed airways, making it harder for air to flow in and out of your lungs. COPD affects about 16 million U.S. adults.

In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the patients' lungs lose their ability to repair damages on their own. Scientists now have a new idea as to why this might be so.They blame the ...

Researchers found it ages lungs more quickly and putting us at higher risk of COPD. Your lung function declines as a part of natural aging, but this study found that exposure to particulate matter ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have COPD, and my doctor explains that the trouble is that my lungs do not expel the full amount of the breath I take in. This prevents the full oxygen intake from my breath.

To diagnose COPD, doctors perform a spirometry, which measures pulmonary function including how much air a person can breathe in and out of the lungs as well as how easily and quickly, the ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a degenerative lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs and difficulty breathing. According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...