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1. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Treatment Procedures in Hyderabad

2. • Affecting more than 332 million people around the world, Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is now considered one of the major
health conditions that are suffered by people today. Low to middle-
income countries especially, bear the brunt of these
progressive lung disease conditions owing to a toxic environment,
increased tobacco usage, lack of awareness about COPD and its
treatment procedures.
• While India, especially Hyderabad is blessed with remarkable
healthcare facilities and COPD treatment procedures, like any
other low to the middle-income country we lack the awareness of
COPD which is still a foreign term until it hits at some point of time to
someone we know. Being a progressive lung condition, this lack of
awareness can avoid people from receiving proper adequate
medical help for COPD in initial conditions. So in this blog, we make
an effort to help you understand COPD and guide you towards best
COPD treatment in Hyderabad.

3. What is COPD?
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is an umbrella term for a
group of progressive lung diseases that are characterized by the
persistent obstruction to the airflow. These lung diseases worsen
over time gradually leading to breathlessness for the patient and
when left untreated can turn out to be a life-threatening condition.
• As said COPD refers to the group of lung diseases of
which Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema are most common
types. While Chronic Bronchitis causes inflammation to the airways
(bronchi), Emphysema damages the alveoli, the air sacs making it
harder for the lungs to breathe.

4. What are the symptoms of COPD?
• Symptoms of COPD can vary from patient to patient, but for every
patient, the symptoms start slowly and gradually intensify. The
most common COPD symptoms are cough, shortness of breath,
squeaking or wheezing while breathing, frequent colds, tightness in
chest, fatigue, low energy, swollen ankles, feet or legs etc. Over time
these symptoms worsen and also may come and go in a few milder
cases and can suddenly exacerbate at some point in time.
What causes COPD? Can COPD be cured?
• Volumes of medical research conducted over the years on the risk
factors of COPD have pointed strongly towards one direction:
smoking. Long continued exposure to toxic pollutants, environment
pollution and even second-hand smoke are also found to be the risk
factors for COPD.

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Contact Us:Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale
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City: Hyderabad
State: Telangana
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Country: India
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