![<br />COPD: Stages, Symptoms and Treatment<br />COPD or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a lung disease. One suffering from COPD has problem in breathing because the airways become narrow. Due to this limited or insufficient passage of air COPD may lead to some other lung diseases.<br />Cause:<br />It is believed and has been proved in studies that noxious gas produced from smoking or intake of tobacco is the main cause of COPD. Air pollution is also a cause of COPD. People living in larger and more polluted cities have bigger chance of getting COPD. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease develops slowly in your lungs and not a single factor is the main reason if you are suffering from COPD but several reasons altogether cause COPD.<br />COPD Stages:<br />There are 4 stages of COPD.<br />Stage 1- During the first stage person may start having little problem in breathing and will start coughing. This stage is also known as mid stage.<br />Stage 2- From second stage patient will have more difficulty in breathing. In this moderate stage frequency of cough is also increased.<br />Stage 3- This is the stage where patient is considered to be in danger. Patient will find it very difficult to breath. It severely affects the physical ability and person gets tired soon.<br />Stage 4- This is the extremely difficult time for the COPD patient and in several cases the disease become life threatening. <br /> <br />COPD Symptoms:<br />Airways are blocked in COPD and it becomes hard for you to breath. Following are the Symptoms of COPD.<br />,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/copd-110912081651-phpapp01/85/COPD-1-320.jpg)
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- 2. Constant morning headache are also the symptom of COPD. It happens because body is unable to remove blood carbon dioxide.
- 3. A COPD patient may start losing weight due to insufficient quantity of food. Another reason of weight loss may be energy consumed to breath. COPD makes it hard to breath.
- 4. High blood pressure is another symptom of COPD because of destroyed blood vessels which cause the blockage of blood flow.
- 5. A person suffering from COPD will get tired soon and will have problem in breathing. <br />COPD Treatment:<br />There are several medicines available for the treatment of COPD but nothing is believed to be effective. With some natural remedies COPD can be controlled. Smoking is the sole reason of COPD so smoking should be avoided completely. Nicotine replacement and antidepressant therapy is also used in order to control and minimize the effects of COPD. To control the high BP clonidine is given.<br />COPD is one of the most common reason of lung disability and one of the deadliest diseases in United States. Gradually with time CODS affects your ability and prevent you from your routine habits. It doesn’t spread from individual to individual. It mostly struck at the age of 40 or above aged people. Severe COPD will lead to more complex health concerns. however with controlled diet and lifestyle a person suffering from COPD can live a healthy and long life.<br />You can find more information on COPDResearch.org<br />