Lay Lecture

1. WORLD
COPD
AWARENES
S DAY 2020
Nino JN Doydora,
MD
School Physician

2. SPEAKER’S
BACKGROUND/DISCLOSURES:
Nino JN Doydora, MD (speaker)
* Graduated Elementary and High School from FCIC
* Graduated BS Biology major in Microbiology from University of the
Philippines - Los Banos
* Graduated Doctor of Medicine from the Cebu Institute of Medicine
* Specialized in Internal Medicine at Visayas Community Medical Centre – Cebu
City
* Subspecialized in Adult Pulmonary Medicine at UPHDMC – Las Pinas, Metro
Manila
* Affiliations:
 Philippine Medical Association
 Philippine College of Physicians

3. OBJECTIVES:
* Define what is COPD.
* State the purpose of World COPD Day.
* Describe the signs and symptoms of
COPD.
* Describe its local and global incidence.
* Identify its risk factors.
* Discuss the diagnosis of COPD.
* Describe its treatment and prevention.

4. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE
PULMONARY DISEASE
(COPD)* 1of the world’s most prevalent
respiratory dses. * It is non-communicable
* It is oftentimes progressive.
* Comedy King - Dolphy
died of COPD complications.

5. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE
PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
* COPD worsens over time.
* Asthma like symptoms of
 breathlessness,
 prolonged cough,
 sputum or phlegm production
 occasional wheezing
* COPD is the 4th leading cause of death
worldwide causing 3 million deaths a year.

6. WORLD COPD DAY THEME (2020):

7. FACTORS IN COPD
DEVELOPMENT:
* SMOKING (#1)
* Hereditary / genetics
* Environmental & air
quality
* Occupational exposures

8. COPD: PHILIPPINE
DATA* COPD global
incidence 10%
* Philippines 14-
21%
* COPD is the 6TH
leading cause of

9. COPD: SYMPTOMS
* prolonged
COUGH
* Breathlessness
* Phlegm
production
develops after at least

10. COPD
Is caused by
exposure to
smoke which
affects the
Lungs and its
capacity to get

11. COPD: RISK FACTORS
* 40 years old
* male
•Smoker
•(+) exposure to
dust, chemicals,
fumes

12. COPD: DIAGNOSIS
* spirometry
* level of
breathlessness
* frequency of
attacks or

13. COPD SEVERITY
* mild
*
moderate
* severe

14. COPD AND LUNG AGE

15. COPD CAN
PREDISPOSE TO

16. COPD: TREATMENT &
OUTCOME

17. GOALS OF COPD
TREATMENT:
* to relieve symptoms
* to improve of function
and overall health status
* to prevent disease
progression
* to prevent future attacks

18. Professor Peter J. Barnes, MD
National Heart and Lung Institute, London UK
Both have airway obstruction

19. OTHER CAUSES OF
BREATHLESSNESS:
* pneumonia
* tuberculosis
* flu
* heart attack
* heart failure, etc

20. COPD: SYMPTOMS
* prolonged
COUGH
* Breathlessness
* Phlegm
production

21. COPD: PREVENTION
* smoking
cessation
* smoking
avoidance

22. SMOKER’S PRAYER
* Heavenly Father hear my plea and grant
my lungs serenity
* Give me strength to kick the smoking
that’s been causing all my choking
* Let my breath be fresh and clean, without
a trace of nicotine
* Guide me by Your holy means, past all
those cigarette machines
* I ask your help O Heavenly Father, and it’s
no wonder if I don’t quit, I am 6 feet under.
AMEN.

24. THANK
YOU!