Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) DESCRIPTION/PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a life-threatening condition that affects your lungs and your ability to breathe. Pathophysiology is the evolution of adverse functional changes associated with a disease. For people with COPD, this starts with damage to the airways and tiny air sacs in the lungs. Symptoms progress from a cough with mucus to difficulty breathing. The damage done by COPD can’t be undon...