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Lung Health & Diseases - American Lung Association
Lung Health & Diseases. Learn how to keep your lungs healthy and get the facts about lung disease symptoms, causes and treatments, as well as advice for managing different lung diseases.
Lung Disease Lookup - American Lung Association
Lung Disease Lookup. Learn about lung disease symptoms, causes and treatments, as well as advice for recognizing and managing lung diseases. Search by Keyword.
Learn About COPD | American Lung Association
Jul 11, 2024 · With COPD, less air flows in and out of your airways for one or more reasons: airways in your lungs become narrowed due to being swollen (inflamed) and thickened. walls between your air sacs are destroyed. airways and tiny air sacs lose their ability to stretch and shrink back. airways make more mucus which can clog them and block air flow.
COPD - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - American Lung Association
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, is a long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. The good news is COPD is often preventable and treatable. Here you'll find information, resources and tools to help you understand COPD, manage treatment and lifestyle changes, find support ...
Pulmonary Function Tests | American Lung Association
Jul 22, 2024 · Pulmonary function tests (or PFTs) are also called lung function tests. If you have warning signs or risk factors for a lung disease such as COPD, pulmonary fibrosis or asthma, your healthcare provider will order spirometry, among other tests, to check how well your lungs are working. PFTs will also be ordered to diagnose and monitor your ...
Living with COPD - American Lung Association
Oct 22, 2024 · November 20, 2024 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET. Register Now. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a long-term lung disease that makes breathing more difficult. It's important to understand the four stages of COPD - mild, moderate, severe and very severe - and how to reduce exposure to anything that can worsen your symptoms.
How Lungs Work - American Lung Association
Sep 29, 2023 · The Parts of the Respiratory System and How They Work Airways. SINUSES are hollow spaces in the bones of your head above and below your eyes that are connected to your nose by small openings. Sinuses help regulate the temperature and humidity of inhaled air. The NOSE is the preferred entrance for outside air into the respiratory system. The hairs lining the …
COPD Causes and Risk Factors | American Lung Association
Jun 7, 2024 · COPD is often referred to as a "smoker’s disease" however although smoking is one of the main risk factors for developing COPD, people who never smoke may also develop COPD. Other risk factors may include: A history of childhood respiratory infections. Smoke exposure from coal or wood burning stove. Exposure to secondhand smoke.
Warning Signs of Lung Disease | American Lung Association
Jan 19, 2024 · Warning Signs. Chronic cough: A cough that you have had for eight weeks or longer is considered chronic. This is an important early symptom that tells you something is wrong with your respiratory system. Shortness of breath: It's not normal to experience shortness of breath that doesn't go away after exercising, or that you have after little or ...