The most effective treatment for COPD is smoking cessation which is important as over six million people in the UK continue to smoke. This month the NHS has rolled out a ‘stop-smoking’ pill called ...

COPD symptoms include coughing up mucus (sputum), sometimes with phlegm, problems with breathing, wheezing, and fatigue. India has one of the highest prevalence of COPD (Chronic Obstructive ...

Patients with COPD who have mucus plugs identified via CT scans are associated with greater risks for acute exacerbations of their disease.

You may also cough up mucus tinged with blood ... disorders (e.g., HIV/AIDS), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ...

A chesty cough that lingers with green or yellow phlegm can usually be attributed ... lung condition that has not yet been picked up." COPD is a common lung disease that causes restricted airflow ...

This is because your airways may become clogged with mucus, or the airway ... of the most important parts of COPD treatment. Speak to your doctor about coming up with a plan to safely quit.

A medical expert has shed light on a condition that leaves sufferers 'gasping for air', with an estimated 600,000 people in the UK undiagnosed. As the nation battles 'the lurgy', marked by runny noses ...

“A chronic cough is often the first symptom which, over time, becomes more persistent,” notes Chaggar. “As COPD progresses, ...

Benralizabam, a monoclonal antibody, did a better job than steroids at reducing respiratory symptoms like coughing, wheezing, ...

Most of us have had fever and cough with phlegm once in a ... Fatalities have reportedly gone up after COVID-19 which mainly affects the lungs of the patients. Though COPD is not curable, it ...

28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Geoffrey Pointing says its hard to describe the distress of an asthma or COPD flare ... like coughing, wheezing, breathlessness and hacking up phlegm, according ...