Dr. Esteban Kosak 
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a common condition?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition affecting approximately 10% of the world, with a slight preference for males over females. The economic and health burden of this condition is distressing, being in the five top reasons why people die or are disabled. COPD has two significant ways of expression, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Chronic bronchitis nearly doubles in cases of emphysema’s diagnosis. Both presentations of the disease are in close relation to tobacco smoke, either directly or indirectly. However, people are unaware of how often this condition happens, or even that COPD is the cause of their symptoms.
People tend to bend their lifestyle according to what the body allows to them. Because the main symptoms include cough with mucus production and shortness of breath, just a progressive diminish in exercise or change in physical activity help patients to cope with COPD. This owned by the fact that symptoms are first mild, although progressive, and in the end, become disabling. This process could take years, therefore, when patients assist a doctor consult. Usually, it is late.
Therefore, identifying early this condition in patients at risk is a must. This is a COPD symptoms checker that would help you to determine how likely it is that COPD is causing your symptoms. Please, utilize wise this information. It is free and would only take a few minutes.
- Question of
Are you over 65 years?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you smoke cigarettes?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you smoke more than 1 pack of cigarettes per day?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you smoke more than 3 pack of cigarettes per day?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have more than ten years of smoking?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have more than 20 years of smoking?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have a family member with pulmonary disease?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you currently have cough with mucus production?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Is this cough affecting you at least three months a year?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Is this cough of a minimum of three months of duration has existed for more than one year? (2, 3, 4 years of cough)
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have shortness of breath?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have less tolerance to exercise?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Is it possible that just walking and moving around results in tiredness?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have been losing weight?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have been gaining weight?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Are you coughing up blood?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Are you experiencing wheezes?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Are your legs swelling?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
The tip of your fingers have turned blue? Specifically, your nails.
- Yes
- No
Thank You Dr. KOSAK
for being there and doing what you are doing. I think your information gives people who may have a health problem a light in the dark before the Curve in the road of a really bad health issues.
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