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 major ways of expression, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Chronic bronchitis nearly doubles in cases of emphysema’s expression. All these presentations are closely related to tobacco smoke, either directly or indirectly. However, people are unaware of how often this condition happens, or that their symptoms are caused by COPD.
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. Summed up to the first mild but progressive and disabling symptoms. This process could take years, therefore, when patients assist a physician’s consult. Usually, it is late.
Therefore, identifying early this condition in patients at risk is a must. This symptoms checker would help people to determine how likely is that your symptoms are caused by COPD. Please, utilize wise this information. It is free and would only take a few minutes.
- Question of
Do you are 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 1 pack of cigarettes per day?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have more than ten years 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?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
This cough lengths more than 3 months each year?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
This cough lengthening more than 3 months have happened more than 1 year? (2, 3, 4 years of cough)
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you are experiencing shortness of breath?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you are experiencing less tolerance to exercise?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
The fact that just walking and moving around results in tiredness?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have been loosing weight?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have been gaining weight?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you are coughing up blood?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you are experiencing wheezes?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have been experiencing swelling in the legs?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
The tip of your fingers have turned blue in color? specifically your nails.
- Yes
- No
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