by Marianne Drevna | Oct 30, 2020 | COPD, Uncategorized
By: Marianne Drevna, BS, LRCP If you have been diagnosed with COPD then you’re very familiar with just how much it can affect your everyday life. If you haven’t been diagnosed or don’t know someone who has then you may be wondering what you actually need to be AWARE...
by BPA-Admin | May 22, 2019 | COPD
Dr. Tiffany DuMont and the Breathe PA team Dr. DuMont is a pulmonologist with Allegheny Health Network and member of the Breathe Pennsylvania Board of Directors. As a pulmonologist, I get a lot of questions from patients. Here are some common questions I hear in the...
by Carla Conrad | Nov 30, 2018 | COPD
November is National COPD Awareness Month, and as the third leading cause of death in the United States – and the fourth worldwide – it’s the public health crisis that nobody is talking about. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a general term that is used...
by Marianne Drevna | Jul 30, 2018 | Asthma, COPD, Managing Lung Disease, The Lungs, Tips & Tricks
I wish I could say that having a chronic lung disease makes you exempt from cleaning your house, but alas, it does not. However, here are some tips that can help you prepare and maybe make it easier to accomplish. Use your controlling bronchodilator before you start....
by Marianne Drevna | Jun 28, 2018 | COPD, Managing Lung Disease, The Lungs
There is so much confusion when it comes to defining COPD, so let’s try to clear it up for you. According to the World Health Organization, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease characterized by chronic obstruction of lung airflow that...
by Marianne Drevna | Jun 14, 2018 | COPD
When you have COPD, your body burns many more calories due to increased work of breathing. While much is made of the need to lose weight, we forget about those who are losing too much weight, muscle mass and strength. About 1 in 4 people with COPD are underweight, and...
