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 Carla Conrad | Feb 6, 2015 | COPD, The Lungs
Emphysema causes damage to the walls between the air sacs in the lungs. As a result, the air sacs lose their shape. This damage can also destroy the walls of the air sacs themselves, leading to fewer and larger air sacs instead of many tiny ones. When this happens,...
