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What Leads To COPD?
Question: ..Hi Doctor.
What are all known conditions that lead to COPD ? Please list all the medications a client with COPD might be taking along with their effects on exercise. What would be the correct intensity for someone with a mild to moderate level of COPD to exercise at?
Thank you
What are all known conditions that lead to COPD ? Please list all the medications a client with COPD might be taking along with their effects on exercise. What would be the correct intensity for someone with a mild to moderate level of COPD to exercise at?
Thank you
Brief Answer:
Copd
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query
The most common causes for copd are
1. smoking of any kind which includes cigarettes , hookah, beedi, Etc
2. second hand smoke
3. chronic asthma
4.Seasonal allergies
5. environmental dust and pollution
6. certain occupation
A copd patient who is otherwise doing fine is put on long acting bronchodilators like salmetrol and ipratropium once or twice a day.
I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me
I wish you good health
regards
Copd
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query
The most common causes for copd are
1. smoking of any kind which includes cigarettes , hookah, beedi, Etc
2. second hand smoke
3. chronic asthma
4.Seasonal allergies
5. environmental dust and pollution
6. certain occupation
A copd patient who is otherwise doing fine is put on long acting bronchodilators like salmetrol and ipratropium once or twice a day.
I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me
I wish you good health
regards
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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