What are the factors and symptoms of COPD exacerbation?

COPD Symptoms

What are the factors and symptoms of COPD exacerbation?

By JodonP → วันศุกร์ที่ 19 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2557

     The COPD exacerbation is termed as the clinical condition when the respirator system of a person gets worse.The elaboration of “COPD” is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and by COPD a number of problems are meant like the productive cough, chest tightness and the main problem is the shortness of the breath. When the mentioned problems are in the severe condition then that is termed as the COPD exacerbation. In this article all the factors and the major symptoms of this disease will be mentioned and in the last part some suggestion will be given to help the general people to protect themselves from the attack of this disease.

     There are several factors which are responsible for this COPD exacerbation. Among all these factors, the main reason is the viral or bacterial attack on the respiratory system and for that attack some types of respiratory infections in the respiratory system. The bacteria or the viral attack is caused mainly for the air pollution. One in three patients is found to get affected by this disease with the influence of air pollution. Besides some patients are found to have allergenic problems in some of the molecules and those molecules are present in the air in the area where he/she live in. That might another important reason for this disease. If any patient is prescribed with the wrong medicine in the earlier stage for the breathing problem, then that also causes severe infection in the later stage and turn that disease into COPD exacerbation.

     There are a number of COPD exacerbation symptoms and it is very much important for the general people having some knowledge of these symptoms. The shortness of breath with chest breathing or the noisy breathing sound in one of most important symptoms. Besides this symptom, the increase of anxiety level and rapid pulse in another mentionable symptom. Sputum is found with the cough of affected people and it can be identified by the variation of color and density of the cough. The affected people found difficulties at the time of sleeping. And a patient also finds some headache problem just after waking up from the bed in the morning. Besides the patient is found to talk much less as he/she normally did in the early stages. Side by side with all the mentioned symptoms, the patient also finds the swelling of his/her lower limbs. Thus he/she finds some abdominal pain with discomfort.

     The COPD exacerbation is one of the most common disease and a large number of people are affected with this.

     But this disease is not serious at all if all the necessary steps are taken in the earlier period of this disease. A person who leads his/her life in a healthier way like keeping himself/herself neat and clean everywhere has a less chance to get affected with this disease. And if this disease is detected in the early stages then some prescribed therapies like oxygen therapy, steroid therapy, antibiotics can cure this disease within a very short time.

COPD symptoms: It Will Help You Know The Problems

COPD Symptoms

COPD symptoms: It Will Help You Know The Problems

By JodonP → วันศุกร์ที่ 31 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2557

When the COPD has been diagnosed, it is quite important to recognize the signs and symptoms of the COPD for the treatment of it. This is one of the most important steps to manage the illness. It is quite helpful to know the illness for managing it efficiently. The treatments can be undertaken effectively by knowing when the symptoms are changing. Early treatment is the recommended by most of the doctors because it preserves the lung function in a long term. Timely treatment of the symptoms can help to undertake the treatment properly.

     Doctors define the progress of COPD in a few stages. The first stage is at risk. In this stage you do not have the disease but there are some possibilities of formation of it. In this stage, some mild symptoms might e experienced by the patients such as chronic cough and sputum production. The second stage is mild stage. In this stage, tests have shown that there might be some kind of interruption in the airflow with some kind of symptoms like chronic cough and sputum. But, the patient is less likely to notice the breathing difficulties. The third stage is moderate COPD. In moderate level, COPD symptoms are mounting airflow blockage and the worsening symptoms. The patients may sometime feel that something is wrong and that is the reason why you are suffering from the short of breath. The short of breath is also experienced even after mild exercise. This is the common scenario when people start visiting the physicians. In severe level of COPD, the COPD symptoms include considerable amount of trouble in breathing and it might be experienced even after minor exertion. There might be some kind of serious complications arise in this stage such as signs of heart trouble or some signs of respiratory failure. Symptoms might become disabling and the chance of survival becomes very low.

     So, the common COPD symptoms includes difficulties in breathing, frequent coughing, wheezing, fatigue, lung infections, cyanosis etc. Most of the people suffering from COPD has a combination of two different types of disorders and they are pulmonary emphysema and chronic bronchitis. There might be some other long term lung conditions that are also experienced by the patients suffering from COPD such as chronic asthma or the patients might also suffer from chronic bronchiolitis.

     Smoking is the main cause of COPD. The more often an individual smoke, the more the person is likely to develop COPD symptoms. There are some other risk-factors too that often develop COPD such as exposure to the some gases and fumes, exposure to the amounts of certain gases. Exposure to second hand smoke can also lead to the development of COPD. Observation and diagnosis of COPD is very important at the very early stages. If it is diagnosed lately then there might be some problems faced in terms of treatment. At final stage, the patients might need to undergo the complex surgery of lungs transplantation which is quite expensive matter.