According to WHO statistics, 270 million people in the world live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and it is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
This is a progressive lung condition, characterized by persistent airway obstruction and may present as emphysema or bronchitis chronicle. Both disorders coincide in dyspnea, and although in emphysema the little air flow is permanent, in bronchitis, in addition to difficulty breathing, there is persistent chronic cough and dilation of the bronchial glands, which eventually causes excessive secretion of mucus.
Tobacco consumption is the main responsible for its development in proportion to its intensity: more than 90 percent of patients with COPD are smokers; but not all smokers develop the disease equally, only 20-25 percent will come to suffer from it, in addition to a large number of passive smokers.
It is unknown why not all smokers develop COPD. Possibly, the damage caused by tobacco smoke depends on some habits, such as the style of inhalation (pipe, cigar…), the complete consumption or not of the cigarette and the existence of certain genetic factors.
Another less common cause is a relatively rare hereditary deficiency of a protein (alpha-l-antitrypsin), which has a protective function in the lungs. In these cases, COPD appears very early, before 30-40 years of age, with very severe symptoms and without any relation to tobacco.
Air pollution also carries risks. Carbon monoxide and sulfur oxide, from the combustion of gasoline, or ozone, to name a few examples, cause irritation of the respiratory tract and hinder the transport of oxygen in the body. Chronic bronchitis, in fact, is twice as common in industrial areas and large cities than in the countryside. Lastly, repeated respiratory infections can also predispose to its development.
The symptoms (coughdyspnea, frequent respiratory infections, wheezing in the chest when breathing…) together with a history of smoking tend to guide the diagnosis.
This disease is confirmed with spirometry, a test that relates our respiratory capacity to the amount of air we expel in a given time, in order to calculate the degree of bronchial obstruction. But the fundamental thing to diagnose this disease is to suspect it in the presence of certain risk factors, tobacco being the most important. The problem is that most of the patients recognize the symptoms as something normal due to the fact that they are smokers.
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folk remedies
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Remedy #1: Let 30 g of catnip infuse for 20 minutes in 1 liter of boiling water and in a covered container, strain and distribute into 9 parts to be taken over 3 days, at a rate of 3 times a day, for 9-12 days. After 15 days, repeat the remedy.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Remedy #2: Leave to infuse for 30 minutes in 1 liter of boiling water and in a covered container, 15 g of oregano, 15 g of mullein flowers and 20 g of coltsfoot flowers. Strain and filter well, distribute into 9 parts to be taken in 3 days, at a rate of 3 times a day, for 6-9-12 days. After 15 days of recess, resume the remedy and so on.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Remedy #3: Boil for 10 minutes in 1 liter of water, and pour over 30 g of polypodium rhizome, 30 g of violet (plant) and 10 g of linden flowers. Cover and leave to infuse for 15 minutes, strain. Take throughout the day.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Remedy #4: Boil 1 tablespoon of elderberry in 1/2 liter of water for 6 minutes, let cool, strain, filter and add some honey; the liquid obtained is taken at a rate of 3 times daily.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Remedy #5: Leave 10 g of oregano to infuse for 15 minutes in 1/2 liter of boiling water, to which some honey will be added, in a covered container. Strain and distribute into 6 parts to be taken in 2 days, at a rate of 3 times a day.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Remedy #6: Make an infusion of leaves plantain, lavender flowers and black horehound and 1/2 liter of water. Then soak the resulting liquid with a small towel and place the hot compress on the chest.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Remedy #7: Inhale peppermint oil. Chinese researchers found that peppermint oil reduced lung inflammation in rats previously induced with COPD. Therefore, it has been considered a remedy, which can be useful, for people with this disease.
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recommendations
Give up smoking It is essential give up smoking to alleviate this disease.
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Go to the doctor in the face of a persistent cough with expectoration or other symptoms of COPD: early diagnosis of the disease is essential.
Avoid inhalation of irritating air: pollution, smoke…
Get a flu shot every year. Check with your doctor about the need to get the pneumococcal vaccine. (to prevent lung damage)
Use inhalers to promote bronchodilation. They can be of various types and used simultaneously. The doctor will tell you which one and how to use it.
Go to psychological therapy if depression occurs.
Do pulmonary rehabilitation which teaches to breathe in a different way, in such a way that more activities can be carried out with less dyspnea.
Practice adequate physical exercise Being in good physical shape cannot improve lung function, but it can increase exercise tolerance.
Drink enough liquid to avoid thick secretions.
Take an appropriate diet to each situationavoiding both malnutrition and overweight.
Avoid anxiolytics, nerve pills or sleeping pills, as they depress respiratory function. prefer the natural anxiolytics.
Using oxygen therapy since it has proven to be beneficial mainly in the advanced phases of this disease.
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