Signs of COPD often missed or ignored until disease spreads.

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Health Times: COPD Warning Signs You Could be Missing

Helpful info on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): https://report.nih.gov/nihfactsheets/ViewFactSheet.aspx?csid=77

COPD is one of the most common serious diseases in the United States, and it is currently believed that as many as 12 million Americans have COPD and are undiagnosed.*

Why are so many people with COPD undiagnosed and not being treated? It's because the symptoms of COPD can be easily missed or mistaken as a common cough or normal fatigue, It can be tempting to think of these symptoms as just a part of normal aging. You could be taking serious risks with your health.
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*https://www.ihpm.org/pdf/Impact_of_Undiagnosed_COPD.pdf
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COPD is very common. Approximately 12 million adults in the U.S. are diagnosed with COPD, and 120,000 die from it each year. An additional 12 million adults in the U.S. are thought to have undiagnosed COPD.

COPD death rates for women have risen steadily. Today, more women than men die from COPD each year.

Today, spirometry is widely available to doctors in primary care settings, facilitating earlier diagnosis of COPD.

Doctors now recognize that nicotine addiction makes it very difficult for people to stop smoking. Fortunately, methods for smoking cessation have improved, and smokers can benefit from effective treatments and counseling to overcome nicotine addiction.

A wide range of treatments are now available to improve the quality and length of life for COPD patients, including vaccinations against influenza and pn eumonia, inhaled bronchodilator drugs, pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen therapy, and surgical interventions. Glucocorticoids and antibiotics are regularly used to treat acute exacerbations of COPD.

Symptomatic Patients With Undiagnosed COPD
Of the 24 million people who may have impaired lung function, less than half are diagnosed.
In the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 63% of patients surveyed were not aware they had a lung disease.
A recent study examining utilization data prior to a COPD diagnosis found that 17.8% of the COPD patients were not diagnosed until they were hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation.