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1. Pulmonary Medicine - Department home - Mayo Clinic

   Learn about the expertise and wide range of services offered by the Mayo Clinic Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine for those with common or rare conditions that affect the lungs and breathing.

1. COPD - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an ongoing lung condition caused by damage to the lungs. The damage results in swelling and irritation, also ...

2. Mayo Clinic Radio: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

   COPD is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. Symptoms include breathing difficulty, cough, mucus production and ...

3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Risks, symptoms and prevention - Mayo Clinic News Network

   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a collection of serious lung diseases that obstructs airflow from the lungs and causes breathing issues.

4. COPD - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

   A medicine approved for severe COPD and symptoms of chronic bronchitis is roflumilast (Daliresp), a phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor. This medicine lessens airway ...

5. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Archives - Mayo Clinic News Network

   thinking about quitting, consider that tobacco smoking is a leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, a chronic inflammatory lung disease ...

6. Quit smoking, prevent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Mayo Clinic News Network

   And COPD is the third leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for more than 3 million deaths a year. "Tobacco damages the airways. It damages the ...

7. Mayo Clinic Minute: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease brought on by tobacco

   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a progressive group of lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, that make it hard ...

8. Emphysema - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

   Emphysema is a lung problem that makes it hard to catch your breath. It's one of the conditions that make up chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

9. Mayo Clinic Minute: What you need to know about COPD

   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most common smoking-related illness, but most people don't have a good understanding of it.

10. New frontiers in the treatment of COPD - Mayo Clinic

    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung condition characterized by shortness of breath, cough and sputum production due to both ...