What Leads To COPD?

Posted on Wed, 5 Nov 2014

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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

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (38 minutes later)

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

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar