Tag: pulmonary diseases

Asthma/Allergy

Canadian Family Pharmacy Explains what is COPD?

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)? Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is lung disease in which person finds it difficult to breathe. It happens due to lung injury during many years, as a rule, from smoking. Canadian Family Pharmacy online points out that COPD is most often combination of two diseases: Chronical bronchitis. In chronic bronchitis, airways through which air enters lungs (bronchi), are in state of inflammation with a lot of mucus produced continuously. Bronchial wall thickening takes place that can cause lumen narrowing (obstruction) of airways. In this condition for person it is very difficult to breathe. Emphysema. In case of …