How long can you live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic disease of the lungs that is caused by airflow limitation, so it cannot be cured. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic disease of the lungs caused by airflow limitation leading to dyspnea, due to the cause of the disease can not be eliminated, so it can not be cured many patients will have chronic coughing and dyspnea symptoms for a long time, most of them reduce the onset of the disease and delay life through active treatment and enhanced care. However, the elderly body is relatively weak, easy to induce infections, especially lung infections this situation will cause an acute attack of elderly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which will cause some systemic symptoms, and will even be complicated by cardiovascular diseases, such as ischemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, etc., the serious cases will threaten life and die in a short time. If you have elderly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, you should actively treat it, keep a good mindset and strengthen nursing care to prolong your life.