People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can survive for many years without affecting their life expectancy if the disease is well controlled.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is a disease closely related to chronic bronchitis and emphysema, which can be prevented and treated. Clinical manifestations include chronic cough, sputum, shortness of breath or dyspnea, and wheezing is present in some patients.
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are poorly controlled will develop pulmonary heart disease, and if it causes right heart insufficiency, they will have double lower extremity edema, decreased activity endurance, and even telangiectasia, which will then affect the survival of the patient.
Poor control of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can also lead to chronic respiratory failure, respiratory failure is one of the important complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which will affect the survival of patients.
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should pay attention to rest, prevent colds and flu, quit smoking, appropriate exercise to enhance physical fitness, follow the doctor’s instructions to take salbutamol, budesonide and other medications, if the patient is complicated by chronic respiratory failure, it is recommended that long-term home oxygen therapy.