The majority of my sources indicate that a cough is considered chronic if lasting for eight weeks or more. However, if you’ve had a cough for more than two weeks you definitely want to see your doctor1. The chronic cough causes can be serious and even deadly so you want to take this nagging symptom ...
When you mention someone with emphysema you might picture an older person, strapped to an oxygen tank as punishment for their years of heavy smoking. This is true in some cases, but what many people don’t know is that there is a gene for emphysema. This condition, called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, is a rare genetic ...
Although bronchitis is a common health problem, many of us may not know what causes it. Since I always end a cold with a dry cough, I decided to do some research to find out what causes my cough. I learned that a cough can be caused by bronchitis. As I read on, I realized ...
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, may have many similarities as far as symptoms are concerned, but they are very different conditions in terms of onset and reversibility. What is COPD? COPD is a term that refers to two respiratory diseases: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. As one of the leading causes of death ...
Emphysema is one form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that is characterized by long term shortness of breath, severe shortness of breath on exertion, wheezing and sometimes coughing, when emphysema is accompanied by another form of COPD, which is bronchitis and asthma. When emphysema is advanced or is exacerbated by another chronic lung disease, ...