Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a teep o obstructive buff disease chairacterised bi lang-term puir airflow.
The main symptoms include shortness o breath an coch wi sputum production. COPD is a progressive disease, meanin it teepically worsens ower time. Eventually everyday activities, such as walkin up stairs, acome difficult. Chronic bronchitis an emphysema are aulder terms uised for different teeps o COPD. The term "chronic bronchitis" is still uised tae define a productive coch that is present for at least three month each year for twa years.
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD), chronic obstructive airwey disease (COAD), chronic bronchitis, emphysema, pulmonary emphysema, ithers |
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| Gross pathology o a buff shawin centrilobular-teep emphysema chairactereestic o smokin. This close-up o the fixed, cut buff surface shaws multiple cavities filled wi hivy black carbon deposits. | |
| Clessification an freemit resoorces | |
| Specialty | Pulmonology |
| ICD-10 | J40–J44, J47 |
| ICD-9-CM | 490–492, 494–496 |
| OMIM | 606963 |
| DiseasesDB | 2672 |
| MedlinePlus | 000091 |
| eMedicine | med/373 emerg/99 |
| Patient UK | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| MeSH | C08.381.495.389 |
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