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Post by morningstar on May 29, 2007 15:17:49 GMT -5
Poking holes in lung may aid some in breathing Doctor created risky procedure to help release air trapped in COPD patient lungs. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18908753/ |
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Post by larrynz on May 29, 2007 18:13:48 GMT -5
Yet half of COPD sufferers don’t know they have it. Aside from the eye-glazing name — a term for diseases once called emphysema and chronic bronchitis — people tend to shrug off the main symptom, shortness of breath, as poor fitness or mere aging until their lungs are ravaged.
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I think the above is true world wide, when I was told I have copd it was the first time I had heard of it.
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