An ongoing cough is a symptom of COPD, especially when it comes with mucus. It isn’t pleasant, but there are ways to manage it. Doctors use stages to describe how severe your COPD is.

This breathing test can detect COPD in its earliest stage, even before any obvious symptoms are noticeable. Healthcare professionals can use these types of tests to help track COPD’s development ...

Rarely, a genetic disorder called alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is the culprit ... and emphysema (destruction of the air sacs). What are the four stages of COPD? The GOLD system, which stands ...

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers. Stage 1 lung cancer is defined by tumors that are very small and have not spread (metastasized) to other parts of the body. Despite its name, it is ...

Among patients with COPD who experienced an exacerbation, the risk for cardiovascular events was highest in the following 2 weeks and stayed elevated more than 1 year after, according to study results ...

It is a poorly defined stage which seems to include both ... This study intends to identify three early grade COPD subtypes defined by symptoms (dyspnoea) and spirometric airway obstruction (table 1) ...

U sing just one inhalation lung CT scan, a deep learning model can accurately diagnose and stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published in Radiology ...

AstraZeneca’s respiratory drug Fasenra has failed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in a market hotly contested by its UK rival GlaxoSmithKline. Fasenra (benralizumab), developed ...

Our results revealed a significant positive association, particularly for those with COPD GOLD stages 1–4, with HRs of 1.18 for 1–2 mucus-obstructed bronchial segments and 1.27 for ≥3 obstructed ...