Major threat of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

On November 19, in many countries around the world, propaganda activities on the World Day of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) took place.

This day was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) to attract the attention of governments and societies for the disease which is becoming increasingly common and is a serious health and social problem. solution.

COPD is a disease that develops continuously and attacks all organs of the human respiratory system. The factors affecting the development of this disease are smoking (active smoking as well as passive smoking), accounting for up to 90%, environmental pollution caused by industrial waste.

WHO warns that COPD is currently the fourth leading cause of death, on par with HIV / AIDS, only after cardiovascular disease, stroke and cancer. Around the world, there are about 600 million people with COPD, which is predicted to increase by 3 to 4 times in this decade.

Common COPD is not diagnosed at an early stage: even doctors and patients do not pay adequate attention to the phenomenon in smokers such as chronic cough, sputum, difficulty breathing when carrying heavy loads. Therefore, the case of disease detection is usually when it is in the late stages, severe complications and high mortality rates.

In fact COPD is a very serious disease that needs to be discovered and treated right at an early stage, but there is no specific cure. The prevention and treatment of diseases mainly relies on smoking cessation and waterpipe tobacco, early detection diagnosis combined with physiotherapy methods for rehabilitation and proper nutrition.

Doctors warn people who smoke or work in hazardous manufacturing, if symptoms such as difficulty breathing, coughing up sputum or bronchitis, they must go to the hospital immediately to check their lungs. Academician Aleksandr Trutralin of the Russian Academy of Medicine, emphasized that the respiratory system and blood circulation have a close relationship with each other, so if one of the two is damaged it will negatively affect the system. the rest and the general state of human health. Therefore, pulmonary examination is essential, not only to detect COPD at an early stage, but also to diagnose the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.