Dr Cengiz Şen

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPD

İF YOU HAVE COUGHING , SPUTUM PRODUCTION OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH YOU MAY HAVE COPD

LETS HAVE A SIMPLE TEST ?

Answer these questions;

  1. Do you cough throughout the day on most days?
  2. Do you cough up phlegm most days of a week?
  3. Do you get short of breath more easily than other people in your age
  4. Are you over 40 years of age?
  5. Do you smoke cigarette or have you smoked before?

 

İf you have 3 yes answers to the questions above ; contact to your doctor  and ask if you have copd or not and  take a lung function test

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of  COPD. You must  quit smoking immediately.

 

MOST OF THE SMOKERS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE DANGER, THERE ARE LOTS OF UN DIAGNOSED COPD PATIENTS IN THE WORLD

MOST PATIENTS BELIEVE THAT COUGH AND SPUTUM PRODUCTION IS A NORMAL RESPONSE TO SMOKING AND THEY SAY I AM HEALTHY

 

NO, UNFORTUNATELY YOU ARE NOT;COUGHING AND SPUTUM PRODUCTION ARE THE EARLIEST SYMPTOMS OF COPD!!!!!!.

 

 IF YOU HAVE SUCH SYMPTOMS CONSULT TO YOUR CHEST PHYSICIAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE