Coping With Copd Understanding, Treating, and Living With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

The first hands-on guide to living and coping with an insidious disease that affects tens of millions of peopleExperts estimate that as many as thirty-five million Americans literally cannot catch their breath-they are suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The fourth-leading cause of death in America, COPD is a combination of chronic bronchitis and emphysema with airflow obstruction. In this clear, concise, and up-to-date guide to dealing with and living well with COPD, readers will learn:- How to navigate activities of daily living, from applying make-up to continuing work- How to quite smoking-at any age- How oxygen therapy may help you- How to tailor diet to meet new nutritional needs- How to foster a useful patient/doctor relationship and how and when to visit a pulmonologist- How to tailor your diet to meet your new dietary needsShimberg, Elaine is the author of 'Coping With Copd Understanding, Treating, and Living With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease', published 2003 under ISBN 9780312307776 and ISBN 0312307772.