Make your home COPD friendly. Your reassuring guide to understanding
and managing COPD. and getting on with your life. Want to know more
about COPD? This straightforward guide provides clear information
about this progressive disease, explaining how to recognize the
warning signs, get diagnosed, and choose the best treatment. You'll
see how diet, exercise, and medication affect your symptoms and make
your life easier. Discover how to:. *. Know your risk factors. *.
Find the right doctors. *. Quit smoking, start exercising, and change
your diet. *. Improve your overall health. *. Prepare for em.
Notes:
COPD for Dummies; About the Authors; Dedication; Authors'
Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents;
Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What
You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized;
Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Every Breath
You Take: The Who, What, and Why of COPD; Chapter 1: Understanding
COPD; Chapter 2: How Your Lungs Work; Chapter 3: COPD Risk Factors;
Part II: Catching Your Breath: Treating COPD; Chapter 4: The
Diagnosis and What It Means; Chapter 5: The Emotional Impact of COPD.
Chapter 7: COPD Treatment Goals; Chapter 8: Drug Treatments; Chapter
9: Surgery and Alternative Treatments; Part III: In the Next Breath:
Managing Your Overall Health; Chapter 10: The First, Best Thing You
Can Do: Quit Smoking; Chapter 11: Nutrition and Weight Management;
Chapter 12: Getting Motivated to Move; Part IV: Breathing Easier:
Living with COPD; Chapter 13: A Day in Your Life with COPD; Ch.
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