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Yes. That is what is so troubling.
We now in fact think of chronic obstructive lung disease as what we call a systemic disorder meaning that it has effect on and interactions with other parts of the body.
Not too long ago the statement was made that if a patient had chronic obstructive lung disease that it was related to cigarette smoking, period. And only with very rare incidence was it related to anything else.
New York Magazine Best Doctors Jun 5, 2011 Dr. Kamelhar was awarded Top Doctors: New York Metro Area award, which lists those whom Castle Connolly has determined to be in the top 10 percent of the region’s physicians—more than 6,000 in all.
The formal diagnosis of COPD is made with breathing testing or what we call “pulmonary function testing”.
The most common symptoms of chronic obstructive lung disease are cough, mucus production, wheezing, and shortness of breath.