Is COPD on the rise?
Yes. That is what is so troubling.
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. For the past fourteen years, Castle Connolly has been providing New York Magazine with a shorter version of this list for the magazine’s “Best Doctors” issue. Dr. Kamelhar made it on this list as well.
This is an honor for Dr. Kamelhar as it is based mostly on recognition from other colleagues. The best of the best, this shows just how much experience Dr. Kamelhar has.
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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.
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.
We started off with our definition of chronic obstructive lung disease, or COPD, by including the notion that it is a not reversible limitation of the flow of air.