COPD Updates shine on the FLASS schedule for this week’s blog. We know you probably have a lot of information about COPD if you or a loved one suffers from this disease. However, we wanted to assemble a few special details in a brief, updated report concerning your life challenges and COPD.
COPD Updates: Influences on your Quality of Life
Know the Triggers That Set-Off Your COPD Symptoms.
If your doctor has diagnosed you with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) FLASS wants to give you tips and hints to help you face the challenges of day-to-day life. From time to time, we like to present you with current, free, updates on COPD information.
Then, you can collect facts and tips to use as ammunition against this condition. Knowledge is power, and it can have a supportive, if not healing effect. At FLASS, we want to make you feel better. No, a blog is not physical medicine. However, information has become a pathway to soothing the heart and soul. And blog tips can also be helpful in designing an action plan in everyday life.
COPD Basics: The Backstory of COPD Updates
In the backstory of COPD, we have mentioned some of these points over the last decade. Some of these basic facts might be updates, depending on where you are in your journey with COPD.
- First of all, COPD is more than one disease. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is actually a group of progressive lung diseases.
- COPD includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
- You are not alone if you have COPD. “About 30 million Americans have COPD, and more than half are unaware of it.”
Release the Guilt! Smoking and COPD
COPD Updates From FLASS Are Healthy Every Day To Help You Maintain The Best Quality of Life.
You may know that smoking and genetic factors increase the risk of COPD. Thus COPD carries a certain stigma because so many smokers suffer from it.
However, this blog emphasizes that you must update your knowledge about the role environment plays in your everyday life as a COPD patient. Your living conditions and environment greatly influence the severity of your symptoms.
Air Quality: Risky Business for COPD Patients
The experts at Healthline have stated, “Because COPD directly affects your ability to breathe well, good air quality is extremely important.” Thus we think it is critical that all COPD patients study their environmental Risks.
If you have COPD, we hope you collect updates and tips to learn more about the environmental risk factors and the best places you can live (and breathe) your best life.
COPD Environmental Risk Factors
You might already be aware that irritants and pollutants increase your risk of COPD. However, do you know that current COPD updates prove pollutants will make your present symptoms worse? Here are your 2021 COPD Updates concerning the irritants you must avoid with COPD.
- Do not inhale chemical fumes, vapors, and dust in your workplace.
- If you have COPD, you must avoid burning fuel fumes. For example, you should not use gas for cooking or heating in your home.
- Watch out for air pollution.
Please try to maintain good ventilation in your home and work environments.
For Your Best Life Quality: Avoid Pollution and Particulate Matter At All Costs
Embrace The Tips That Help You Cope With The Challenges Of COPD.
Naturally, we advise you to avoid tobacco smoke. In spite of all COPD updates, tolerating tobacco smoke is the riskiest behavior for COPD patients. Likewise, we condemn breathing it in– either first or second hand.
Secondhand Smoke Facts: Worse Than Smoking. Check out the effects, and More at (healthline.com)
COPD Updates: Going to the Land of Good Air
The American Lung Association has recently sent us brave updates about where COPD patients should live in the USA. Consequently, you will be able to optimize your quality of life by moving to the US cities with the cleanest air.
1. Cheyenne, Wyoming
2. Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
3. Casper, Wyoming
4. Bismarck, North Dakota
5. Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (tied)
6. Pueblo-Cañon City, Colorado
7. Elmira-Corning, New York
8. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
9. Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona (tied)
10. Wenatchee, Washington
Dr. Harlan Weinberg, medical director of pulmonary medicine and critical care services at Northern Westchester Hospital, explains that pulmonologists understand if you don’t move to a place with less risk. “Besides air quality, climate and access to doctors are also important factors when choosing a COPD-friendly place… He says, “The best climate to live in with COPD would be an area that avoids temperature extremes.” He added, “Try to find an area that is cool, dry, with low humidity, and that has good medical resources and care for COPD.”
COPD Updates for Creating Your Special COPD-friendly Home
Find A New Way To Clean… With COPD, Do Not Use Harsh Chemicals.
Since it’s impossible for a lot of patients to move to another locale, we also include the below-generalized tips for creating your own space. Everyday life will present less risky challenges if you make these small changes.
- Throw away Those Chemicals. Additionally, avoid harsh chemical cleaners, sprays, powders.
- Tame the dust bunnies. To clarify, “Keep your home dust-free and avoid dusty areas as much as possible.”
- Additionally, use an air purifier, or three or four of them. And maintain their filters at top efficiency.
- If you know your friend is sick, then, use the phone or computer to visit. Avoid direct contact with sick people.
- Do not light that fire. Certainly, we do not recommend lighting real wax candles. COPD update: Battery-powered candles have become popular just in time to save your breath. Burning aromatic wax candles and some essential oils can also be very irritating to respiratory conditions.
Terrific Take Away from COPD Updates
Thank You for reading our Florida Lung, Asthma, and Sleep Specialists’ blog article. We hope you found a tip or two among these COPD Updates. Certainly, we want to help you improve your quality of life if you are suffering from COPD. Your quality of life is important to us. You are part of the FLASS family.
