MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a group of lung diseases that make it hard to breathe and get worse over time. Normally, the airways and air sacs in your lungs are elastic or stretchy. When you breathe in, the airways bring air to the air sacs. The air sacs fill up with air, like a small balloon.

Detailed explanation-2: -With COPD, less air flows through the airways-the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs-because of one or more of the following: The airways and tiny air sacs in the lungs lose their ability to stretch and shrink back. The walls between many of the air sacs are destroyed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most people who have COPD have both emphysema and chronic bronchitis, but how serious each condition is varies from person to person. COPD can cause coughing that produces large amounts of a slimy substance called mucus. It can also cause problems breathing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and other symptoms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Frequent coughing or wheezing. Excess phlegm or sputum. Shortness of breath. Trouble taking a deep breath.