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CommunityMember33472a
What does that even mean? I have had COPD for about 5 years. I didn't know there are different stages. Until my last episode almost took me from here. And then my Dr said stage 4... what does that mean?
SamanthaSarubeCommunity Admin
Hi there, COPD has a few different stages and these articles helps explain them and how they're different: https://copd.net/basics/copd-stages and https://copd.net/basics/copd-stages/stages-explained and https://copd.net/clinical/how-stages-helpful All the best, Sam S. (COPD team).