Spring Travel is Around the Corner!...Traveling during the icy and snowy winter can make anyone want to hibernate, and getting out of the house is even more difficult for individuals living with chronic obstructive pulmonary... By American Lung Association2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
COPD Lexicon: Emphysema Terms To Know...Oxygen leaves alveoli and enters capillaries. Carbon dioxide is exhaled into your environment. Oxygen travels through your bloodstream to tissues.... By John Bottrell, RRT3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Having COPD Is Full of Do Not’s...Oxygen is a medication prescribed for each individual. So not take it unless prescribed.... By Janet Plank3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments30 comments
COPD Myths and Misconceptions...Oxygen therapy can help treat the symptoms and bring them under control.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
COPD Conditions: Chronic Bronchitis & Emphysema...With each breath, there is then a smaller amount of oxygen that gets into the bloodstream.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
Catch Your Breath...We must learn to breathe differently by becoming more efficient at moving oxygen around our lungs and expelling used oxygen.... By Barbara Moore2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Showering, Personal Hygiene & COPD...In my experience, if you use oxygen for exertion, you can use it while showering.... By Barbara Moore2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments62 comments
Exercising With Resistance Bands (Part 1)...During the walk test, they allowed me to keep my oxygen on, use my walker, and take my mask off. ... By Barbara Moore2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments12 comments
Not Only My Lungs Part III...Part of it is the medications I'm on and part of it is the lower amounts of oxygen in the bloodstream that reach my brain.... By michelle.vincent2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
A Heart Month Review...It helps me to determine if it's the heart or oxygen that is causing the problem. Mostly it is a combination of both.... By Barbara Moore2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments19 comments
COPD Tests and Diagnosis (Part 1)...With this test, it measures the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood. It determines how well your lungs are working.... By Janet Plank2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
I Came Out of the COPD Closet...I have told them that “soon it won’t be noticed as the oxygen tubes will be a part of you”. Ha!... By Janet Plank2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Some Days Are Diamonds, Some Days Aren't...Like becoming more fixated on the fact that my oxygen hose is twisted up to my neck, which is a common occurrence.... By Becky Brooks2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments64 comments
When Your Kids Tell You to Quit Smoking...There were new medications, inhalers, and an oxygen tank to deal with. She wasn’t ready to quit.... By Karen Hoyt2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Dispelling A Caregiver's Fear of Being Unprepared...What if we cannot take enough oxygen with us, if we need to leave quickly?... By Tonya Hidalgo2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Change of Seasons With COPD...I am able to be off oxygen when resting and I have only been hospitalized once in seven years.... By Carol Kirker2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments33 comments
What Should I Do In Stages 1 and 2?...She stopped doing so much because of fear and the embarrassment of wearing her oxygen.... By Tonya Hidalgo3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
COPD and a Bed...Sometimes I can tell that my oxygen is decreased. Adjusting my body seems to help. Let me say too, I have been on night oxygen for a number... By Janet Plank3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
COPD Awareness Month 2023 Giveaway!...community members, we are gifting our winner a $50 Door Dash gift card, and we are giving our winner the option to choose between an Air Purifier or an By COPD.net Team1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
There’s an app for COPD? (Part 2)...My grandmother smoked and used large oxygen tanks.... By KevinDavitt5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
