Prof. Dr. Servet Kayhan said, “COPD is a treatable and preventable disease.”
Stating that Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive disease that causes permanent obstruction and shortness of breath in the respiratory tract, Private Amasya Kolmed Hospital Chief Physician Chest Diseases Specialist Prof. Dr. Kayhan said, “Long-term smoking, dust, smoke exposure can lead to the emergence of COPD after the age of 45.”
Stating that the diagnosis of COPD, whose symptoms are cough, sputum and shortness of breath, is made by pulmonary function test and lung imaging, Kayhan said, “The treatment of our diagnosed patients is successfully performed with drug therapy and bronchoscopic methods.”
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