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Cigarette smoke accounts for over 80 percent of COPD cases. Another cause of COPD, which has nothing to do with smoking is Alpha-1Antitrypsin Deficiency, a genetically inherited form of COPD in which a person is born with two recessive genes, one from the mother and one from the father.
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You've never smoked a cigarette in your life, but your doctor just told you that you have COPD, which stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Are you wondering how this can be? Isn't COPD a disease of smokers and former smokers? While it's true that in the United States, COPD in 80% to 90% of all people diagnosed was due to…
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Kathi MacNaughton, Health Pro, commented on COPD & the Non-Smoker Hi Jane... The most common kind of COPD is not inherited. Most people get it because of smoking.…
Kathi MacNaughton, Health Pro, answered What is the incidence of COPD in… Hi Buttercup... Most people who are diagnosed with COPD are over the age of 40…
Jane M. Martin, BA, LRT, CRT, Health Pro, answered hot flashes/copd Hi Sandra, It's not unusual for people with severe COPD to feel warm, and also feel as if they…
Kathi MacNaughton, Health Pro, answered Cat dander and COPD COPD is not an allergic disease, so exposure to cat dander would not have any effect on COPD.…
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