Chronic Obstructive Lung (Pulmonary) Disease (COPD)

Don’t accept this diagnosis of gloom. COPD is not a disease, it’s a wastebasket classification. Many patients live with despair believing they have been given a death sentence. Three quite different conditions are lumped into one – asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Some with advanced chronic bronchitis or emphysema, too late in this world, seek a miracle when none can be forthcoming.

Many with asthma and recurrent bronchitis have the potential of living to the century mark. After doing some appropriate preliminary lab examinations to rule out serious conditions, I would give the patient a pulse of prednisone, 40-60 mgs per day for 7 to 14 days. Most patients reverted to a near normal status within 72 hours.

Bill Ziering

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