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Contact SupplierCOPD is the acronym for the condition Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and is a spectrum or range of conditions that exhibit the predominant complaints of cough and breathlessness. Whereas in Asthma, the problem was in the airways of the lungs, in COPD, the issue goes deeper. Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema are the most known forms of the condition.
The airways within the lungs form an intricate network and they become smaller the deeper they go. Every tiny airway ends in a bag-like structure called alveolus that is the centre of exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. By inflating and deflating, the alveoli are able to maintain oxygen levels in the lungs and blood.
In COPD, these alveoli become defective and lose their flexibility resulting in incomplete functioning.