Smoking, secondhand smoke, family history, and history of respiratory infections as child are some of the risk factors of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Dr. Keith Jamal Robinson, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains these and more risk factors and what people can do to avoid COPD...

Shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness, having to clear your throat, and a chronic cough that may produce mucus are some of the symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Dr. Keith Jamal Robinson, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains you can have just one symptom. "Many patients have been told they have an…...

Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) causes damage to the patient's family. "They're fearful that they're going to lose you at one point." He recommends to quit smoking: "It's never too late to quit smoking, because if you…...

Dr. Keith Jamal Robinson, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains emphysema is a form of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). He says emphysema is when a large amount of lung function has been lost causing to have holes in the lungs. "But not everybody that has developed holes in their lungs has emphysema. We…...

Which medication is best for every Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patient? Dr. Keith Jamal Robinson, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains how doctors work with each patient to find the right medication to alleviate their symptoms...

Dr. Keith Jamal Robinson, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains an exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) happens when patients have an increase of phlegm or changing color, or when they have an increase in shortness of breath. He says that unfortunately COPD is not curable, so that is why it is important…...

Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says about 12 million people in the US suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), but physicians think the number can be the double, because in many cases they don't make the adequate diagnosis. He also points out…...

Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, points out Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can make simple things like moving around and going up stairs very difficult for a patient, because they are coughing constantly. Some of the COPD symptoms are chronic or smoker's cough,…...