According to the World Health Organization, more than 3 million people died due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) during 2015, and about 90% of those deaths took place in low or middle income regions. Dr. Keith Jamal Robinson, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains COPD is a socioeconomic disease. "The problem with COPD…...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the most common lung disease and more women are dying every year than men because of it. Dr. Ana Viamonte-Ros, Medical Director of Palliative Care & Bioethics with Baptist Health South Florida, affirms this is interesting because men on average smoke more than women and COPD is extremely linked…...

According to Dr. Veronica Palmero-Gonzalez, Pulmonologist with South Miami Hospital, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) includes diseases, like chronic bronchitis and emphysema. "COPD is the damage of smoking into the airways, it presents chronic inflammation, which produces more mucus that makes the airways narrow, and the narrowing of the airways will create a decrease in…...

Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can be classified depending on the inflammation and the destruction of the alveoli. He says most people start having symptoms of COPD after exposing themselves to the causal agent for about 15…...

Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have a significant inflammation of the trachea that goes into the lungs. "That inflammation produces the difficulty breathing and cough," he says and points out there is also mucus that…...

Dr. Keith Jamal Robinson, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exists in the periphery of the lung. He points out most patients start to develop more mucus that can cause increased phlegm, and that can cause increased resistance within the airway, which makes it hard for patients to take…...

Dr. Keith Jamal Robinson, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains the stages of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are mild, moderate, severe, and very severe, and they are based on how much airflow obstruction they can measure. He also points out most patients go three years without a qualified diagnosis, and some patients have…...

How can you treat asthma? Dr. Sol Harari, Family Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care, talks about some treatment options, such as bronchodilators, anti-inflammatories, and anticholinergics, among others...