When you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), breathing exercises are an important way to maintain your quality of life, extend your ability to exercise, and stay calm during an acute exacerbation.
With COPD, breathing can be a challenge for the following reasons:
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No matter if you’re exploring your local neighborhood or embarking on a global adventure, individuals living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) understand the importance of taking extra precautions to ensure safe travels. Although it may initially feel overwhelming, having COPD should never hinder your ability to explore the world with confidence and tranquility. Once you establish a routine with the necessary supplies and equipment for your journey, these precautions will become second nature, allowing you to travel worry-free.
Exercising with oxygen therapy (also known as EWOT) has many potential benefits and can be a great way to reduce the physical stress of exercise. This is especially true if you have the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or any other respiratory illness that affects your ability to receive oxygen.
Elderly patients experience some additional challenges when it comes to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The disease process of COPD brings new obstacles with breathing and maintaining normal oxygen levels. However, additional issues with aging like deconditioning and malnutrition also play a significant role in the overall management of the disease.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung disease that makes breathing difficult. While a COPD diagnosis can be scary, it is manageable with proper treatment.
In this article, we will discuss the various symptoms, causes, prevention, and stages of COPD to help you better understand this disease.
If you have chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD), you might have noticed that your breathing often gets difficult when you go out into cold weather. This is no coincidence. There is evidence that cold weather affects the respiratory system in numerous ways, and people with respiratory illnesses such as COPD and asthma are more likely to be affected.
In this blog post, we will discuss the normal environment of your lungs and upper airways, how cold weather affects your lungs, and how to prepare yourself to prevent weather-induced COPD exacerbations or infections.
November 1st, 2023 marks the beginning of National COPD Awareness Month, and even though Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) rates have been steadily rising, general awareness of COPD remains low. COPD Awareness Month is the national answer to increase public awareness of the costs and health risks of COPD, and to highlight COPD prevention tips.
In this blog post, we will explore what COPD is, how to prevent COPD, and helpful resources to get more information on COPD awareness month.
If you have a new oxygen prescription from your doctor, there are several questions you should ask to make sure you understand how to use your supplemental oxygen. While it might seem simple to turn on the oxygen and breathe it in, purified medical oxygen is considered a medication that requires a doctor’s evaluation and prescription.
In this article, we will go over 11 specific questions you should ask your doctor regarding your oxygen prescription.
Oxygen and Vaseline have a complicated history. There is much back and forth from medical professionals and scientists regarding whether it is safe to use Vaseline when receiving oxygen therapy or not. However, are these 2 substances a dangerous combination or is that a myth?
In this myth-buster blog post, we will find out once-and-for-all whether oxygen and Vaseline are a safe combination or not. First, let us briefly discuss what Vaseline is.
Oxygen concentrators are important medical devices, but like all technology, they are prone to decline and will fail over time. In regards to oxygen concentrators, the purity of the oxygen coming from your concentrator is extremely important and should be functioning within a particular range.
When you set 2 liters per minute (LPM) on your device, you expect to get 2 LPM of at least >95% purified oxygen. However, when concentrators malfunction, you might think you are getting 2 LPM, but in reality, the concentration could be 85% or even lower. This poses a serious medical concern because, in this scenario, you will not be able to rely on your concentrator to deliver the oxygen concentration that you need.
