QUIT SMOKING

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE(COPD)

          According to the  World Health Organizations global estimates 210 million people have COPD. The rate of morbidity and mortality will increase over the next 20 years.

          COPD- is a condition where airway loses its elasticity and become rigid. As a result, there is airflow  limitation in and out of the lungs, there by compromising oxygen supply to the whole body. As a result, the person becomes breathless,coughs up and expectorates, troubling himself and his loved ones for years before dying a painful death.

          Tobacco smoking is the  main culprit behind the cruel damage. An exponental increase in cigarette smoking in the Indian subcontinent has increased the prevalence of COPD. The premature death among chronic respiratory patients is up to six times higher than in the rest of the population.

          If you kiss a cigaratte, it reciprocates by biting your lungs. So those who smoke quit today Remember, lighting up a cigarette would darken your life permanently.”The theme for the world COPD Day 2010, the year of the lung measure your lung health- Ask your doctor about spirometry.

Prof.John Kurakar