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2. Effect of oxygen on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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   Many people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a low partial pressure of oxygen in the blood and high partial pressure of carbon dioxide.Treatment with supplemental oxygen may improve their well-being; alternatively, in some this can lead to the adverse effect of elevating the carbon dioxide content in the blood (hypercapnia) to levels that may become toxic.

3. A Guide for Living With COPD - AOL

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   Supplemental oxygen, which is delivered via a nasal prong or face mask. Surgery, including a lung transplant, which can help people with severe COPD breathe easier.

4. How to Exercise When You Have COPD - AOL

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   Certain breathing strategies help people with COPD enjoy physical activity. These strategies, primarily pursed-lip breathing and diaphragmatic breathing, move air through their lungs more efficiently.

5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia

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   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. [8] GOLD 2024 defined COPD as a heterogeneous lung condition characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms (dyspnea or shortness of breath, cough, sputum production and/or exacerbations) due to abnormalities of the airways (bronchitis ...

6. Hypoxia (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [11] Neuromuscular diseases or interstitial lung disease; Malformed vascular system such as an anomalous coronary artery. [citation needed] Hypoxemic hypoxia is a lack of oxygen caused by low oxygen tension in the arterial blood, due to the inability of the lungs to sufficiently oxygenate the blood.

7. How to Travel When You Have COPD - AOL

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   Tom Krueger, a 70-year-old traveler from Wisconsin who uses oxygen tanks at home to deal with his emphysema, said he was pleased with how well his portable oxygen concentrator worked on his flight ...