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Give up smoking, stay away from frightful Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

26/12/2022 09:58 PM | Click to read full article

If you have a penchant for smoking, it’s time to give up. According to the doctors at the KIMS-Bhubaneswar, 80-90 per cent of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients have had a history of smoking in developing countries such as India. COPD is usually associated with symptoms such as breathlessness which increases on exertion, cough with or without expectoration, chest tightness and wheezing.

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