COPD Flashcards
1
Q
What is COPD?
A
chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
2
Q
What are the causes of COPD?
A
smoking, exposure to air pollution and obseity
3
Q
What loses the their elastcity due to COPD?
A
Lungs,airways and alveoli
4
Q
What does the airways produce due to COPD more than usual amount?
A
The airways produce a lot of mucus more than usual due,to COPD.
5
Q
What does a lot of mucus prosuce in the airways cause?
A
Cause clogging of the airways.
6
Q
What happens to the linng of the airways?
A
They are inflammed.
7
Q
What happens to walls between the alveoli due to COPD?
A
The walls between the alveoli are destroyed.
8
Q
What happens to the airways from COPD?
A
The airways thicken
9
Q
Give examples of COPD?
A
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
