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COPD
What is COPD?
In
COPD, the airways and air sacs lose their shape and become floppy.
Less air gets in and less air goes out because
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The airways and air sacs lose their elasticity like an old rubber
band
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The walls between many of the air sacs are destroyed
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The walls of the airways become thick and inflamed or swollen
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Cells in the airways make more mucus or sputum than usual, which
tends to clog the airways.
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