The main risk factor for COPD is smoking: more than 80% of cases are attributed to it.
Smoking severely damages your lungs!
The toxic substances contained in tobacco smoke severely damage the protective layer of your airways. Coughing becomes the only way to eliminate unwanted particles. In addition, these toxic substances cause excessive mucus production. This results in chronic inflammation.
Best treatment: quit smoking…
The treatment of COPD necessarily involves smoking cessation, the main cause of the disease. The prognosis is largely determined by whether or not you continue to smoke.
Lung function decreases 3 to 5 times faster if you continue to smoke.
Benefits of smoking cessation
- Stops the progression of bronchial obstruction,
- Postpones of the onset of respiratory failure,
- Prevention and control of symptoms,
- Reduction in the frequency and severity of exacerbations,
- Improvement of quality of life and tolerance to exercise.