Understanding COPD: Women Are More Vulnerable.

Over the next 25 years, the global prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is expected to grow by 23%. Most of these cases are projected to occur in women. Traditionally we have oversimplified COPD as being a tobacco-related lung disease of men. While tobacco is the greatest risk factor for the development of the disease, today, we know there are people with COPD who never smoked cigarettes, the greatest proportion of whom are women. In women, environmental exposure appears to be a major cause of COPD. Heating systems, air pollution, firewood burning or indoor smoke pollution, and regular exposure to chemicals, vapors, gas, dust, and fumes often drive COPD cases in women. Data suggests that women with the same cigarette or environmental exposures as men are more likely to develop COPD. Despite multiple but unique presentations in women, shortness of breath and frequent exacerbations are red flags that should automatically make you think of COPD. #womenshealth #copd #chronicobstructivepulmonarydisease

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