Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

💊Treatment Options

• 1Treatment includes bronchodilator inhalers to relax airway muscles and improve airflow
• 2often combined with inhaled corticosteroids for those with frequent flare-ups. Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes involving supervised exercise and breathing techniques help improve functional capacity and quality of life. Supplemental oxygen therapy is used in advanced disease with low blood oxygen levels
• 3and smoking cessation is the single most important step in slowing disease progression at any stage.