Respiratory Rally » emphysema http://respiratoryrally.org Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:59:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “The Missing Piece” – introduction to a ‘video handbook’ for living with C.O.P.D. http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/the-missing-piece-introduction-to-a-video-handbook-for-living-with-c-o-p-d http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/the-missing-piece-introduction-to-a-video-handbook-for-living-with-c-o-p-d#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:25:40 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/the-missing-piece-introduction-to-a-video-handbook-for-living-with-c-o-p-d An emphysema patient shares valuable information about strategies he has developed to manage his daily life. His ‘video handbook’ is aimed at helping other patients to improve the quailty of their lives and minimize the progression of the disease. The video also serves to warn smokers of the difficulties they potentially face through this glimpse into the life of a sufferer of this devastating ailment. The following link provides information for ordering the DVD: http://www.scooterlink.com/index.cfm?method=content.display&id=F020081C-F9B4-6DEF-12E0F5D843CF757B

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/the-missing-piece-introduction-to-a-video-handbook-for-living-with-c-o-p-d/feed 0 COPD-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prognosis http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/copd-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-prognosis http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/copd-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-prognosis#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:25:34 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/copd-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-prognosis COPD is a chronic, debilitating, progressive disease of the lower respiratory tract in the lungs. PrognostiCheck® illustrates where the patient is on the trajectory of the progression of COPD and shows the Burden of the Illness the patient is experiencing.

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/copd-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-prognosis/feed 0 Living With COPD Part 3 Diaphragmatic Breathing http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/living-with-copd-part-3-diaphragmatic-breathing http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/living-with-copd-part-3-diaphragmatic-breathing#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:15:01 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/living-with-copd-part-3-diaphragmatic-breathing In this segment of my series on Living With COPD I talk about how to breathe with your diaphragm and how it benefits the COPD patient. I also discuss some examples on when and how to use it.

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/living-with-copd-part-3-diaphragmatic-breathing/feed 13 Challenge for the senile! “I have multiple lung diseases…” http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/challenge-for-the-senile-i-have-multiple-lung-diseases http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/challenge-for-the-senile-i-have-multiple-lung-diseases#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:27:26 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/challenge-for-the-senile-i-have-multiple-lung-diseases I know I’m a little late in the game for this challenge, considering it was posted on June 7th, but I really couldn’t pass it up.
Here’s my best impersonation of an old person I could do right on the spot.
xoxo Murf

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/challenge-for-the-senile-i-have-multiple-lung-diseases/feed 16 COPD Advice- YouTube http://respiratoryrally.org/pulmonary-disease/copd-advice-youtube http://respiratoryrally.org/pulmonary-disease/copd-advice-youtube#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:48:23 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/pulmonary-disease/copd-advice-youtube This short video, produced by Breathe New Hampshire, is a compilation of COPD patients, healthcare professionals, and caregivers offering candid and useful advice to those who are living with COPD. (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/pulmonary-disease/copd-advice-youtube/feed 0 Faces Of COPD Sampler http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/faces-of-copd-sampler http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/faces-of-copd-sampler#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:06:16 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/faces-of-copd-sampler Faces of COPD is an outreach program of the COPD Foundation. The COPDers who are sharing their story are informed, educated and empowered and want to shre their COPD story with you. The folllowing is a sampling of their videos in this series

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/faces-of-copd-sampler/feed 0 Histopathology Lung–Emphysema http://respiratoryrally.org/lung/histopathology-lung-emphysema http://respiratoryrally.org/lung/histopathology-lung-emphysema#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:06:04 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/lung/histopathology-lung-emphysema Histopathology Lung–Emphysema

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/lung/histopathology-lung-emphysema/feed 9 What Is COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Health Q 020 ) http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/what-is-copd-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-health-q-020 http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/what-is-copd-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-health-q-020#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:35:31 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/what-is-copd-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-health-q-020 Do you cough? Do you get tired or breathless doing things that you used to be able to do easily? Do you get colds often? And do they last longer than a week to ten days? If you answered “Yes” to any of those questions then you may have COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. By Debbie Coutts, RRT, The Credit Valley Hospital

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/what-is-copd-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-health-q-020/feed 0 Living With COPD Part 2 Pursed Lip Breathing http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/living-with-copd-part-2-pursed-lip-breathing http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/living-with-copd-part-2-pursed-lip-breathing#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:05:47 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/living-with-copd-part-2-pursed-lip-breathing The second video in the Living With COPD series. Pursed Lip Breathing shows you how to do it and tells you how it works.

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/living-with-copd-part-2-pursed-lip-breathing/feed 1 What is COPD ? www.copdhelp.info http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/what-is-copd-www-copdhelp-info http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/what-is-copd-www-copdhelp-info#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:05:42 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/what-is-copd-www-copdhelp-info Emphysema and bronchitis are types of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Here’s more information on the causes and types of COPD.

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