The abbreviation COPD stands for the English term Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, which means chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. If you have COPD, you cannot breathe out properly. It is a disease that develops slowly. COPD occurs only in adults. There is no absolute lower limit, but it is most common in people over the age of 40
COPD can be divided into two forms; chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema. In chronic bronchitis, the airways are continuously inflamed. A lot of extra and tough mucus is produced that must be coughed out. Complaints such as coughing and giving up mucus get progressively worse over time. Because the mucous membrane is inflamed, it is swollen. This makes the passage of the airways narrow and you cannot breathe out properly. This leads to shortness of breath and shortness of breath. In pulmonary emphysema, the airways, alveoli and supporting tissue are damaged due to chronic inflammation. Nothing can be done about this; the lungs lose their elasticity. They start to lump, so to speak, they become too wide, leaving more air in the lungs. This air does not participate in gas exchange and even gets in the way of proper gas exchange. A shortage of oxygen can occur.
Treatment BeterKlinic
BeterKliniek is the clinic for Integrative Medicine that bridges regular and non-regular medicine.
An van Veen (physician) and Michael van Gils (therapist) look for the cause of a condition or disease. That is where the treatment starts otherwise, as people often say, it is 'carrying water to the sea'. We call this cause medicine. Sometimes it is also desirable to treat the symptoms (at the same time). We call this symptom medicine.
Chronic disorders often have their cause in epi- genetics. You can schedule a free informative telephone consultation (phone number 040-7117337 until 1 p.m.) at BeterKliniek to discuss your symptoms so that we can provide you with further advice.
