Breath training for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Introduction
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. COPD gets worse over time. You can't undo the damage to your lungs. But you can take steps to breathe easier and feel better.
Key points
- If you have severe COPD, you may find that you take quick, small, shallow breaths.
- Do all you can to make breathing easier. This includes learning ways of breathing that can help the air flow in and out of your lungs.
- Breath training may help you take deeper breaths and reduce shortness of breath.
- You must practice breath training regularly to do it well.
What is breath training for COPD?
Why should you learn these breathing methods?
How do you use these breathing methods?
Where to go from here
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| Author: | Douglas Dana Ralph Poore | Last Updated: February 14, 2008 |
| Medical Review: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine Robert L. Cowie, MB, FCP(SA), MD, MSc, MFOM - Pulmonology Ken Y. Yoneda, MD - Pulmonology | |
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