If you smoke heavily and for a long time, don’t just expect to suffer from lung cancer. You are also most likely to experience chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), another lung disease. Th…
If you smoke heavily and for a long time, don’t just expect to suffer from lung cancer. You are also most likely to experience chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , another lung disease.Thirty-year-old Jude A. used to be the center of attraction. He’s not only handsome but funny as well. In fact, he could be a movie star – if he wanted to be. In almost all parties, he was around and he never failed to attract the attention of everyone, including ladies.
Every year, on the third Wednesday of November, organizers in more than 50 countries, including the Philippines, have carried out activities that would raise awareness and conduct education events on COPD. This year’s theme is: “Your Lungs for Life.” In the Philippines, two of the famous men who died of COPD were television reporter Augurio Bautista Camu Jr. and ace comedian Roldolfo Vera Quizon .
Other risk factors include occupational hazards, air pollution, heredity, a history of childhood respiratory infections, and second-hand smoke. “Second-hand smoke is more dangerous than smoking the cigarette itself,” says Dr. Encarnita Limpin, of the Philippine College of Physicians, adding that a large number of Filipinos acquired the disease through second-hand smoke.
“Sixteen out of every thousand may seem a small number, but computed from the country’s population, this means a staggering 1.28 million Filipino males are suffering from COPD,” wrote Dr. Tan in a Philippine Star feature. “In 20 years, COPD is projected to be one of the top diseases in developing countries like the Philippines.”
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