If you think you’re at risk, please speak with your licensed health care professional. With early diagnosis, treatment, management and support and guidance, individuals can live a full life.

#COPDAwarenessMonth #ChronicLungDisease #COPD #ChronicIllness #LungHealth #AmericanDiabetesMonth #Diabetes

Graphic for Los Angeles County Aging & Disabilities Department highlighting November as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month. The top includes the County seal and the department logo. Text reads “November Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease #COPD Awareness Month” and “Let’s clear the air about COPD. Awareness saves lives.” On the right, a person is lying in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask. An orange awareness ribbon appears in the lower left, with faint lung illustrations in the background.

November is #COPDAwarenessMonth!

#COPD is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., affecting over 16.4 million adults. Smoking is a major cause: protect your lungs!

Learn more from the American Lung Association: lung.org.

#COPDAwareness #LungHealth #LACountyAD @lacountyad.bsky.social

COPD doesn’t always start with smoking. It starts with breathing. 🌫
Protect your lungs early — they remember everything.
#COPD #LungHealth #Pulmonologist #COPDAwarenessMonth #DoctorOnTikTok #BreatheBetter

A yellow and green graphic with a cartoon image of lungs represented as a branch with leaves. The text reads: “November. COPD Awareness Month. Human models: a breath of fresh air for COPD science.” The SAO logo is in the top left corner.

#COPD is the 4th leading cause of death worldwide.

Treatments barely slow progression or ease chronic inflammation.

Animal models have stalled progress; but human-based science can change that.

This #COPDAwarenessMonth, let’s clear the air & push for research that truly helps patients.

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November is #COPDAwarenessMonth

#COPD impacts 16.4M+ Americans and is a leading cause of death in the U.S.—many may not even know they have it.

Protect your lungs & find quit-smoking help from the #AmericanLungAssociation: lung.org

#BreatheBetter #LungHealth #LACountyAD #COPD

November is #COPDAwarenessMonth, a time to raise awareness about a disease that affects more than two million Canadians.

Bits and Pieces:

The mortality rate for COPD exacerbations that require hospitalizations is 10%. This is a higher rate than for heart attack. COPD exacerbations are a “lung attack.” –Barbara Yawn, MD, MSc, FAAFP #COPDAwarenessMonth #PhunQuiz