As i have COPD and belong to a site with people in the same boat as i am, but the general public is unaware of the condition, not enough is known about the Disease/Illness, and also the other illnesses that are part of COPD, there is much known about Cancer and mental illnesses but nothing to make people more aware of COPD, there are centres set up called REHAB where those who suffer from COPD can go, these centres help people to do minimal exercises at there own pace and it last for about nine weeks, you learn about Exasberations,part of having COPD, what causes these and how you can treat it with medication, what to eat and how much, what do at different stages of infection, what happens when you have to go to hospital, and what to expect. There is no cure for COPD but Cancer can be cured, so more needs to be done to look into this Disease and find some way of helping those who suffer from it, it is a worldwide condition, people think various reason why they have COPD and it seems smoking is the worst reason, however it isn't just smoking as some with COPD have never smoked, so it really needs more examination of the cause, We need to make the Government more aware and ask them to put money into investigating this killer disease so that more can be done to help COPD sufferers.
