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Healthy living with COPD
How to Live Your Best Life While Managing COPD
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There is no cure for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but there are steps you can take to live well with it.
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Stop smoking or vaping.
Quitting smoking or vaping is the most important thing you can do to prevent COPD from getting worse.
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Take care of what you breathe. This means avoiding lung irritants such as:
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Stay active and maintain a healthy weight.
Both of these things can make breathing easier with COPD.
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Get vaccinated.
Staying up to date with vaccinations is an easy and effective way to protect yourself from infections that affect the lungs, such as Covid, pneumonia and flu.
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See a pulmonologist regularly.
It is important to have regular checkups with a specialist who understands COPD. Since COPD worsens over time, it’s important to re-evaluate yourself as you age to make sure your treatments change with you.
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Take your medicine.
There are many treatments available that help with COPD symptoms, but they only help if you take them.
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Learn breathing exercises.
Just as aerobic exercise strengthens the heart muscle, breathing exercises can help the lungs.
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Join a support group.
Sharing your experience with others who know what you are going through can make difficult times easier.
This educational resource was created in partnership with the COPD Foundation and with support from GSK, Regeneron and Sanofi.
