COPD

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Questions to Ask Your Doctor about COPD(Free Handout)


COPD Risk Factors



Tobacco use is the number one risk factor for COPD and heavy smokers are at greatest risk. Cigarette smokers are at greater risk than cigar and pipe smokers. All smokers are at greater risk than lifelong nonsmokers.


Having alpha–1–antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, also called familial emphysema, is another risk factor. People with familial emphysema have a rare hereditary deficiency of alpha–1
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