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What is Chronic obstructive lung disease?

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It is a general term for a group of conditions in which there is persistent difficulty in expelling (or exhaling) air from the lungs

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Can Chronic obstructive lung disease be cured?
It is a disease that can be treated and controlled, but not cured
What is chronic lung disease?
Emphysema
What does Obstructive lung disease do?
it kills your lungs soo they look soo bad like stool( poop)
Does class affect Chronic obstructive lung disease?
Chronic obstructive lung disease deaths are about twice as high among unskilled and semi-skilled laborers as among professionals
What are the medicine cured of chronic obstructive lung disease?
in Traditional medicine there is no cure there is treatment of symptoms like using bronchiodialators and cortiosteriods and the use of oxygen in alternative medicines there are many things that will...