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<div class="HwContainer HwElement" id="HwContainer"><a class="HwMainSkipNavigation" href="#HwContentTitle"><span class="HwAccessibilityText">Skip Navigation</span></a><div class="HwBlock" id="HwMain" role="main"><div class="HwRow"><div class="HwColumn" id="HwColumnSidebar1"><div class="HwCustom" id="HwCustomSidebar"> </div></div><div class="HwColumn" id="HwColumnContent"><div id="HwContentTop"> </div><div class="HwTypeConditionCenter HwContentWrapper HwElement" role="article" id="HwContentWrapper"><div class="HwCustom" id="HwCustomContentTop"> </div><div class="HwContentHeader"><p><a name="top" id="Hwtop"><span class="HwAccessibilityText">Top of the page</span></a>Learning Center</p></div><div class="HwContentTitle"><h1 id="HwContentTitle" tabindex="-1">COPD</h1></div><div class="HwContentTopNavigation"> </div><div class="HwContent"><div class="HwNavigationSection HwSectionSpecialSection" id="sec-uz2190"><h2 class="HwSectionTitle">Learn about COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)</h2> <figure class="HwMedicalImage HwMedicalImageWrapper hw-medical-figure" data-hw-width="163"><img data-hw-resource-path="media/medical/hw/lc_copd_resized_989286.png" alt data-hw-height="163" data-hw-width="163" src="https://ixbapi.healthwise.net/Resource/14.3/en-us/media/medical/hw/lc_copd_resized_989286.png" hw:resource-path="media/medical/hw/lc_copd_resized_989286.png" hw:release-quarter="14.3"></figure> <p>If you have COPD, you know how scary it can be to feel short of breath. 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class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Special" data-hw-document-href="uf6753" data-hw-section="acq6398" hw:document-type="Special" hw:document-href="uf6753" data-hwid="uf6753" hw:section-href="acq6398" href="?id=uf6753#acq6398">Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency Testing</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="hw64444" data-hw-section="hw64444-sec" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="hw64444" data-hwid="hw64444" hw:section-href="hw64444-sec" href="?id=hw64444#hw64444-sec">Automated Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="SurgicalDetail" data-hw-document-href="hw164529" data-hw-section="hw164529-sec" hw:document-type="SurgicalDetail" hw:document-href="hw164529" data-hwid="hw164529" hw:section-href="hw164529-sec" href="?id=hw164529#hw164529-sec">Bullectomy for COPD</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="zx3806" data-hw-section="zx3807" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="zx3806" data-hwid="zx3806" hw:section-href="zx3807" href="?id=zx3806#zx3807">Cal's Story: Learning to Exercise When You Have COPD</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="abr7736" data-hw-section="abr7737" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="abr7736" data-hwid="abr7736" hw:section-href="abr7737" href="?id=abr7736#abr7737">Chronic Illness: Help for Caregivers</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="abp2734" data-hw-section="abp2735" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="abp2734" data-hwid="abp2734" hw:section-href="abp2735" href="?id=abp2734#abp2735">Conserving Your Energy</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Major" data-hw-document-href="hw32559" data-hw-section="aco6248" hw:document-type="Major" hw:document-href="hw32559" data-hwid="hw32559" hw:section-href="aco6248" href="?id=hw32559#aco6248">COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary 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data-hwid="zx3637" hw:section-href="zx3637-sec" href="?id=zx3637#zx3637-sec">COPD: Handling a Flare-Up</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="SurgicalDetail" data-hw-document-href="hw258376" data-hw-section="acq5803" hw:document-type="SurgicalDetail" hw:document-href="hw258376" data-hwid="hw258376" hw:section-href="acq5803" href="?id=hw258376#acq5803">COPD: Lung Volume Reduction</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="ug1539abc" data-hw-section="ug1539abc-sec" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="ug1539abc" data-hwid="ug1539abc" hw:section-href="ug1539abc-sec" href="?id=ug1539abc#ug1539abc-sec">COPD's Effect on the Lungs</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="aa73564" data-hw-section="aa73564-sec" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="aa73564" data-hwid="aa73564" hw:section-href="aa73564-sec" href="?id=aa73564#aa73564-sec">Forced Expiratory Volume and Forced Vital Capacity</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="zx3804" data-hw-section="zx3805" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="zx3804" data-hwid="zx3804" hw:section-href="zx3805" href="?id=zx3804#zx3805">Fran's Story: Finding Support When You Have COPD</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Special" data-hw-document-href="ug5068" data-hw-section="acn7929" hw:document-type="Special" hw:document-href="ug5068" data-hwid="ug5068" hw:section-href="acn7929" href="?id=ug5068#acn7929">Living With More Than One Health Problem</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="aa152457" data-hw-section="aa152457-sec" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="aa152457" data-hwid="aa152457" hw:section-href="aa152457-sec" href="?id=aa152457#aa152457-sec">Lung Cancer and Other Lung Problems From Smoking</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="zx3599" data-hw-section="zx3599-sec" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="zx3599" data-hwid="zx3599" hw:section-href="zx3599-sec" href="?id=zx3599#zx3599-sec">Lung Function in COPD</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="zx3802" data-hw-section="zx3803" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="zx3802" data-hwid="zx3802" hw:section-href="zx3803" href="?id=zx3802#zx3803">Ned's Story: Quitting Smoking</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="OtherDetail" data-hw-document-href="hw63596" data-hw-section="hw63596-sec" hw:document-type="OtherDetail" hw:document-href="hw63596" data-hwid="hw63596" hw:section-href="hw63596-sec" href="?id=hw63596#hw63596-sec">Oxygen Therapy</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="OtherDetail" data-hw-document-href="ug2661" data-hw-section="ug2662" hw:document-type="OtherDetail" hw:document-href="ug2661" data-hwid="ug2661" hw:section-href="ug2662" href="?id=ug2661#ug2662">Oxygen Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 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hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="zd1382" data-hwid="zd1382" hw:section-href="zd1382-sec" href="?id=zd1382#zd1382-sec">Traveling With Oxygen</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div class="HwOptionalAll"><div class="HwConditionCenterSection" id="hw-condition-center-section-MedicalTests"><div class="HwConditionCenterClosed" id="MedicalTests"><h3><button class="HwLinkConditionCenterShow" type="button" name="#MedicalTests" aria-controls="MedicalTests-content" aria-expanded="false"><span class="HwAccessibilityText">Open/close information section</span>Medical Tests</button></h3><div class="HwConditionCenterContent" id="MedicalTests-content" aria-hidden="true"><div class="HwConditionCenterContentInner"><ul><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="MedicalTest" data-hw-document-href="hw205975" data-hw-section="tp17316" hw:document-type="MedicalTest" hw:document-href="hw205975" data-hwid="hw205975" hw:section-href="tp17316" href="?id=hw205975#tp17316">Chest X-Ray</a></li><li 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