COPD. You probably already know them
but a reminder never hurts.
1. Always walk slowly and use pursed lips breathing.
2. Maintain good posture.
3. Keep your weight normal.
4. Take frequent rests and use pursed lips breathing when resting. Take extra rest periods if you are having a bad day.
5. Always exhale during the strenuous part of the activity, i.e., exhale as you stand from a stooped position or if you lift something. This can save your breath and your energy. Very important to… read more
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We learn them as we go
They don't know
They don't have Copd
Slow and steady we go
Thank you for the info...............no Dr or nurse as given me any advise.............
When I have trouble breathing I usually use my inhaler as quickly as possible sit or rest against something I also use for breathing with pursed lips when I breathe in push my stomach out I fill it with air and then breathe out slowly and continue until it goes away a couple nurses taught me that and it has helped me a lot sometimes when you're panicking it's hard to remember but you have to try to do the breathing there's also breathing in your nose like you're smelling something and blowing out a candle that helps too
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