What is a COPD Control Team?
The following was submitted to be published at healthcentral.com/copd. So you’ve been diagnosed with COPD and now you want to live better with it. The best next step to gaining control of your COPD is finding a doctor you feel comfortable working with and creating a partnership with that doctor. In other words, the best way to control and live well with COPD is by creating a COPD Control Team. Here are eight things you and your doctor can accomplish as a team. Learning COPD wisdom . You expect your doctor to keep up on all the latest wisdom regarding COPD, such as a good understanding of COPD Guidelines . Yet you’re not off the hook either, as you’ll need to educate yourself. The best way to do this is to find a good book like COPD for Dummies or by hanging out on sites like ours. Smoking cessation . Your doctor will surely make you well aware that cigarette smoke is not the only cause of COPD, but it is the most common . You’ll learn that quitting ...