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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a persistent respiratory disease that may cause long-term, progressive lung damage. Acute exacerbations are when a person’s respiratory symptoms ...
A COPD exacerbation is when symptoms worsen rapidly. A severe COPD exacerbation may require emergency medical care and can be life-threatening. Some people with COPD end up in the hospital several ...
An exacerbation is a flare-up or episode when your breathing is worse than usual and may continue to worsen without treatment. With COPD, you may be able to participate in the same activities for weeks or months without having worsening symptoms. Then suddenly you may have a flare-up where your cough, shortness of breath, or mucus may increase. This is often caused by a lung infection ...
People with COPD often get exacerbations, or worsening of symptoms, like severe difficulty breathing, thicker mucus, wheezing and cough. You might need to go to the hospital for severe exacerbations. COPD gets progressively worse over time. Flare-ups get more severe and happen more often.
People with COPD also are likely to have times when their symptoms become worse than the usual day-to-day variation. This time of worsening symptoms is called an exacerbation (eg-zas-er-bay-shun). Exacerbations can last for several days to weeks. They can be caused by triggers such as smells, cold air, air pollution, colds or infections.