The COPD solution
Subtitle: a proven 10- week program for living and breathing better with chronic lung disease
By: Dawn Lesley Fielding, BS, RCP, AE-C
Edition: First Da Capo Press edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780738218250
Subjects: Obstructive Diseases; Popular works; Lungs
Other titles: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease solution
Description: Although COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States, few books provide a comprehensive approach to living with this condition. Now, with The COPD Solution, respiratory therapist and educator Dawn Lesley Fielding brings her twelve-week sustainable program--which has a 100 percent success rate in improving the health of her own patients--to the public. Fielding provides invaluable information on diagnosis, medical treatments, physical therapy, pulmonary rehab, and smoking cessation. Her plan gives readers tools to manage every aspect of living with COPD, including tips for communicating with doctors, symptom-tracking charts, nutrition guidelines, easy exercises, breathing and relaxation techniques, even information on intimacy. With up-to-date medical research about this disease and a practical program for managing it, The COPD Solution is a welcome resource for anyone suffering from chronic lung disease.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: part 1. Living with chronic lung disease; title: When you can't breathe, nothing else matters; title: What is lung disease?; title: Getting diagnosed; title: Introducing the 10-step program: what to expect; title: part 2. The COPD solution program; title: Make peace with COPD; title: Start oxygen therapy; title: Breathe easier; title: Conserve your energy; title: Prevent flare-ups: use your meds effectively; title: Go to pulmonary rehab; title: Quit smoking; title: Choose foods for better breathing; title: Try yoga; title: Stay connected; title: Epilogue: Your success starts today.