{"id":1052837,"date":"2010-08-18T08:19:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T08:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/2-in-3-people-with-known-risk-factors-for-copd-dont-know-they-have-the-disease\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:46:17","slug":"2-in-3-people-with-known-risk-factors-for-copd-dont-know-they-have-the-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/2-in-3-people-with-known-risk-factors-for-copd-dont-know-they-have-the-disease.php","title":{"rendered":"2 in 3 people with known risk factors for COPD don&#8217;t know they have the disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_efGy16KV4yU\/SAQqdksBMEI\/AAAAAAAAAEQ\/pdiAMDh9byw\/s1600-h\/Lungs.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/31db2_Lungs.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a>One in five heavy smokers over age 40 have findings of COPD, but only one-third have been previously diagnosed with the common lung disease.<\/p><p>10% of people worldwide over the age of 40 are affected by COPD.<\/p><p>Researchers screened 1,003 people aged 40 and over who were current or former heavy smokers. Heavy smoking was defined as a smoking history of 20 pack-years or more.<\/p><p>The results showed that 20.7% of the people screened met the criteria for a diagnosis of COPD but only 32.7% had previously been diagnosed with the disease or were aware of their COPD diagnosis.<\/p><div>References:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/lung\/copd\/news\/20100406\/many-unaware-they-have-copd?src=RSS_PUBLIC\">Many Unaware They Have COPD<\/a>. WebMD.<\/div><div>Image source: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Lungs.gif\">Lungs<\/a>, Wikipedia, public domain.<\/div><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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