Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered a very dangerous illness, affecting over thirty two million people in the United States. It has a high mortality rate and is considered the third leading cause of death in the United States. Patients suffering from COPD usually have symptoms of damaged alveoli which impairs exchange of gas, chronic bronchitis or severe mucus secretion which blocks airways and asthma or inflamed airways obstructing the flow of air.
You can double check online if the person isn’t sure. Based off of what you find you can make a pretty good assumption to what your answer will be. This is what I do at least. Hope this helps
