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Study Says These Two Are The Deadliest Lung Diseases
According to a study published recently COPD and asthma are the two deadliest lung diseases.
If you have been suffering from COPD ( chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and asthma then you should not neglect them. If left unattended this might turn fatal as well.
According to a study published recently in the renowned medical journal 'The Lancet Medical Respiratory Medicine' these two lung diseases - COPD and asthma, have claimed 3.6 million lives worldwide in 2015.
For the study, researchers led by Theo Vos, a professor at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, analysed data from 188 countries to estimate, in each one, the number of cases and deaths annually from 1990 to 2015.
As per the research, about 3.2 million people succumbed that year to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), caused mainly by smoking and pollution, while 400,000 people died from asthma.
COPD
prevalence
and
death
rates
declined
over
that
period,
but
the
overall
numbers
increased
with
nearly
12
percent
more
deaths
because
of
population
growth.
For
asthma,
prevalence
went
up
by
almost
13
percent
to
358
million
people
worldwide,
but
the
number
of
deaths
dropped
by
more
than
a
quarter.
The
countries
with
the
highest
concentration
of
people
disabled
by
COPD
in
2015
were
Papua
New
Guinea,
India,
Lesotho
and
Nepal,
as
per
the
study.
Asthma,
was
found
to
be
highly
prevalent
in
Afghanistan,
the
Central
African
Republic,
Fiji,
Kiribati,
Lesotho,
Papula
New
Guinea
and
Swaziland.
High-income Asian nations were least affected by COPD, along with countries in central Europe, north Africa, the Middle East and western Europe. Central and eastern Europe, along with China, Japan and Italy, had among the lowest rates of asthma.
Asthma is twice as prevalent, but COPD is eight times more deadly, the study found.
COPD Signs & Symptoms:
COPD also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe.
Cough, wheezing, shortness of breath and tightness of chest are the common symptoms of COPD. Smoking cigarette is one of the leading cause for COPD. Exposure to lung irritants like air pollution, chemical fumes or dusts are the other factors that causes COPD.
Asthma Signs & Symptoms:
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Recurrent wheezing with a whistling sound when as you breathe, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath are few of the symptoms of asthma.
For those suffering from asthma coughing often occurs at night or early in the morning.
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