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Symptoms & Causes

  1. Symptoms

    1. COPD: What Are the Symptoms?
    2. Emphysema Symptoms
    3. What to Know About COPD and Cough
    4. COPD Bloating: Why It Happens and What You Can Do
    5. What Is a COPD Flare-Up?
    6. COPD Flare: When You Need to Go to the Hospital
    7. When Shortness of Breath Is an Emergency
    8. COPD and Humidity
    9. COPD vs. Pulmonary Fibrosis: Differences and Similarities
    10. What's the Link Between COPD and Heart Failure?

  2. Causes

    1. COPD Causes and Risk Factors
    2. COPD and Vaping

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