Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Open Access

Pathophysiology or physiopathology is a convergence of pathology with physiology. Pathology is the medical discipline that describes conditions typically observed during a disease state, whereas physiology is the biological discipline that describes processes or mechanisms operating within an organism.

Patho physiology of COPD is the physical changes starts with damage to air sacs and airways in the lungs. COPD comprises of airway inflammation, dysfunction of mucociliations and structural changes of airway. Various factors of pathophysiology are inflammation, infection, airway limitation, pulmonary hypertension and weight loss.

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