{"id":2186,"date":"2017-11-12T22:46:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T22:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxygenworldwide.wordpress.com\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2017-11-12T22:46:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T22:46:51","slug":"why-women-should-watch-out-for-copd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/why-women-should-watch-out-for-copd\/","title":{"rendered":"Why women should watch out for COPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pw-hidden-cp\">\nChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a potentially serious and often under-diagnosed respiratory disease caused by smoking and air pollution. It affects women more quickly and more severely than men, warn lung disease specialists ahead of World COPD Day, November 15.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oxygenworldwide.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/12\/why-women-should-watch-out-for-copd\/copd-2017-logo-01-1024x731\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2188 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/copd-2017-logo-01-1024x731-1.png?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/copd-2017-logo-01-1024x731-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/copd-2017-logo-01-1024x731-1-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/copd-2017-logo-01-1024x731-1-768x548.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAlthough generally little-known to the public, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was the fourth biggest global cause of death in 2015, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), behind ischemic heart disease (nine million people), stroke (six million) and lower respiratory infections (just over 3.2 million).<br \/>\nThe WHO points out that while in the past, men were more frequently diagnosed with COPD, women are now affected to essentially the same degree. Smoking between five and 10 cigarettes per day is a risk factor for COPD in women, as well as exposure to certain household products, according to recent research.<br \/>\nWarning signs include a chronic cough, coughing up mucus and shortness of breath, especially during physical activity. They appear progressively\u2014sometimes without the patient really noticing\u2014and get worse over time, especially when resting.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRead more at http:\/\/www.themalaymailonline.com\/features\/article\/why-women-should-watch-out-for-copd#gXIEGxCmRQgR6gjX.99\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nreferences: Read more at http:\/\/www.themalaymailonline.com\/features\/article\/why-women-should-watch-out-for-copd#gXIEGxCmRQgR6gjX.99\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a potentially serious and often under-diagnosed respiratory disease caused by smoking and air pollution. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-portable-oxygen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}