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What to do if i have recently been diagnosis with copd and i quit smoking over 10 years ago, how ironicstage 2?
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See you md: COPD can progress even once one quits smoking. With normal aging lung function declines, so even then someone quit smoking years later one get develope signficant copd. Also given you age of 31, I would be concerned for a condition called Alpha 1 Antitrypsin deficiancy. This is a genetic condition that can cause accelerate copd.
Answered 7/4/2014
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