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Dad diagnosed with early stages of copd at 55. what is his prognosis? is it fatal?
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Serious disease: COPD is a serious disease and if your dad is smoking this will be the right time to quit, since otherwise the disease will progress fast. How was he diagnosed? Pulmonary function tests? Chest x-Ray? In late stages COPD is fatal.
Answered 7/6/2015
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