Comorbidities and Modern Therapies of COPD

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. Nowadays, COPD is the third leading cause of death globally. Although COPD primarily affects the patient’s lungs, it is also considered a multicomponent disease marked by prolonged systemic inflammation and a high frequency of coexisting conditions with other diseases (i.e., comorbidities). comorbidities. Yet we still do not have a summary of all of the situations and treatments of COPD, in this paper, I review recent papers that may indicate some therapies that can effectively treat COPD and indicate some common comorbidities of COPD.