World COPD Day is almost upon us once again, when on Nov 15th we will once more recognise the reach that this progressive disease has. However, although there are an estimated 380,000 people living with COPD in Ireland, it is thought that approximately 270,000 of these are unaware that they may have this serious and progressive lung condition.
COPD Support Ireland has been working tirelessly for several years now to raise the profile of the condition that is COPD so that more people are aware of what it actually is, if they or a loved one may have the symptoms of it and what assistance is available to help them to live their lives with this disease.
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