COPD-Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease.

What is COPD?
The doctor may have told you that you have a condition where your airways are slightly blocked, which is why you are having difficulties in breathing. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the name that the chest people use for your condition. But in the past many names have been used for your condition; for example, chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD). Others simply call it smokers chest because a lot of people with COPD are or have been smokers. COPD is a very common condition that affects three million people in the UK, so you are not alone