COPD – that’s Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – basically means your lungs can’t move air like they should. Your breathing tubes get swollen and tight, plus those tiny air sacs get damaged and lose their stretch. Normal lungs work like a good balloon – easy in, easy out. But COPD lungs? It’s like breathing through a drinking straw.
I’ve been a COPD specialist in Pune for 23 years now, and honestly, most patients come to me way too late. They’ve had this nagging cough for months, maybe even shortness of breath, but figured “I’m just getting old.” By then, real damage has happened. Early COPD diagnosis changes everything – I can slow down the disease before it steals your breath permanently.
Most patients don’t realize COPD is creeping in until it’s advanced. That stubborn morning cough gradually becomes an all-day companion. Simple tasks like carrying groceries suddenly leave you breathless. Your chest feels tight, like someone’s squeezing it. Then comes the telltale wheeze.
While everyone knows smoking is the main villain, my years practicing in Pune have shown me something worrying. Non-smokers are getting COPD too, thanks to our city’s air. I’ve seen traffic cops, building site supervisors, even teachers develop breathing problems from years of dust and pollution. Your family history matters too – some people just get dealt bad lung genes. And if you had bad chest infections as a kid, that can come back to haunt you later.
Look, after treating COPD patients in Pune for over two decades, I’ve figured out something important. Most doctors spend five minutes with you, listen to your chest, hand you an inhaler and say “use twice daily.” That’s not real treatment.
When you come to me, we do proper lung tests – spirometry, breathing checks, the whole thing. Then I sit down and create a plan that actually works with your life. What helps my retired school principal isn’t going to work for the guy driving an auto-rickshaw all day. I explain everything in whatever language you’re comfortable with – Marathi, Hindi, English – and I don’t rush you out. Takes longer? Sure. But when patients really get what’s happening with their lungs, they stick to treatment. Makes all the difference.
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