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The goals of COPD treatment include:
•Relieving
symptoms
•Slowing
the progress of the disease
•Improving
exercise tolerance (ability to stay active)
•Preventing
and treating complications
•Improving
overall health
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The Diseases and Conditions Index (DCI) Smoking and Your Heart article and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's "Your Guide to a Healthy Heart" booklet have more information about how to quit smoking.
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