Last Wednesday, the 18th of November there was carried out the World Day of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Illness with the achievement of several events in the different countries. According to the web site of the World Organization of the Health, which did to itself echo of this celebration, the EPOC, as also it is known to this pathology, includes to several chronic pulmonary ailments that limit the air entry in the lungs.
Organized on the World Initiative against the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Illness (GOLD), this international celebration was created by the principal target that the persons learn more on this illness, informed the web site of the WHO, that he added that, between other things, one thinks about how to achieve a better attention to the patients who endure it.
According to the last numbers handled by the World Organization of the Health, which date of the year 2007, the number of persons who suffer from EPOC in the world is of approximately 210 million, although it is foreseen that for the year 2030 I increased this number, if the current tendency is not achieved revertir, and that I went so far as to turn the illness in the third cause of mortality in the world, it spread the web of the international organism.
Although the number of cases of EPOC is raised and alarming, it is important to emphasize that the chronic obstructive pulmonary illness is prevenible and friendly, as he publishes the version in Spanish of the web site of the Wikipedia, who did to himself echo of informations of the World Initiative against the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Illness (GOLD).
Before finishing this journalistic note on the celebration of the World Day of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Illness, it would be interesting to add which there are the factors of risk of EPOC. The same ones are the nicotinism; the contamination of the air in closed places; the contamination of the exterior air; and the existence of dust and chemicals in the work environment.
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