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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of obstructive lung disease characterized by long-term poor airflow. The main symptoms include shortness of breath and cough with sputum production. COPD typically worsens over time.1 Eventually walking up stairs or carrying things will be difficult.2 Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are older terms used for different types of COPD.23 The term "chronic bronchitis" is still used to define a productive cough that is present for at least three months each year for two years.4
Tobacco smoking is the most common cause of COPD, with a number of other factors such as air pollution and genetics playing a smaller role.5 In the developing world, one of the common sources of air pollution is poorly vented heating and cooking fires.2 Long-term exposure to these irritants causes an inflammatory response in the lungs resulting in narrowing of the small airways and breakdown of lung tissue.6 The diagnosis is based on poor airflow as measured by lung function tests.7 In contrast to asthma, the airflow reduction does not improve much with the use of a bronchodilator.2
Most cases of COPD can be prevented by reducing exposure to risk factors.8 This includes decreasing rates of smoking and improving indoor and outdoor air quality. While treatment can slow worsening, there is no cure.2 COPD treatments include stopping smoking, vaccinations, respiratory rehabilitation, and often inhaled bronchodilators and steroids.

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is basically lung cancer i mean common that is obvious
like

by chronic obstructive pulmonary November 30, 2016


Poor Shooting Disease (PSD)

A basketball term where a team simply misses a ton of shots. This can be because the team is actually bad at shooting or because they are in a random shooting slump. PSD is not usually a terminal. Symptoms will start to wane and the team will eventually be healed. Their shooting averages will revert to normal. If the team is just bad at shooting basketballs, they will die a slow and painful death in the form of lost games due to PSD.

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Baller 1: Man, how do we keep losing these games? These teams are terrible.
Baller 2: I don't know man, I think it's a bad case of Poor Shooting Disease (PSD).

by wosh360 November 12, 2015


Fat Person Disease

(made by McNeal and a real-life experience)

The Fat Person Disease Is When Your Obese And You Can't Stop Eating. Fat People May feel Depression And Will Always Be Bullied

Bully "Your so fat lmao. Fat Person Disease!!!!" Fat Person thoughts "kill me already"

by Mcn Eal November 21, 2019


Nomm nomm disease

Another nickname for obesity.

I have a bad case of nomm nomm disease and am overweight.

by Kuehlstein April 26, 2018


White Man In The Room Disease

when a White man who is part of a larger group which includes minorities and/or women, feels that he must share “his” (often unsolicited, typically incorrect) knowledge and/or experience as it pertains to a discussion not involving him.

Bill is married to a Karen, he suffers from White Man In The Room Disease. He feels that he should be the authority on a particular subject in the group, simply because he’s White.

by smellsterriblygood September 11, 2022


Whiterod's Disease

Not many dare usher these words, for the devastation they create is beyond explanatory circumstances. When suffering from Whiterods disease all the surrounding banter that exists within the human body is mercilessly killed and replaced with a dark force known as 'anti-bants'. This 'anti-bants' manifests itself in communication; where the host thinks they are being banterous but in fact they are not and everyone hates them. It also has a tendency to spread in the locally populated area.

I spoke to a girl today, she found me boring and the social interraction awkward. I must be coming down with Whiterod's Disease.

by Kingofthebants February 13, 2012


Mad cow disease

When a girl lies about her ex/one night stand to her friends to try and embarrass him when her claims are usually 100% bullshit

Girl: you know dat Tyreese?
Friend: the one you hooked up with?
Girl: he got himself a babydick

Tyreese's friend: I hear you got you a babydick
Tyreese: hell no she got that mad cow disease fo sho

by Wengerbender March 24, 2014