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COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is a lung disease that prevents comfortable and healthy breathing due to narrowing of the airways. The most common symptoms of COPD, which is a progressive chronic disease with no definitive cure, are phlegmy cough and shortness of breath. In this disease, which manifests itself in different symptoms according to its stages, shortness of breath even with mild exertion indicates that the disease is progressing. COPD, which occurs especially in smokers, has become a disease that requires attention and precautions due to COVID-19.