COPD & Emphysema Support Group
COPD is a progressive disease characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. Emphysema is characterized by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue, destruction of structures supporting the alveoli and of capillaries feeding the alveoli. Both have symptoms that include shortness of breath, among other respiratory troubles. If you are a COPD or Emphysema sufferer, join...
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As a subplot, House has a patient with asthma: He suspects she's not using her inhaler right, so he asks her to show him how it works. He's absolutely right - she points the inhaler at the sides of her neck.
They do that on Star Trek all the time.