Differentiating Asthma from COPD

Whilst asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are different diseases they cause similar symptoms, which can present a challenge in identifying which disease a patient is suffering from.

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There are, however, some important distinctions between asthma and COPD, and this paper outlines those differences. Original whitepaper by Bernard Garbe. Updated in 2021 by Charlotte Mhangami and Helen Venn.