Some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are breathing easier thanks to new technology in the form of a small valve inserted in the lung.
“It’s a one-way valve that allows air to escape from the bad lung, but doesn’t allow air to go back into that bad part of the lung,” Dr. Seides said, explaining how the valves help the healthy parts of the lung function more efficiently.“For certain people, these valves have been dramatically life changing,” Dr. Seides said.
One of those patients is Dote, who is now able to cook with her husband of 40 years, Carl, go on family outings with her kids and grandkids and go dancing at a local establishment’s Disco Night, once a month. “I’m never gonna run a marathon. Never. But I’m going to do everything I have to do to live my life feeling like I do right now,” Dote said.
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