Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is the presence of systemic atherosclerosis in arteries distal to the arch of the aorta. As a result of the atherosclerotic process, patients with PVD develop narrowing of these arteries.
Whether your shortness of breath is related strictly to GERD or is due to GERD-related asthma, there are small steps you can take to prevent and treat it. Often, the most effective steps to prevent GERD involve making some lifestyle changes.
copd is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe it is caused by damage to the lungs over many years usually from smoking copd is often a mix of two diseases chronic bronchitis say bron ky tus in chronic bronchitis the airways that carry air to the lungs bronchial tubes get inflamed and make a lot of mucus this can narrow or block the airways making it hard for you to breathe emphysema say em fuh zee muh