Many visitors found their way to Seehäuser Hospital on Thursday and listened with interest to a medical lecture on the lung disease COPD given by Dr. Dr. med. Daniel Kügler, Chief Physician at the Clinic for Internal Medicine and Internal Intensive Care Medicine.
Seehausen Hospital kicked off its popular "Medicine in Dialogue" lecture series with a disease that cannot be cured. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a progressive, incurable disease of the lungs in which the airways are permanently inflamed and constricted. This makes it difficult to breathe out and leads to long-term over-inflation of the lungs (pulmonary emphysema). The typical symptoms develop gradually over years: shortness of breath - initially only during physical exertion (e.g. climbing stairs), later also at rest, coughing - often trivialized as "smoker's cough", it is particularly persistent in the morning, and expectoration - the coughing up of thick mucus. Smoking is the main cause of COPD in 90% of cases. However, harmful substances in the working environment, environmental pollution and, in rare cases, genetics can also trigger this lung disease. Treatment is aimed at alleviating the symptoms and slowing down the progression of the disease. In his presentation, Dr. Kügler explained the different stages of the disease and its treatment options and gave tips and tricks for dealing with the lung disease. Finally, many questions were answered, e.g. whether the sputum is contagious or whether e-cigarettes are less dangerous than normal cigarettes.
Dr. Kügler offers a pulmonology consultation at Seehausen Hospital, where lung diseases such as lung cancer, pneumonia, occupational diseases, COPD and pleural effusions can be clarified and treated. A referral from your GP is required for this. Appointments can be made by calling 039386/6-290.
The lecture series will continue on 25.03.26 with the topic "Abdominal pain - what's behind it?". Further dates can be found on the hospital's website.