ʻO ka maʻi ʻāʻī o ka ʻōpū ʻāʻī (COPD) kahi maʻi maʻamau, hana pinepine ʻia, ke kīnā kiʻekiʻe a me ka maʻi nui o ka hanu maʻi.Ua like ia me ka "chronic bronchitis" a i ʻole "emphysema" i hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe maʻamau i ka wā ma mua.Manaʻo ka World Health Organization i ka helu 4 a i ʻole 5 o ka make ʻana o COPD ma ka honua, ʻo ia ka mea e like me ka make o ka maʻi AIDS.Ma ka 2020, e lilo ia i ke kolu o ke kumu nui o ka make ma ka honua.

ʻO ka nui o ka COPD ma koʻu ʻāina i ka makahiki 2001 he 3.17%.Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi epidemiological ma Guangdong Province i ka makahiki 2003 he 9.40% ka nui o ka nui o COPD.ʻO ka helu prevalence o COPD i ka heluna kanaka ma luna o 40 ma Tianjin he 9.42%, kahi kokoke i nā helu prevalence hou o 9.1% a me 8.5% o ka hui makahiki like ma ʻEulopa a me Iapana.Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā hualoaʻa noiʻi ma koʻu ʻāina i ka makahiki 1992, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka helu prevalence o COPD ma 3 mau manawa..I ka makahiki 2000 wale nō, ua hiki i ka 2.74 miliona ka nui o ka poʻe i make i ka COPD, a ua piʻi ka nui o ka make ma 22% i nā makahiki he 10 i hala.ʻO ka maʻi o COPD ma Shanghai he 3%.

Ua hōʻike ʻia nā helu helu hou mai ke Kuhina Ola, ʻo nā maʻi hanu maʻi maʻi ke kūlana mua i ka make, ʻo ia ka ʻehā ma nā kūlanakauhale, a ʻo ka helu ʻekahi mea pepehi maʻi ma nā kuaʻāina.He kanaono pākēneka o nā poʻe maʻi me kēia ʻano maʻi e loaʻa ana i ka maʻi obstructive pulmonary maʻi, ʻo ia ka maʻi maʻi ʻāʻī e hoʻonāwaliwali mālie i ka hana hanu o ka mea maʻi.Ma muli o ka puhi paka.ʻOi aku ka maʻi o ka poʻe ma luna o 40 a ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike maʻalahi., Akā, ua kiʻekiʻe ka maʻi a me ka make.

I kēia manawa, aia ma kahi o 25 miliona mau maʻi COPD ma koʻu ʻāina, a ʻo ka nui o ka poʻe make he 1 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a ʻo ka nui o nā poʻe maʻi maʻi he 5-10 miliona.Wahi a kahi noiʻi i hana ʻia ma Guangzhou, ʻo ka nui o ka make o COPD ma waena o ka poʻe ma mua o 40 mau makahiki he 8%, a ʻo ka nui o ka poʻe ma mua o 60 mau makahiki he 14%.

ʻO ka maikaʻi o ke ola o nā poʻe maʻi me ka maʻi obstructive pulmonary e hoʻemi nui ʻia.Ma muli o ka hana ʻino o ka māmā, piʻi aʻe ka hana hanu a ka mea maʻi a piʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu.ʻOiai ʻo ka noho ʻana a i ʻole ka moe ʻana i lalo a me ka hanu ʻana, manaʻo kēia ʻano maʻi e like me ka lawe ʻana i kahi ukana i ke kuahiwi.No laila, i ka wā e maʻi ai, ʻaʻole wale ka maikaʻi o ke ola o ka mea maʻi e hoʻemi ʻia, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau lōʻihi a me ka oxygen therapy, kahi e lawe ai i kahi ukana kaumaha i ka ʻohana a me ke kaiāulu.No laila, he mea nui ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻike o ka pale ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka COPD no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke olakino o nā kānaka.