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Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic lung diseases and are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the Western world. Asthma is a reversible narrowing of the airways, combined with a chronic inflammation. For reasons largely unknown, the incidence of asthma is rapidly rising. The number of patients increases annually, and today approximately five per cent of the population of the US and Europe suffer from this disease (1-4).
COPD is a chronic inflammation and destruction of the airways. There is a progressive, non-reversible loss of lung function which will eventually lead to invalidity and death. COPD usually occurs in elderly people, of which most are smokers or former smokers (5).
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