Differential Diagnosis

What else might it be?

It is important to realise that whilst these conditions may mimic COPD, they may also coexist in someone with COPD.

• Anaemia
• Asbestosis
• Asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Congestive cardiac failure
• Fibrosing alveolitis
• Lung carcinoma
• Obliterative bronchiolitis
• Pneumoconiosis

[National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions, 2004]