What It’s Like to Live with COPD

Quantitative CT textures of the lung help assess COPD severity

Quantitative CT can capture lung inflammation patterns to assess the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

I Thought It Was Covid, but It Was COPD

As told to Nicole Audrey Spector One day in 2023, I went for a walk. Just a simple walk. No biggie. When I got home, I was coughing. I was terrified that I had Covid. My terror was largely rooted in the fact that I have scleroderma. I was diagnosed in 2001, at the age of 19. Living with a chronic autoimmune disease like scleroderma makes you high-risk. Covid, I knew, could kill me. That night, I slept outside in the warm summer air. Along with c…

What It’s Like to Live with COPD

As told to Nicole Audrey Spector One day in 2023, I went for a walk. Just a simple walk. No biggie. When I got home, I was coughing. I was terrified that I had Covid. My terror was largely rooted in the fact that I have scleroderma. I was diagnosed in 2001, at the age of 19. Living with a chronic autoimmune disease like scleroderma makes you high-risk. Covid, I knew, could kill me. That night, I slept outside in the warm summer air. Along with c…