COLD

Japanese: COLD
COLD

…The British physician CMFletcher proposed the criterion that "cough and phlegm last for more than three months a year, and continue for at least two years (two winters)" (1959). However, there are many chronic respiratory diseases that show such symptoms, and in particular, the group of diseases called chronic obstructive lung disease (abbreviated as COLD) includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchial asthma, and diffuse panbronchiolitis, all of which are characterized by more or less persistent cough and phlegm. The same is true for bronchiectasis. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "COLD" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イギリスのフレッチャーC.M.Fletcherによって〈1年に3ヵ月以上咳・痰が続き,それが少なくとも2年(2冬)にわたる〉という基準が提唱された(1959)。しかし,このような症状を示す慢性の呼吸器疾患はたくさんあり,とくに慢性閉塞性肺疾患chronic obstructive lung disease(COLDと略す)とよばれる一連の疾患には,慢性気管支炎のほか,肺気腫症,気管支喘息,瀰漫(びまん)性汎細気管支炎などが含まれ,いずれも多かれ少なかれ持続性の咳・痰を特徴とする。また気管支拡張症も同様である。…

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