I'm having some serious trouble with my breathing lately, and I've been feeling a lot of pain around my rib cage. Plus, there's this persistent cough and it seems like there's stuff building up in my chest. Could this be something like COPD, and what should I be doing about it?

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Dr Mubarak Parveez B

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