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This article was reviewed by Senior Director of Community Engagement and COPD360social Community Manager, Bill Clark, as well as certified staff Respiratory Therapists on January 23, 2020. You can address your emails to The COPD Coach. Be sensible, allow yourself plenty of time, and have a great time!Īsk the Expert is aimed at providing information for individuals with COPD to take to your doctor, and is not in any way intended to be medical advice. If you would like to submit a question to the Coaches Corner email us at We would love to hear your questions and comments. There is no reason a person with COPD cannot go out and enjoy a meal with family or friends.

Once again, if you use supplemental oxygen, make sure you use it when you are eating!.

Take some time to not only digest, but also to enjoy the company and the experience.

Try to eat foods that you don’t have to chew as much like mashed potatoes or soup.

Restrict foods that can cause bloating like raw fruits and vegetables.

If you still want to go out and have a nice meal, here are some tips that will make your meal easier and more comfortable: This will help you get less short of breath and also aid digestion. If you require oxygen, be sure to use it while eating. Fried, greasy and spicy foods, carbonated soft drinks, and certain vegetables can also cause bloating.

If eating dairy foods (a problem for some with COPD as they can result in more mucus) drink plenty of water afterwards. While not considered healthy for “normal” people, these foods might be something like pudding made with whole milk, cheese that is not “reduced” or “low fat,” eggs, and buttered popcorn. People experiencing this should eat snacks loaded in calories. The result of this is either chronic weight loss or the inability to gain weight. If you do eat foods containing carbohydrates, keep to complex carbohydrates like those found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grain bread.įor some individuals with COPD, the simple act of breathing takes more calories than what we are able to take in. Avoid simple carbohydrates as these cause CO2 build-up in your blood causing less available oxygen.

Avoid salt as much as possible since salt can cause you to retain fluid, feel bloated, and increase the workload on your heart. If you are at or below ideal body weight, eat foods that are high in calories. Eat several small meals throughout the day. So, what is the answer? It is really quite sensible. When our stomach is filled, it can actually push against the lungs causing us to feel out of breath. This results when air gets trapped in damaged areas of the lungs. The result is we experience shortness of breath.įor many, COPD causes our lungs to become hyper-inflated, which means they take up more room in our chest. When we eat a large meal we require more energy to digest what we eat and experience more pressure on our chest and diaphragm. There are actually a couple reasons why this occurs. I love good food, but I am beginning to feel that it isn’t worth the pain of not being able to breathe.įeeling bloated or out of breath after a large meal is not uncommon with people who have COPD. Why do I feel so short of breath after eating? More than a few times after eating out, I was so short of breath I could barely walk to my car. BRIDGE Patient to Investigator Training.COPD Assessment Test (CAT) / Chronic Airways Assessment Test (CAAT).COPD Biomarker Qualification Consortium (CBQC).Patient-Inspired Validation of Outcome Tools (PIVOT).COPD Patient Powered Research Network (COPD PPRN).Bronchiectasis and NTM Research Registry (BRR).Join Actively Recruiting Research Studies.Accredited Center or Network Application.Medical Scientific Education Leadership.Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.