How is COPD Diagnosed?
Doctors consider a diagnosis of COPD if you have the typical symptoms and a history of exposure to lung irritants, especially cigarette smoking. A medical history, physical exam, and breathing tests are the most important tests to determine if you have COPD.

Your doctor will use a breathing test called spirometry to confirm a diagnosis of COPD. This test is easy and painless and shows how well your lungs work. You breathe hard into a large hose connected to a machine called a spirometer. When you breathe out, the spirometer measures how much air your lungs can hold and how fast you can blow air out of your lungs after taking a deep breath.

Spirometry is the most sensitive and commonly used test of lung functions. It can detect COPD long before you have significant symptoms.

Based on this test, your doctor can determine if you have COPD and how severe it is. Doctors classify the severity of COPD as:

• At Risk (for developing COPD): Breathing test is normal. Mild symptoms that include a chronic cough and sputum production.

• Mild COPD: Breathing test shows mild airflow limitation. Symptoms may include a chronic cough and sputum production. At this stage, you may not be aware that airflow in your lungs is reduced.

• Moderate COPD: Breathing test shows a worsening airflow limitation. Usually the symptoms have increased. Shortness of breath usually develops when working hard, walking fast, or doing other brisk activity. At this stage, a person usually seeks medical attention.

• Severe COPD: Breathing test shows severe airflow limitation. A person is short of breath after just a little activity. In very severe COPD, complications like respiratory failure or signs of right heart failure may develop. At this stage, the quality of life is greatly impaired and the worsening symptoms may be life threatening.

How is COPD Treated?
Quitting smoking is the single most important thing you can do to reduce your risk of developing COPD and slow the progress of the disease. Your doctor will recommend treatments that help relieve your symptoms and help you breathe easier. However, COPD cannot be cured.

The goals of COPD treatment are to:

• Relieve your symptoms with no or minimal side effects of treatment
• Slow the progress of the disease
• Improve exercise tolerance (your ability to stay active)
• Prevent and treat complications and sudden onset of problems
• Improve your overall health.

The treatment for COPD is different for each person. Your family doctor may recommend that you see a lung specialist called a pulmonologist.

The Role of Mangosteen
As in asthma, and several other allergic conditions, the xanthones in mangosteen juice act at several points in the disease processes of chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

Its well documented antioxidant properties go to work on the cell’s every single biochemical process where free radicals cause damage, whether from the inflammation of chronic bronchitis or the destruction of the elastic recoil of the alveoli in emphysema. Its antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal effects reduce tissue damage by working to reduce the frequency of lung infections. As a result, fewer courses of antibiotic therapy are needed. Furthermore, its anti-inflammatory effects decrease both inflammation and concurrent cell damage while helping prevent the onset of pulmonary hypertension.
 
Xanthone Juice™ is the first and only dietary product with the highest xanthone content.
Manufactured in North America, under the strictest guidelines of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it is made up of only the highest quality mangosteen mixed with delicious fruits and extracts.

The first commercial product in the Philippines using the whole mangosteen fruit, Xanthone Juice’s concentrated formula allows for more of xanthones’ health benefits with smaller doses -maximizing dosage efficiency while providing options for stronger dosaging when deemed necessary. Since the xanthones in mangosteen are  fat-soluble, Xanthone Juice should be taken with a meal or snack, either just before, during, or after eating, to allow for maximum absorption.

We at Xanthone Juice Corp. are dedicated to forwarding the cause of natural health and healing that is based on hard and exacting science. We hope you enjoy the special formulation we prepare in our North American facility.

Disclaimer
The material and content contained in this brochure is for general health information only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Readers should not rely exclusively on information provided here for their own health needs. All specific medical questions should be presented to your own health care provider.

References
Finsand, K. J. “Mangosteen Desk Reference”
Templeman, J. F. “A Doctor’s Challenge: A Mangsteen Solution”, (2003)
National Center for Environmental Health (http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/copd/copdfaq.htm