Leonard Nimoy ha rivelato che sta soffrendo con la malattia lung. L'82enne ha sparato alla fama come Mr Spock nella serie originale di Star Trek (1966-1969), prima di riprendere il personaggio in più serie televisive e film e persino ha girato la mano alla regia per i film per cercare Spock e Voyage Home. L'attore ha rivelato ai suoi 808.000 follower su Twitter che, sebbene lui smetti di fumare 30 anni fa, è stato lasciato a combattere la malattia polmonare ostruttiva cronica potenzialmente fatale (BPCO). Nimoy ha avvertito le sue migliaia di seguaci di "smettere ora" prima che sia troppo tardi.He warned: “I quit smoking 30 years ago. Not soon enough. I have COPD. Grandpa says, quit now!! LLAP [Long Live and Prosper].” Viewers last saw Nimoy on screen as Mr Spock in the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness, playing the elder Spock and is the only member of the original cast to feature in the latest films from director JJ Abrams. He sparked fears for his health after being pictured last month looking frail whilst pushed out of a New York hospital in a wheelchair, attached to a breathing apparatus. Nimoy retired from attending Star Trek conventions back in 2011 but still engages with his fans on a regular basis, recently urging them to watch a scheduled marathon of Star Trek shows being shown on US television. Leonard said: “Trek Fest coming to EPIX on 2/16. I'll be there. Join me.” You may be wondering what exactly the condition is that Nimoy has. COPD is an umbrella term that spans a number of lung conditions such as chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive airways disease and emphysema. People who have COPD have difficulties with their breathing due to their airways becoming narrower from damage to air sacs and passages to the lungs. The primary cause for COPD is smoking, with the risk greatly increasing the more cigarettes you smoke and how long you have been smoking for. It is believed there are more than 3 million who have the disease in the UK alone, but many dismiss their symptoms as merely a ‘smoker’s cough’ and as such, do not get medical help they need; only around 900,000 people have been formally diagnosed. For those already diagnosed with COPD, stopping smoking is absolutely imperative and will ease their symptoms considerably. Although damage to the airways is irreversible, quitting smoking can slow down the speed at which the condition worsens. In addition, many with COPD are prescribed a short-acting bronchodilator inhaler such as a beta-2 agonist like Salbutamol, da usare quando inizi a sentirsi senza fiato e alleviare i sintomi. Se questo tipo di inalatore non è sufficiente, è possibile che venga prescritto un inalatore broncodilatatore a lunga durata d'azione, per cui ogni dose dura 12 ore.