Week Five – Discussion - Isabel Miranda
Great posting, clear explanation and well organized. Just one important factor I found some ex-smoker patient believes that the moment they stopped smoking, there is no more risk of any lung disease. However, they forgot that the damage to the lungs by smoking cannot be repaired. As you well mentioned “not every person whom smokes acquires emphysema”, however when the person smokes, the first contact is a mix of gases around the eyes, nose and throat. The eyes start water, running nose, and the throat became irritated, as well as the tiny hair called cilia which primary function is to clean our bronchial tube and lungs from foreign matter become dormant, because smoking paralyzes and in the long rung
Great posting, clear explanation and well organized. Just one important factor I found some ex-smoker patient believes that the moment they stopped smoking, there is no more risk of any lung disease. However, they forgot that the damage to the lungs by smoking cannot be repaired. As you well mentioned “not every person whom smokes acquires emphysema”, however when the person smokes, the first contact is a mix of gases around the eyes, nose and throat. The eyes start water, running nose, and the throat became irritated, as well as the tiny hair called cilia which primary function is to clean our bronchial tube and lungs from foreign matter become dormant, because smoking paralyzes and in the long rung