Human lung

I’m extremely ambivalent about that statement due to my belief that everything in life is all about perspective. James Deacon stated that “What you see depends not only on what you look at, but also on what angle you are looking from”. So in this case it’s a multitude of angles we can explore when peering into the issues of alcoholism and tobacco use. To illustrate on one hand, I agree that alcoholism and tobacco use is a social problem as society pays a high price for incidences related to both…

can leave users with a sense of euphoria, making them to feel relaxed and drowsy. Users heart and breathing slows down. This slowing in breath is an indication of lung function slowing down, which in turn can lead to an overdose that kills people. About 15% of users whom suffer overdoses have died due to fluid filling up in their lungs. Bacteria that is often found within heroin is notorious for attacking heart tissue, resulting in heart tissue death and leading to infections. To avoid these…

IMPACT/OPPORTUNITY Nicotine is a highly addictive substance that can harm brain development as well as affect mental and physiology well-being of tobacco users. Brain development beings from fetus to childhood until about the age of 25. A recent Institute of Medicine study supports raising the minimum sales age of tobacco from 18 years old to 21 years old. The new sales age limit would decrease tobacco use occurrence amongst youth by making it less accessible to them. Although traditional…

The main cause of this cancer is asbestos exposure, once inhaled into the lungs, asbestos travels to the pleura. The body then tries to fight off the needle-like fibres, over time, trapped fibres irritate the pleural membrane, causing chronic inflammation and scarring. Painters have been linked to being at risk of mesothelioma…

Pancreas Cancer While many different diseases are classified as cancers, pancreas cancer is considered one of the leading factors of death. According to the fact sheet provided by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in U.S, pancreas cancer is the 11th and 8th common type of cancer diagnosed in men and women, respectively. Silent cancer Almost all symptoms and signs of pancreas cancer are not detected in the primary stages when treatment is estimated to be successful. In contrast, pancreas…

Skin Cancer Skin cancer is the common name for any of three different types of cancer such as, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Squamous cell Carcinoma, and Melanoma. Skin cancer is the number one cancer diagnosis in the United States. The most basic definition of skin cancer is “the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells” (“Skin Cancer Foundation”). When discussing skin cancer, it is necessary to mention each cancer individually, as they are not all the same. For instance, Basal cell Carcinoma is the…

cells. As the lung disease progresses to get worse, one option for treatment is a double lung transplantation. Lung transplantation sounds great and can be very beneficial, but it has its risks and there are ethical issues involved. The ethical issues that are involved include: what the criteria is for lung transplants, how lung transplants work, and what the mental aspect of lung transplant is. The ten literature reviews indicate and contraindicate these ethical issues involved with lung…

diseases and death. However, there are some weaknesses. Almost all the alternative products contain nicotine which doesn’t help the addiction but keeps them away from tobacco. The other effect of vaporizers are the possibility of getting popcorn lungs which is a lung disease caused by the liquid flavoring in these vaporizers called…

How would you vote if you were Marcia? If I was Marcia I would vote to keep the smokers designated to certain areas. Like her friend Cathy there are many people who are allergic to cigarette smoke and should not have to breathe it in because she sat at the wrong table at a restaurant. For example in many places breast feeding is designated to certain areas because it makes some people uncomfortable smoking should be treated the same way kind of. Do you think a state should be able to regulate…

can prevent risky situations. For example, say someone asks me if I want to have a cigarette or something else harmful or risky I can prevent this by saying something like “No thanks. I heard that a cigarette has 200 chemicals and can damage your lungs.” And then walk away. Dare teaches many things and those are a few things I haved learned but there is lots more to that I learned. I also have learned that there are many ways of bullying there is cyber bullying, physical, verbal, and social…