Lung volumes

Nutrition Nutrition following lung transplantation is very important to patient healing. After transplant the patient should initially focus on consuming a high protein high calorie diet to promote healing. Foods high in protein like meat, eggs and pasteurized dairy products. Lung transplantation patients are on immunosuppression therapy so they are at a greater susceptibility for infection. These patients should not eat undercooked meats like sushi and they should eat red meat well done. Raw…

becomes physically addictive, or the smoke is bad for your lungs. We should not be under the impression that marijuana has no harm. The real question we should be asking ourselves now is how much harm is there in marijuana, and does the benefits out way it so much that it should be made illegal. There is a growing body of evidence that marijuana has uses in many medical conditions to make the quality of life…

In late 2013, my grandmother was diagnosed with pulmonary fibroses, a terminal disease that slowly hardens and deteriorates the lungs. She was given about a year to live and the entire family was crushed. This was a very trying time for my family and me, but luckily it didn’t end in tragedy. This situation helped me appreciate the value of the ones you love and made me grateful to be alive. On my 14th birthday, in late April, I was worried it was the last one I’d have my grandma to celebrate…

groups was fairly good (R2 > 0.35) so there is some evidence that caffeine causes an increase in respiratory frequency. Tidal volume and alveolar ventilation were lower for caffeinated females than non-caffeinated females as exercise intensity increases. Both the non-caffeinated group and caffeinated group had a fairly good correlation between the increases in tidal volume and alveolar ventilation as work rate increased…

The resonatory system includes the nasal cavity and soft palate and portions of the anatomically defined respiratory and digestive systems. (Seikel, King, & Drumright, 2010). One disorder that may affect a person’s ability to use the resonatory system to produce sufficient speech is velopharyngeal insufficiency, or VPI. This is a disorder which results in the improper closure of the velopharyngeal sphincter (soft palate muscle in the mouth) during speech, allowing air to escape through the nose…

What is the difference between the upper and lower respiratory tracts? The upper airways or upper respiratory tract is the parts of the respiratory system lying above the glottis (Vocal cords) • Nose – External breathing organ. • Nasal passages, Inside the nose, the sticky mucous membrane lining the nasal cavity traps dust particles, and tiny hairs called cilia help move them to the nose to be sneezed or blown out • Paranasal Sinuses, - These air-filled spaces alongside the nose help make the…

number has steadily gone up since then. Out of those forty eight million, 7.3 million were for the heart. That means that six of every ten surgeries are for the heart (“data”). The type of surgeon that studies and performs surgeries on the heart and lungs is called a cardiothoracic surgeon. As cardiothoracics (cardio) grows, there happened to be a point when it was not commonly known. Since cardio was not commonly known, more and more people were learning about it to see if they could improve…

is the main cause of pulmonary emphysema with signs and symptoms, including dyspnea on exertion, cough with scant mucus, weight loss, tachypnea, end- expiratory wheezes, use of accessory muscle, barrel chest, pursed lip breathing, and hyperresonant lung sound. These clinical manifestations have been seen or reported during Mason’s physical examination confirming his diagnosis…

Cilia and the Protection of the Respiratory Tract Introduction Approximately twelve thousand litres of air is inhaled by one person each day containing environmental stimuli including pathogens and particles such as toxic pollutants and allergens. These must be expelled from the body as it may induce airway inflammation and infection, causing airway diseases. Mucociliary clearance acts as an innate defence against these stimuli, where cilia is a part of this mechanism. Cilia, microscopic…

as the tissues between air sacs are destroyed and air pockets in the lungs form as a result. The air is then trapped in the damaged lung tissue. After the air is trapped, the lungs begin to enlarge and breathing then requires more effort. The inner walls of the air sacs weaken and eventually rupture with emphysema. This rupture causes one large air space instead of many small air spaces. This reduces the surface area of the lungs and also reduces the amount of oxygen that reaches the…