Obstructive lung disease

VCD may represent a spectrum of diseases with psychological and non-psychological causes neurologic diseases and gastro-esophageal reflux with vocal cord dysfunction represent some of the non-psychological causes. The psychological causes range from simple depression to a subconscious conversion reaction. On numerous occasions…

What are the common symptoms associated with an exacerbation of COPD? Common symptoms associated with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are: Fatigue, barrel chested, difficulty breathing, nails clubbing, copious amounts of sputum that may have a change in color from clear to yellow, green or brown, waking up disorientated or with a headache, hypertrophied neck muscles (American Thoracic Society, 2014). According to Jarvis, Mary could also have, “purse-lipped breathing” (2016)…

The signs of asthma: Constant cough, breathing out, cut short, fatigue, problems feeding (or grunting during feeding for infants), skipping out(sports activities) and problems sleeping. The symptoms of asthma include: Tight chest, Shortness／rapid of breath, Wheezing, Coughing, Chest tightness or pain. Trouble sleeping caused by shortness of breath, coughing or wheezing. A whistling or wheezing sound when exhaling, it is noticeable that wheezing is a common sign of asthma in children. Laughing is…

my father and grandfather suffer the symptoms of asthma. They are both allergic to cats, both have severe allergies, and both use an inhaler. Thankfully, I have been fortunate and have never been diagnosed with asthma. According to the American Lung Association (2017), having a parent with asthma makes me three to six times more likely to develop asthma over the course of my life. In a recent study, researchers found that children who have been diagnosed with asthma were twice as likely to…

pollution. Suffering will be due to swelling of nasal membrane and too much mucus production inside the nose creating obstacles for draining mucus produced in sinus cavities. Difficulties in breathing easily with a feeling of hitch to draw in air into lungs make one bound to inhale air through mouth. This congestion also causes tremendous headache that increases the suffering. Staying in an air conditioned room supplied with pure filtered air is also a remedy to nasal congestion. Some other…

Asthma is one of most common respiratory system health hazards in our society lately. Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing difficult. Honestly, many researchers can't explain the reason for why it is so common. They do have many theories though, some say that the air quality and pollution can cause much harm to us. Two other theories about asthma being so common suggest that the small space of our homes, as well as the materials that make up our homes, promote the…

Your Lungs or Mines There are many reasons why individuals choose to smoke. Most smokers start from a young age trying to fit in with the crowd, trying to look older, or probably just experimenting. As these individuals get older they try and deal with stress of every day life by smoking. It makes them feel more relaxed and at ease. Whatever the reason is, it is a hard habit to break once one starts. For many smokers today it is getting hard to find a place to smoke. I hear many…

Introduction While Mark Zuckerburg dreams of having a world without disease and research is making progress finding cures, at the present time one of the most costliest man-made inventions that has had the greatest impact on global health and economic burden is cigarettes and tobacco products. The Worth Health Organization (WHO) estimates by 2030 eight million people will be killed by tobacco and most deaths will occur in middle to lower income societies. Although smoking rates have decrease…

Affects of pollution in children’s lungs “We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to” Terri Swearing. Earth is the only planet where life exists, therefore, we should take care of what we have. We are destroying the earth, the amount of pollution we create daily is enough to damage our health. Pollution has serious effects on our health and even low levels of pollution is affecting our children’s lungs today. Are we going to do something to change the air quality, or will…

Diabetes is a disease in which the human body unable to produce the enough insulin that can cause elevated levels of glucose in the blood. According to World Health organization, approximately 1.5 million people die because of diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the incidence of this disease over the last three decades rises 176 % in the years 1980 to 2011. So the people must need to be safer…