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Can you imagine having your lungs fill up with a sticky substance so its hard to breathe? This is what happens to patients with Cystic Fibrosis or CF. Along with the lungs CF affects the pancreas, digestive system, and other organs of the body. In normal lungs the mucus is thin and helps coat and protect the airways making it a lot easier to breathe. In Cystic Fibrosis the mucus that acts like a lubricant in and on our organs turns very thick and sticky. This makes the air ducts and the tubes in…

What is Asthma? Asthma is a chronic and sometimes considered a long term disease that inflames and narrows the airways of your lungs. Asthma causes many varieties of dangerous symptoms that can be extremely dangerous that can be worsened at any given time, making breathing very difficult. Unfortunately there is no known cure for asthma and those who have asthma never “grow” out of it they simply become dormant. However by working very closely with your primary doctor the two of you can manage…

pulmonary disease(COPD) is a respiratory disease which leads by the abnormal inflammation of the lungs. It response to the inhalation of toxic gases, pollutants, and cigarette smoke. The chronic inflammation creates difficulty to breath. In overall, more than five hundred peoplesare diagonised with COPD. It classified as chronic bronchitis and Emphysema.Our lungs are spongy tissues, Bronchi which inside the lung which connected to the Trachea the wind pipe, the bronchi is expended to…

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…

The disease of the lungs, COPD, can be traced back to the 1600’s. It was the year 1679 when Swizz physician, Bonet, defined the disease as “voluminous lungs.” About a century later Italian anatomist, Giovanni Morgagni, termed cases of the lungs as “turgid.” A series of illustrations of the emphysematous lung putting forth the pathology of the disease was published by Baillie in 1789, thus emphysema was known to be a part of COPD early one (Mandal 2013). Over the years, Chronic Bronchitis became…

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…

Tibetans, Andeans and Ethiopians are three small tribes who live in high elevations and conditions that, for lowlanders, would be considered hazardous and unsafe; but for them, it is an everyday life struggle. Just like those who live in remote, extreme climates, like the Inuits, these tribes have changed their whole genetic make-up in order to survive these conditions peacefully. Communities living in high altitudes and climates could be prime examples of how to survive in the harshest…

Incentive Spirometer Volume Trending and Documentation Post-operative pulmonary infections in patients over the age of 65 years present a number of health challenges. These infections, especially pneumonia contribute to the increased the mortality rate of aged patients. Additionally, it has resulted in increased re-admissions rates and prolonged hospital stay, thereby increasing the cost of treatment. These have adverse effects on the hospitals and the patients (Carvalho, Paisani, & Lunardi,…

Discussion The results from the experiment demonstrate that respiratory frequency was higher and increased faster as exercise intensity increased in caffeinated individuals. The correlation between the independent (intensity of work rate) and dependent (respiratory frequency) variables for both the caffeinated and non-caffeinated 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…