temperatures, sunshine and calm winds. Photochemical smog can result in acid rain affecting human and plant health. | Photochemical smog also creates lots of problems like health problems. Some of the health problems that photochemical smog cause are bronchitis and asthma, these are both breathing problems that are caused by the smog being breathed in by people. Some other problems are that it can cause headaches and lung
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | INTRODUCTION We are doing a case study on medical, nursing, pharmacological management of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). We took a COPD patient and assessed the patient for clinical manifestation, the medical, nursing, pharmacological care given to the patient. In our case study we will include the care Hawwa is receiving now and the care we can add to daily routine to help her recover faster. Hawwa Ismail is admitted to Medical ward with
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| |Ground-level ozone (O3) |Form in atmosphere |Irritates eyes, irritates respiratory tracts; asthma, and | | | |chronic bronchitis | |Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) |Strong mineral acid |Can cause burning, swelling, and tearing on any body parts | Note: Some pollutants may not have direct health effects.
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records, and provide patients with information about the medications that are prescribed to them. Theresa answers the phone call from a patient of Dr. Waring, an elderly woman with multiple medical problems. Dr. Waring prescribed her a medication for bronchitis two days ago and she maybe having a reaction to it. Since Dr. Dumphey and Dr. Warning have an arrangement for him to cover for her while she is on vacation Theresa has an obligation to handle this situation because she is Dr. Dumphey medical assistant
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count all the money that they could receive if they put all the money they spend on cigarettes in a savings account, they may turn out to be millionaires. Last but not least, smoking has been shown to be dangerous to health. Heart disease, bronchitis and lung cancer have all been linked. In general, I
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Amine Elkettani P.3 Research Paper 4/21/17 Elkettani 1 Smoking tobacco products is deadly and tobacco products should be illegal. Nicotine one of the main ingredients in cigarettes is very addictive. When the nicotine goes inside the blood the nicotine makes the adrenal glands release adrenaline which makes the central nervous system raise your blood pressure, your breathing rate and heart rate. Tobacco reacts with your brain the
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Risk of Second Hand Smoke Belinda Jones Com/156 March 30, 2014 Vally Behjou Passive Smoke Smokers may never realize the harm they
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of COPD are emphysema and chronic bronchitis, Emphysema is that the walls between the air sacs are damaged, causing them to lose their shape and become soft. The damage also can destroy the walls of the air sacs, leading to fewer and larger air sacs instead of many tiny ones. When this happens, the amount of gas exchange in the lungs is reduced; also the gas will built up into your body which can hurt the rest of the body at the same time. Chronic bronchitis is the lining of the airways is constantly
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Smoking: The truth is written on the box COM/156 Smoking: The truth is written on the box How many of you have ever looked at the outside of a pack of cigarettes? You probably noticed there is a surgeon’s warning written on it stating that smoking is a hazard risk. A written statement that smoking is harmful, yet you see people huddled up outside work smoking or out on the drive with cigarette smoke coming out their car windows. Would it be a surprise that secondhand smoke is now
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(either current or former smokers) are more likely to suffer from COPD, although in some cases one out of six people with COPD have never smoked. (GICOPD 2001) The most common types of COPD are Chronic Bronchitis, Asthma, and Emphysema. Many people diagnosed with COPD may have two types Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema while a few may only have Asthma. COPD is the third most common cause of death in the United States. Of the major causes of death in the U.S., it is the only to have risen in numbers since
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