After a semester in public health 3100, I realized that there are more factors to my father’s illness with acute bronchitis than I initially thought. After rereading the Health Narrative part 1, which was a narrative about my father’s illness, acute bronchitis. I now know that my father’s location, age and lack of governmental control all contributed to my father making the decision to smoke. What a semester in public health 3100 taught me is that, unfortunately, many of the health problems worldwide
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is , a 72 year old man who has been admitted for dyspnea or shortness of breath. reported that he has been coughing for the past week and his coughing has accompanied sputum discharge. His past medical history includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. He used to smoke but has stopped since a year ago for economical reasons as well as it is also bad for his asthma. His bowel movements have also been irregular since his admission. He also reported that he is feeling depressed and fearful about
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understand less, why smoking appeals to a person. The risk is higher than the benefits and I can’t seem to understand what people find in it that makes them want to continue smoking. My mother was a smoker and had high blood pressure, heart disease and bronchitis. After researching this, I found out that most of it could have been prevent if she did not smoke. The chemicals used to produce them have been researched and are the cause for many of the disease and the effects it has on your body. Some people
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Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is one of the most common lung diseases which makes it difficult to breathe and causes damage to the lungs over many years, usually from smoking that leads to a combination of two diseases, Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema. Chronic Bronchitis are airways which carry to the lings become inflamed and make a lot of mucus, and a long term cough with mucus. Emphysema involves destruction of the lungs over time, and the air sac are damaged and loses their stretch
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began to suffer from vitamin C deficiency, which led to scurvy. These days, vitamin C is used most often for preventing and treating the common cold. Some people use it for other infections including gum disease, acne and other skin infections, bronchitis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, stomach ulcers caused by bacteria called Helicobacter pylori, tuberculosis, dysentery (an infection of the lower intestine), and skin infections that produce boils (furunculosis). It is also used for
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sulfuric dioxide - These gases irritates the eyes and Couse breathings difficulties by irritating the lungs - [pic] cause inflammation and the phlegm - High level ofCO2, NO and NO2 also leads to inflammation of the lungs called bronchitis Acid Rain It is form when acid air pollutant such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide dissolve in rainwater (Nitrogen and sulfur dioxide are acidic . then it dissolve to the rainwater and the water become acidic
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airways and the alveoli in the lungs get impaired. In this condition, the cough develops with mucus to struggle to breathe. COPD applies to a group of lung diseases .it can be a combination of Emphysema, Bronchitis, and some time in non-reversible asthma. The two primary COPD conditions are chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema. These diseases distress different parts of the lungs, but both cause difficulty breathing. Emphysema gradually destructs the air alveoli in the lungs. Alveoli provide oxygen to the
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R.S. has smoked for many years and has developed chronic bronchitis, a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He also has a history of coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial vascular disease. His arterial blood gas (ABG) values are pH = 7.32, PaCO2 = 60 mm Hg, PaO2 = 50 mm Hg, HCO3- = 30 mEq/L. His hematocrit is 52% with normal red cell indices. He is using an inhaled ß2 agonist and theophylline to manage his respiratory disease. At this clinic visit, it is noted on a chest x-ray
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rather than to tissue destruction by the viruses themselves. And of the Lower Respiratory Tract, causing bronchitis and pneumonia. Lower Respiratory Tract Infections are a major cause of excess morbidity and mortality in developing countries and emergency situations, (American Family Physician,2012). Malnutrition increases the risk of upper respiratory tract infections and subsequent acute bronchitis, especially in children and older people. The primary method of prevention is by hand washing with some
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Does the patient have risk factors for emphysema? Smokers have an increased risk of emphysema. 5. What would you expect the values for spirometry, cardiac function, and lung elasticity (compliance) to show if this patient has chronic bronchitis? Bronchitis is an obstructive respiratory disease, I would expect a decrease in all spirometry, total lung capacity, and total volume. Cardiac function would also decrease due to the increased resistance caused by lack of oxygen within the blood system
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