There are many consequences to smoking like health problems, addiction, and economic costs. Second hand smoke is a major problem, since smoking is allowed in a lot of places. Second hand smoke has fifty cancer causing chemicals which are inhaled by non-smokers. Second hand tobacco smoke is also called Environment Tobacco Smoke (ETS). ETS is made up of the smoke that comes from the end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar called side-stream smoke.
Older children and adolescent have a more developed omentum, which walls off the inflamed or perforated appendix, often causing a focal abscess. • significant abdominal pain, especially around the bellybutton or in the lower right part of the abdomen (perhaps coming and going and then becoming consistent and sharp) • low-grade fever • loss of appetite • nausea and vomiting • diarrhea (especially small amounts, with mucus) • swollen or bloated abdomen, especially in infants The symptoms of appendicitis can vary according to a child's age. In kids 2 years old or younger, the most common symptoms are vomiting and a bloated or swollen abdomen, accompanied by pain. Laboratory and diagnostic test: • Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan: performed to visualize the appendix for further evaluation • Laboratory testing: may reveal an elevated white blood cell count • C reactive protein: may be elevated If appendicitis goes untreated, the inflamed appendix can burst 24 to 72 hours after the symptoms begin. 2.
Young adult Crohn’s disease is a serious, chronic disease affecting the digestive System. The disease is long term and persistent, usually lifelong. Chrohn’s disease causes inflammation, most often in the small intestine. The infected area becomes red and inflamed, leading to ulcers and bleeding. Chrohn’s disease can appear at any age, but is most dangerous in adults in their 20’s and 30’s.
It is highly speculated that it is caused by smoking too much, environmental problems, genetics or having an abnormal response of the immune system. The most In addition, it is proven that you are 20% more likely to contract Crohn's disease if you have relatives that had the disease or an IBD. Going along the same track, Jewish people who are of European descent have a greater risk to contract the disease (It is not known why). We do know that that Crohn's disease can affect humans of all ages, but it is primarily an illness for the young, affecting people as early as age thirteen to age thirty. Crohn's disease also is a disease that affects the old, primarily from sixty years and
Zachary’s stomach contributes to the formation of ulcers in other parts of the G.I. tract by the acids needed to breakdown food are excessive and cause the stomach to over work therefore causing surrounding parts to be over worked as well. If the stomach is always churning food the digestion processes is always on going. Parietal cells and gastric glands are directly related to the formation of ulcers. A major causing factor is chronic inflammation due to Helicobacter pylori that colonizes the mucosa.
c Most people know that smoking can cause lung cancer, but it can also cause many other cancers and illnesses. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. The most obvious effect is the deterioration of a smoker's health. This is not just for smokers but to nonsmokers too, because you do not have to have a cigarette in your hand to be smoking, for example, if your parents smoke you get second hand smoke which is technically the same thing because you are still inhaling smoke actually even more. Smoking increases the risk of lung disease, for instance, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that is a collective term for a group of diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis.
Fibromyalgia and Multiple Sclerosis both have pain associated with the diseases. These pains can be muscle twitching, muscle weakness, severe weakness in an arm or leg or both. More common pain could be tingling, crawling, or burning feeling in the arms or legs. All of these lead to muscle pain which makes it very difficult to do the daily activities. A person who has these diseases could be embarrassed by symptoms such as constipation, stool leakage and urine leakage.
For example, white males over the age of fifty and women between the ages of 25 and 32. You're also at a higher risk of getting melanoma if you know other family members who've had this disease. Often at times melanomas run in family, so the more familey members who've had melanoma, the higher the risk is of you getting it as well. Being exposed to ultraviolet light is another risk factor. The more you tan and burn, the greater the chances are of you getting skin cancer.
While these have presented large mortality rates, tobacco causes more deaths than all the above combined. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008; Mokdad, Marks, Stroud, & Gerberding, 2004). The effects of smoking on the body are vast. While there are extrenal effects like smelly hair, yellow teeth, bad breath and stained fingers, it is the internal damage that is frightening. Smoking harms nearly organ of the body.
Amber Drob 9/5/12 Informative Essay Why would you quit smoking? Tobacco smoke is harmful to both smokers and nonsmokers, millions of Americans have health problems caused by smoking. There is more than 7,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, at least 250 are known to be harmful. Smoking is a leading cause of cancer and death from cancer. It causes cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, pancreas, stomach, cervix, and myeloid leukemia.