Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Christopher Lanenga Kendra Tillis Mandy Duea Marna Nersesian Michael Eiden HCS 330 October 4, 2010 Sheela Hirao Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Although many have heard of the destruction smoking and nicotine can do, much only associate lung cancer with this deadly habit; however, a more common disease can develop. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the most frequent form of lung disease, which typically develops after long-term exposure to irritants that damage the lungs and the airways. COPD breaks down into two forms, which are chronic bronchitis, a long-term cough with mucous, and emphysema, defined as a destruction of the lungs over time. In the United States, approximately
The upper airway of your respiratory system consists of the trachea, voice box, and throat. A blockage in your airway could prevent your body from getting enough oxygen. Therefore it is very easy to misdiagnose upper airway obstruction and asthma because of the symptoms, the patient might not be able to get enough oxygen, being out of breath, all this could indicate asthma as well as upper airway obstruction. Also in cystic Fibrosis, some of the symptoms in the start are close to asthma like persistent cough, wheezing and recurring chest and lung infections. There for it is easy to misdiagnose asthma for Cystic fibrosis.
• People with lung disease: Exposure to air pollution might worsen their symptoms. This includes people with chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). • People with cardiovascular (heart) disease: Exposure to air pollution might induce symptoms such as palpitations, chest pain, or shortness of breath. • Unborn babies (pregnant women): Exposure to high levels of air pollution over longer time periods (weeks to months) may be linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes such as reduced birth weight or premature births. • Children are likely to be more vulnerable to exposure to air pollution compared to adults for the following reasons; their lungs are still growing and developing, their immune and metabolic systems are still developing, they suffer from frequent respiratory infections, and they are more active outdoors than adults and therefore breathe in higher doses of outdoor pollutants.
The system dose of most drugs administered by inhalation is reduced compared to therapies given orally or intravenously. Delivering therapy directly to the lungs also allows more rapid Broncho dilation. The aims of inhaled therapy are to achieve optimal control of the disease by limiting exacerbations, improving lung function, limiting symptoms and improving quality of life. Additionally, most COPD occurs in older adults who may have comorbidities (pert. to a disease that exists simultaneously with and worsens or affects a primary disease) such as impaired eyesight, tremor, arthritis, and cognitive problems that can aggravate effective use of the inhaler device.
Risk Factors Heart failure occurs most commonly in clients over the age of 60, and occurs more commonly in males than females. 1. In addition to these two risk factors, which question will provide the nurse the best data about any additional risk factors for heart failure? [pic]"Do you have any chronic lung disorders?" Lung disorders, such as asthma and chronic bronchitis, are not commonly associated with an increased risk for heart failure.
The extra mucus and fluids put extra pressure on the lungs. E. How would Cari’s lung compliance (the effort required to expand the lungs) be altered as her alveoli fill with fluid due to pneumonia? She will have a low compliance, because the lungs wont be able to expand with all the fluid build up. Usually lungs have a high compliance and expand easily and surfactant in alveolar fluid reduces surface tension. Decreased compliance is a common feature in pulmonary conditions that scar lung tissue.
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.
There are a large amount of people who go through extreme siffering and become disabeled as an result of strokes. Before most people have full blown strokes there body will usually go through certain periods of schock that are huge signs to let people now there body is going through something. Usually these symptoms are dizziness when first rising in the morning and aslo numbness these are just a few there are more.The sooner the symptoms of a stroke are recognized the better it is on the patienyt to treat the problem. This increases the chances of better health. Not everyone has symptoms the ones that due and recognize them are lucky compared to the people who just have strokes.
ETS is made up of the smoke that comes from the end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar called side-stream smoke. People that are constantly exposed to ETS are at an increasing risk for developing health problems related to it. Many underage children are regularly inhaling ETS. Since children’s respiration rate is faster than adults and they take in more air, if ETS is present in the air, the children can develop a lot of health problems. ETS can cause problems like bronchitis, pneumonia, middle ear disease, and asthma.
Sulfur dioxide affect human’s health when it is breathed in. It irritates the throat, nose, and airways which cause us to cough, start wheezing, or have shortness of breath. The effects are felt very quickly. Most people feel the worse symptoms about 10 to 15 minutes after breathing it in. High concentrations of sulfur dioxide can result in breathing problems with asthmatic children and adults who are active outdoors.