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Emphysema Nothing Known to slow or Cure it
(COPD)
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Emphysema is a dangerous disease affecting the lungs. It targets the air sacs, or alveoli, in the lungs and causes them to over inflate. Fortunately an emphysema treatment is available helps to improve health efficiency. Before to go for medication treatment with generic Theophylline it is required to consult to your doctor.
April 5, 2013 at 3:59 AM
Emphysema
Published by Jan
Emphysema-
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD; Chronic obstructive airways disease; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Chronic bronchitis; Emphysema; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common lung diseases. It makes it difficult to breathe. There are two main forms of COPD:
Emphysema can be classified into primary and secondary. However, it is more commonly classified by location into panacinary and centroacinary (or panacinar and centriacinar, or centrilobular and panlobular).
Panacinar (or panlobular) emphysema: The entire respiratory acinus, from respiratory bronchiole to alveoli, is expanded. Occurs more commonly in the lower lobes, especially basal segments, and anterior margins of the lungs.
Centriacinar (or centrilobular) emphysema: The respiratory bronchiole (proximal and central part of the acinus) is expanded. The distal acinus or alveoli are unchanged. Occurs more commonly in the upper lobes. Other types include distal acinar and irregular. A special type is congenital lobar emphysema.
Signs and symptoms:
Emphysema is a disease of the lung tissue caused by destruction of structures feeding the alveoli, in some cases owing to the action of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. Smoking is one major cause of this destruction, which causes the small airways in the lungs to collapse during forced exhalation. As a result, airflow is impeded and air becomes trapped, just as in other obstructive lung diseases. Symptoms include shortness of breath on exertion, and an expanded chest.
People with this disease do not get enough oxygen and cannot remove carbon dioxide from their blood; they therefore exhibit dyspnea (shortness of breath). At first this occurs only during physical activity. Eventually it will occur after any physical exertion. Later the patient may be dyspneic all the time, even when relaxing. Because breathing is difficult, the patient must use accessory muscles to help them breathe; tachypnea (rapid breathing) may occur when they try to extend their exertion. They may have trouble coughing and lowered amounts of sputum. They may also lose weight.
The anteroposterior diameter of their chest may increase; this symptom is sometimes referred as "barrel chest." The patient may lean forward with arms extended or resting on something to help them breathe.
When lung auscultation and chest percussion is performed a hyperresonant sound is heard.
The patient may also exhibit symptoms of hypoxia-induced cyanosis, or the appearance of a blue to purplish discoloration of the skin, due to increased levels of deoxyhemoglobin in the blood.
Causes:
The majority of all emphysema cases are caused by smoking tobacco. Emphysema cases that are caused by other etiologies are referred to as secondary emphysema.
In some cases it may be due to alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. Severe cases of A1AD may also develop cirrhosis of the liver, where the accumulated A1AT leads to a fibrotic reaction.
Some types of emphysema are considered a normal part of aging and are found in the elderly whose lungs have deteriorated due to age. At about 20 years of age, people stop developing new alveoli tissue. In the years following the cessation of the development of new alveoli, lung tissue can start to deteriorate. This is a normal, natural part of aging in healthy people. Alveoli will die, the number of lung capillaries will decline and the elastin of the lungs will begin to break down causing a loss of pulmonary elasticity. As people age, they will also lose strength and mass in their chest muscles causing these muscles to become weaker. In addition, bones can start to deteriorate and a person’s posture can change. Together, all of these age-related manifestations can cause the development of emphysema. Though not all elderly people will develop emphysema, they are all at risk of having decreased respiratory function.
Other causes of emphysema can be anything that causes the body to be unable to inhibit proteolytic enzymes in the lung. This could be exposure to air pollution, second hand smoke or other chemicals and toxins.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors:
Smoking is the leading cause of COPD. The more a person smokes, the more likely that person will develop COPD although some people smoke for years and never get COPD. In rare cases, nonsmokers who lack a protein called alpha-1 antitrypsin can develop emphysema.
Other risk factors for COPD are:
1. Exposure to certain gases or fumes in the workplace
2. Exposure to heavy amounts of secondhand smoke and pollution
3. Frequent use of cooking gas without proper ventilation
Symptoms:
• Cough with mucus
• Shortness of breath (dyspnea) that gets worse with mild activity
• Fatigue
• Frequent respiratory infections
• Wheezing
• Since the symptoms of COPD develop slowly, some people may be unaware that they are sick.
Emphysema Nothing Known to slow or Cure it
(COPD)
hxxp://medicalmarijuana.com/medical-marijuana-treatments/Emphysema
Emphysema is a dangerous disease affecting the lungs. It targets the air sacs, or alveoli, in the lungs and causes them to over inflate. Fortunately an emphysema treatment is available helps to improve health efficiency. Before to go for medication treatment with generic Theophylline it is required to consult to your doctor.
April 5, 2013 at 3:59 AM
Emphysema
Published by Jan
Emphysema-
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD; Chronic obstructive airways disease; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Chronic bronchitis; Emphysema; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common lung diseases. It makes it difficult to breathe. There are two main forms of COPD:
- • Chronic bronchitis, defined by a long-term cough with mucus
- • Emphysema, defined by destruction of the lungs over time
- • Most people with COPD have a combination of both conditions.
Emphysema can be classified into primary and secondary. However, it is more commonly classified by location into panacinary and centroacinary (or panacinar and centriacinar, or centrilobular and panlobular).
Panacinar (or panlobular) emphysema: The entire respiratory acinus, from respiratory bronchiole to alveoli, is expanded. Occurs more commonly in the lower lobes, especially basal segments, and anterior margins of the lungs.
Centriacinar (or centrilobular) emphysema: The respiratory bronchiole (proximal and central part of the acinus) is expanded. The distal acinus or alveoli are unchanged. Occurs more commonly in the upper lobes. Other types include distal acinar and irregular. A special type is congenital lobar emphysema.
Signs and symptoms:
Emphysema is a disease of the lung tissue caused by destruction of structures feeding the alveoli, in some cases owing to the action of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. Smoking is one major cause of this destruction, which causes the small airways in the lungs to collapse during forced exhalation. As a result, airflow is impeded and air becomes trapped, just as in other obstructive lung diseases. Symptoms include shortness of breath on exertion, and an expanded chest.
People with this disease do not get enough oxygen and cannot remove carbon dioxide from their blood; they therefore exhibit dyspnea (shortness of breath). At first this occurs only during physical activity. Eventually it will occur after any physical exertion. Later the patient may be dyspneic all the time, even when relaxing. Because breathing is difficult, the patient must use accessory muscles to help them breathe; tachypnea (rapid breathing) may occur when they try to extend their exertion. They may have trouble coughing and lowered amounts of sputum. They may also lose weight.
The anteroposterior diameter of their chest may increase; this symptom is sometimes referred as "barrel chest." The patient may lean forward with arms extended or resting on something to help them breathe.
When lung auscultation and chest percussion is performed a hyperresonant sound is heard.
The patient may also exhibit symptoms of hypoxia-induced cyanosis, or the appearance of a blue to purplish discoloration of the skin, due to increased levels of deoxyhemoglobin in the blood.
Causes:
The majority of all emphysema cases are caused by smoking tobacco. Emphysema cases that are caused by other etiologies are referred to as secondary emphysema.
In some cases it may be due to alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. Severe cases of A1AD may also develop cirrhosis of the liver, where the accumulated A1AT leads to a fibrotic reaction.
Some types of emphysema are considered a normal part of aging and are found in the elderly whose lungs have deteriorated due to age. At about 20 years of age, people stop developing new alveoli tissue. In the years following the cessation of the development of new alveoli, lung tissue can start to deteriorate. This is a normal, natural part of aging in healthy people. Alveoli will die, the number of lung capillaries will decline and the elastin of the lungs will begin to break down causing a loss of pulmonary elasticity. As people age, they will also lose strength and mass in their chest muscles causing these muscles to become weaker. In addition, bones can start to deteriorate and a person’s posture can change. Together, all of these age-related manifestations can cause the development of emphysema. Though not all elderly people will develop emphysema, they are all at risk of having decreased respiratory function.
Other causes of emphysema can be anything that causes the body to be unable to inhibit proteolytic enzymes in the lung. This could be exposure to air pollution, second hand smoke or other chemicals and toxins.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors:
Smoking is the leading cause of COPD. The more a person smokes, the more likely that person will develop COPD although some people smoke for years and never get COPD. In rare cases, nonsmokers who lack a protein called alpha-1 antitrypsin can develop emphysema.
Other risk factors for COPD are:
1. Exposure to certain gases or fumes in the workplace
2. Exposure to heavy amounts of secondhand smoke and pollution
3. Frequent use of cooking gas without proper ventilation
Symptoms:
• Cough with mucus
• Shortness of breath (dyspnea) that gets worse with mild activity
• Fatigue
• Frequent respiratory infections
• Wheezing
• Since the symptoms of COPD develop slowly, some people may be unaware that they are sick.