affect the passive smoker? Some of the immediate effects of passive smoking include eye irritation‚ headache‚ cough‚ sore throat‚ dizziness and nausea. There are some negative causes by taking smoking of cigarette. Health risks: lung cancer‚ asthma‚ heart attack‚ esophagus‚ cardiovascular and bladder diseases‚ stroke etc. Appearance: bad breath‚ yellow teeth and finger tips‚ disgusting smell of hair‚ fingers‚ clothes‚ wrinkling skin‚ etc. That is the negative cause of cigarette so if I were
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seriously disabled and unable to carry our even the simple daily activities. COPD is twice as common in men as women and is almost always caused by smoking. People with COPD usually have three separate lung conditions‚ chronic bronchitis‚ chronic asthma and emphysema‚ however either one may be dominant (Harris‚ Nagy and Vardaxis‚ 2010) • Symptoms: After smoking 20 or more cigarettes a day for more than twenty years‚ patients with COPD can develop a chronic cough‚ shortness of breath‚ and frequent
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normal patient) in the spirogram when the patient with emphysema was selected? Why did these values change as they did? 6. Which of these two parameters changed more for the patient with emphysema‚ the FVC or the FEV1? 7. How is having an acute asthma attack similar to having emphysema? How is it different? 8. Describe the effect that the inhaler medication had on the asthmatic patient. 9. How much of an increase in FEV1 do you think is required for it to be considered significantly improved
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COPD COPD is characterized by airflow limitation that is poorly reversible. Cumulative‚ chronic exposure to cigarette smoking is the number one cause of the disease‚ but repeated exposure to secondhand smoke‚ air pollution and occupational exposure (to coal‚ cotton‚ grain) are also important risk factors. Chronic inflammation plays a major role in COPD pathophysiology. Smoking and other airway irritants cause neutrophils‚ T-lymphocytes‚ and other inflammatory
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Fluid and Electrolytes Know the causes‚ nursing assessment findings and treatments for: Fluid Volume Excess (Overload): heart failure‚ renal failure‚ abnormal fluid shift‚ treat with diuretics and fluid restriction or sodium restrictions‚ record i&o’s‚ bounding pulse‚ JDV‚ crackles in lungs (from PE)‚ SOB‚ PITTING EDEMA Fluid Volume Deficit (Hypo-Volemia): shift from plasma into ICF with sodium loss‚ treat with isotonic fluids‚ blood products for blood loss‚ low BP‚ increase HR‚ weak thready pulse
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When I was a child I had issues with not breathing correctly when I run so I when I would race someone I would run so fast without breathing correctly I would feel like I was having an asthma attack but as I grew older I corrected my breathing. There are many issues with the respiratory system that can be easily correct as changing the breathing patters of a runner. Hypoxemia is a condition that is caused by any minor respiratory conditions that makes it hard for the lungs to absorb oxygen. For
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Pneumonia‚ Restrictive or Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder Medically pneumonia can be explained as infection of the lungs‚ this infection can be either bacterial‚ viral or fungi infection in which the air sacs may fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation can affect both lungs (double pneumonia)‚ only one lung (single pneumonia) or can be only in certain lobes (lobar pneumonia). As the air sacs may fill with fluid this can produce cough with pus or phlegm‚ fever‚ chills‚ and difficulty breathing
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Field‚ P. (1922‚ October 10). Coffee and Cigarettes: Second-Hand Smoke and Smoke-Free Laws. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. Retrieved October 10‚ 1927‚ from www.sciencecases.org/secondhand_smoke/secondhand_smoke.pdf Coffee and Cigarettes: Second-Hand Smoke and Smoke Free Law Summary and Questions Joshua Davenport owned a coffee bar/bistro in the small town of Lackawaxen‚ Pennsylvania situated on the Delaware River. He wanted to bring the old world elegance to his rural community
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Health Care Providers Respiratory therapists care for people of all ages with restricted breathing problems such as emphysema‚ chronic obstructed pulmonary disease and asthma. Respiratory therapists may work in hospitals‚ long term care facilities‚ physicians’ offices‚ and home health services. Respiratory therapists must have an associate’s degree‚ although most have a both an associates and bachelor’s degree from an accredited college. They are licensed in all states except Alaska (Bureau of
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Hello‚ my name is Stephanie and I am here today to voice my opinion on Smoking in Public place and how it should be banned. Are you tried of seeing cigarette smokers at every public place? Watching people smoking disgusts me‚ the way they pollute the air with the smoke and flick the ash onto the ground. It is a horrible habit that should be banned. I fully support a ban on smoking in all public places. The best way to reduce the number of smokers is to help prevent people from starting in the
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