CHEM 1660 BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Part III Addiction Dr. Susan Y. LIANG Email: ytliang@hkbu.edu.hk Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than 5‚000 years ago the properties of opium were known in the Euphrates River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great took opium to Persia and India‚ from where cultivation slowly spread eastward and reached China in about the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy
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Could anyone imagine their pet being abused for the sake of a test? The animal is forced into living without food‚ water‚ or fresh air for days‚ even months. Millions of animals each year endow this treatment. They are forced to be tested on‚ in horrible and unimaginable conditions. But‚ the government continues these methods even while there are new and innovative ways to change. There are even laws and bans to help stop animal testing‚ but the effects of the test during and after are unbearable
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Treatment After a diagnosis of COPD is made‚ the next step is a plan of care for the patient. Primary healthcare providers can reduce further lung damage and COPD exacerbations through early diagnosis‚ pharmacological‚ and rehabilitation interventions (Bauldoff‚ 2012). Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program in which a team of healthcare professionals help manage and treat the problems caused by COPD‚ resulting in a reduction of symptoms and an improved quality of life. It typically combines exercise
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)‚ a common preventable and treatable disease‚ is characterized by persistent airflow limitation that is usually progressive and associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airways and the lung to noxious particles or gases (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease). COPD may include other airflow obstruction diseases such as‚ emphysema‚ asthma‚ and chronic bronchitis. Asthma is known as chronic reactive airway disease
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Shay Ward Purdue University Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung disease that encompasses a group of lung conditions that causes structural changes of the airways and alveoli‚ the dysfunction of cilia and an inflammatory response. It is a progressive disease that symptoms worsen over time and is characterized by an accelerated decline in lung function. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
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Rock and Roll on Drugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Excelsior College Author Note This paper is being prepared for The History of Rock And Roll‚ MUS210‚ taught by Dr. Brack May. Abstract Throughout all of history people have been using and experimenting with drugs especially artists and musicians. Numerious musician have reluctantly admitted to or actually proclaimed their use of drugs. The general conscious of these “artists” is that their drug use has unlocked a higher level of creativity. As trendsetters
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Psychology in Respiratory Therapy When I decided I wanted to be a respiratory therapist‚ I never imagined that I would be dealing with any psychological aspects. As I have learned more about the respiratory system and the patients that I will treat‚ I can see that I will deal with some psychological factors quite often. In respiratory therapy there are psychological factors that can affect a person’s ability to breath and their quality of breathing. A range of emotional factors including
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A. The Patient with A Disturbance in Oxygenation Objectives: At the end of this unit the student will be able to: 1. Identify the natural defense mechanisms of the respiratory system‚ and correlate changes in these defense mechanisms with respiratory dysfunction. 2. Describe effects of aging on the respiratory system. 3. Identify significant assessment data that should be obtained from a patient. 4. Describe pH and the mechanisms that regulate acid-base balance. 5. Describe the common
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Smoke Inhalation Causes Smoke inhalation damages the body by simple asphyxiation (lack of oxygen)‚ chemical irritation‚ chemical asphyxiation‚ or a combination of these. * Simple asphyxiates * Combustion can simply use up the oxygen near the fire and lead to death when there is no oxygen for a person to breathe. * Smoke itself can contain products that do not cause direct harm to a person‚ but they take up the space that is needed for oxygen. Carbon dioxide acts in this way
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chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) which contains chlorine‚ fluorine and carbon and bromofluorocarbon or halon which contains bromine or iodine. CFCs are mainly used as refrigerants‚ and then in 1995 they were the base compound used in aerosol sprays. Aerosol inhalers for asthma suffer and fire extinguishers also contain CFCs. Bromofluorocarbon was used in fire fighting equipment in areas where electrical equipment were housed because of its ability not to do any type of damage to electrical equipment. Volcanic
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