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Facts on Emphysema and COPD - The Efects of a Smoking Addiction
By Beverly OMalley
Any discussion of the facts on emphysema must include the main statement that emphysema
belongs to the COPD (Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) group of respiratory conditions.COPD
disorders cause obstruction to the airways and make it difficult to properly exhale all the carbon dioxide
in the lungs. Smoking is a main contributor and cause of COPD and emphysema in particular.
Other illnesses in the COPD group of respiratory problems are asthma and chronic bronchitis. These
three conditions are seldom present in isolation of each other and therefore when one is present the
other two are likely to be present as well. This is why they are grouped together and called Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD.
Emphysema causes damage to the air sacs in the lungs. The natural air sacs in the lungs are called
alveoli. As emphysema sets in these sacs become larger and fewer in number. The tissue around
them loses its elasticity so the sacs cannot expand and retract normally. This causes a decrease in the
amount of oxygen and an increase in the levels of carbon dioxide in your blood.
Symptoms of emphysema are a chronic cough, a grayish-blue cast to the skin (from a lack of oxygen),
fatigue, dizziness, finding it hard to catch your breath, and having difficulty breathing during any type of
physical exercise. Often there is great discomfort when you eat (because it is hard to breathe with a full
stomach), so gradually there is loss of appetite, weight loss and lack of energy. Unfortunately, because
this condition progresses so slowly, by the time symptoms appear emphysema is usually already in an
advanced stage.
The facts on emphysema include some very startling statistics. Because emphysema is primarily
caused by smoking, it usually occurs in older adults. Men are 64% more likely to contract it than
women. However, as the female population that took up smoking the seventies and eighties are aging,
emphysema is now becoming more prevalent in women as well. The one cause of emphysema that is
not related to smoking or chronic asthma is occupational exposures. Workers who regularly come in
contact with toxic fumes from chemicals (especially in the mining process) are at risk.
If you do not yet have emphysema, quitting smoking or avoiding second-hand smoke will most likely
prevent you from developing it in the future. If you already have this disorder the effects of smoking
have already started to take a toll. However, stopping your smoking addiction now will hopefully keep it
from getting worse.
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The startling facts on emphysema is that there is no cure, but the symptoms can be treated and
lessened to a degree. Treatment for emphysema is based on the severity of symptoms. Some of the
treatment options most commonly used are inhalers, medications (antibiotics, bronchodilators, and
corticosteroids), oxygen therapy, and sometimes even lung surgery.
Complications such as lung infections and heart problems are two of the most significant facts on
emphysema. As the condition progresses heart problems will follow. Low oxygen levels stimulate the
heart to pump more blood and it becomes overworked eventually developing what is called congestive
heart failure. Frequent infections result from the inability of the lungs to effectively remove accumulated
mucus. Pneumonia and heart failure are a frequent cause of death in people with emphysema and
COPD.
The facts on emphysema are very clear. It caused by a smoking addiction. It is a chronic disabling
condition that belongs to the family of conditions knows as COPD (Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease)
and leads to comorbid conditions such as lung infections and heart failure.
Beverly Hansen OMalley is a health promotion specialist and likes to write about health related topics
that help people in their daily lives. She is the the owner of http://www.registered-nurse-canada.com
where she explores the uniqueness of the nursing profession.
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10 Smoking Facts to Help You Develop a New Attitude Toward Your Cigarette Addiction
By Beverly OMalley
What are the smoking facts? Smoking can kill you, and your cigarette addiction can also kill others.
If you want to quit cigarette smoking you need to start by changing your attitude and beliefs about your
cigarette addiction.
All addicts engage in denial and rationalization. You use these tidy bits of fiction to protect yourself
from the stark reality of the smoking risks to your health and the health of those around you. Your
tobacco addiction is likely accompanied some or all of the following bits of smoking fiction. You cannot
quit cigarette smoking unless you give up your denial and face the facts about smoking.
Fiction: I have the right to do what I want, it is my body.
Fact #1: The facts about smoking reveal that your habit is contributing to air pollution, global warming,
accidental poisoning, escalating prevalence of asthma and even sudden infant death syndrome. Your
addiction is harming not only you but those around you. Your are not alone on this planet, and you are
not alone in your life. There are other people who love you and need you and your smoking is as
harmful to them as it is to you.
Fiction: If I keep the windows open when I smoke in the car I am protecting the children from the
harmful effects of smoke.
Fact #2: This does nothing to protect your children from the smoking risks to health. Every time you
smoke a cigarette in the car they smoke it with you.
Fiction: Smoking is a bad habit.
Fact #3: Smoking is a tobacco addiction not a habit.
Fiction: Everybody smokes.
Fact #4: Everybody does not smoke. So many people in Canada are giving up smoking that the
national rate for smoking is approaching 18% . If you smoke you are in the minority not the majority.
Fiction: Smoking is cool.
Fact #5: When you smoke you do not look cool, you look stupid. Let's face it you have freely chosen to
engage in an activity that drains your pocket book and harms your health. This decision calls your
intelligence into question. Smoking statistics in Canada show that smoking is more prevalent among
the unemployed, lower income groups and populations with 12 years or less of grade school
education. Smoking doesn't make you look cool it makes you look uneducated, unemployed, and poor.
Fiction: It is only tobacco. Its not like its heroin or anything.
Fact #6 : Nicotine is more dangerous that cocaine, heroin or alcohol when it comes to dependence.
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Dependence develops quickly. The product is legal and easily available making the dependence easier
to maintain. Tobacco addiction causes more health problems worldwide than heroin.
Fiction: It is legal so it can't be that bad.
Fact #7: See smoking fact # 6
Fiction: I only smoke socially when I am with friends.
Fact #8: See smoking fact # 6. Your social smoking will likely result in a tobacco addiction. If you value
your friends do not harm them. You have a moral obligation to protect them.
Fiction: I am still young and will quit before I get older
Fact # 9: See smoking fact # 6. Smoking statistics show that most people start their cigarette addiction
when they are teenagers.
Fiction: It is hopeless, I have tried many times and I cannot quit cigarette smoking.
Fact # 10: Not everyone is successful the first time they try to quit cigarette smoking. The facts about
smoking show that most former smokers had several unsuccessful attempts before they finally
overcame their tobacco addiction. Keep trying!
Of all the known smoking risks to your health perhaps the most significant one is not facing the facts
about smoking and living in a world of denial.
If you want to quit cigarette smoking your reality check should include facing the smoking facts. This
one is so important it bears repeating.
Smoking can kill you.
Beverly Hansen OMalley is a health promotion specialist and likes to write about health related topics
that help people in their daily lives. She is the the owner of http://www.registered-nurse-canada.com
where she explores the uniqueness of the nursing profession in Canada.
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