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Do people with emphysema have a higher breathing rate than someone who does not have the decease?
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Which gas is present in higher quantity in breathing air?
carbon dioxide
How can people in good shape have trouble breathing at high altitudes?
There is less oxygen in the air at higher altitudes. The atmosphere is held in place by the force of gravity, and it is thicker at the bottom, and gradually becomes thinner the higher you go. If you get high enough, the air runs out completely and you are then in outer space. Better wear your spacesuit!
How do high-altitude locations affect breathing rate?
The amount of oxygen is same. The partial pressure of oxygen is lower at higher altitude. The reason why lungs must work harder is because oxygen is required in the body to supply hemoglobins in the blood. The affinity of hemoglobin to oxygen becomes lower as the partial pressure of oxygen decreases, creating a higher breathing rate in order to acquire more oxygen. Take an example of llama that lives up high in mountains. Their body is well adapted to it, such that their hemoglobin's affinity to oxygen is much higher than that of humans, and does not require extra work in order to acquire more oxygen.
Why are injuries to the brainstem fatal?
Not all of them are, but the higher mortality rate among injuries of the brain stem is due its function as a "control center" for breathing and heartbeat, two vital systems. If it gets damaged, the heart and lungs may not work properly.
What altitude affects breathing?
The higher you go in altitude the less oxygen O2 there is in the air. As such it becomes harder to breath without "acclimating" to that elevation. Above 8,000 meters the human body begins to die without assisted breathing apparatuses. Even those only delay the process of decay. Extreme increases in elevation over a short period of time can also cause numerous bad medical effects. Including pulmonary edema and cerebral edema both of which can be fatal.
Do people with emphysema have a higher or lower breathing rate than someone who does not have the disease?
Emphysema causes a higher breathing rate. A person with emphysema can be "air hungry" even when getting external oxygen by mask or cannula.
Why do individuals with emphysema have ventilation and external respiration problems?
A person must have plump alveoli for gas exchange. Plus, the body begins to rely on HIGHER CO2 and can stop breathing if higher O2 is given! So external O2 by mask, canula, or by vent must be given much lower than for healthy lungs, or the person can die.
What controle your breathing?
The brainstem and certain respiratory feedback systems control breathing. The main feedback system is the interplay between carbon dioxide and oxygen. When oxygen levels drop, it triggers us to take another breath. In conditions with brain damage, the brainstem function is unable to initiate independent breaths. And with severe damage to the brainstem itself, a person cannot initiate breathing on his or her own. Interestingly, in chronic lung conditions like emphysema, carbon dioxide rather than oxygen levels play a more important role in triggering the next breath, because in emphysema the body adjusts to a higher CO2 level. A healthy person may require 8 liters of administered oxygen per minute, but 8-liters per min for an emphysema patient would kill them (emphysema patients typically receive about 2-liters of O2 per minute instead of a higher rate). you have CO2 sensors in your brain, when they sence a high level of CO2 in the blood they issue an order to breathe. sometimes when people hyperventilate the CO2 level drops so low the order is "no need, stop breathing" and they panic, that's why you sometimes place a paper bag for them to breathe from
In higher altitude what happens to your breathing?
Your breathing can become laboured due to your smaller lung capacity in high altitudes.
What is the maximum O2 for nasal cannula?
The delivery of external oxygen (O2) depends on the condition. To prevent shock, O2 is often set high, such as 8 L /min. (liters per min). But, in someone with emphysema, for example, anything higher than 2 L/min can kill because the brain reacts differently to CO2 in the lungs in emphysema (reverse feedback than normal... normally we breathe in response to higher Co2 levels, triggering us to exhale and inhale).
Which gas is present in higher concentration in breathing air?
oxygen
What diseases does smoking cause?
It doesn't cause diseases but it makes the risk factor of getting these diseases much higher. They include:- Lung cancer- cardiovascular disease- emphysema- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Which gas is present in higher quantity in breathing air?
carbon dioxide
When you climb higher what happens to you?
when you climb higher you will get colder and colder when you go higher.2. it dosent have much air when you get up so take breathing equietment.
What has air composition to do with why breathing at high altitude is difficult?
It is not so much as the composition that is important, it is that at higher altitudes there is less air. Air is about 20% oxygen, but the higher up you go in altitude, the thinner air will have less oxygen. That's what makes breathing more difficult at higher altitudes.
How does emphysema affect arterial blood gases?
O2 sat on room air or arterial blood would be lower than normal. CO2 levels would be higher.
How can you prevent emphysema?
The best way is to reduce smoking as smokers chances to get emphysema is much higher than the non-smokers. However, in certain people, it is due to genetic reason (ie: alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency) which means not much thing can be done to prevent it but some intervention is still possible to reduce the symptoms.
