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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is when a person has chronic bronchitis or emphysema. They have shortness of breath, and often need medications and supplemental oxygen.
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What is the best, most effective kind of COPD treatment and why?
The best most effective treatment of copd is to quit smoking. Other treatments include medications such as bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteriods, and antibiotics. Some people do home oxygen therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation.
How do the lungs filter oxygen off nitrogen?
Nitrogen is not a compound molecule and does not contain Oxygen. Nitrogen is represented by the letter N in the periodic table and exists independently of oxygen. Oxygen and Nitrogen exist together in "air" along with hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and several other gases. The lungs effectively filter oxygen off the "air" (not off nitrogen) with the help of hemoglobin (which is part of the red blood cells), by allowing the oxygen to attach to it.
What causes a blue nose in a COPD patient?
Blue noses can be symptomatic of several things. First, they could indicate a lack of oxygen to the nose. Alternatively, they may be caused by bruising either internal or external.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by slowly progressive, irreversible airflow obstruction. It produces progressively disabling symptoms that eventually impact on every aspect of a patient's life.
What sort of health problems does breathing smog and soot cause?
One of the worst is something called COPD. It means chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and it is a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe. It gets worse over time. It is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. That makes it very hard to breathe at times. Smoking is the biggest cause but any soot over a long time causes it as well.
there is compensation with the co2 (more of it) . the metabolic factor being bicarb would normally raise pH. with the higher co2 thus increasing acidity, the pH is maintained
What are the two main forms of COPD?
COPD, also is known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and its two main forms is Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis. But it also has another form of Bronchiectasis.
What body systems does chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affect and how does it affect them?
Emphysema is a jerk. You shouldn't hang out with him. He's making you a total booty call
Does mold aggravate chronic bronchitis?
It does indeed.
Ideally, no one should live in a mouldy home, but particularly not people with chronic chest troubles. If you can't move and you have mould on your walls, buy some thick bleach and some rubber gloves (preferably get someone healthy and energetic to do this for you), open all the windows and doors and paint the thick bleach all over the walls.
It smells very strong, which is why all windows and doors must be open against the build up of fumes. The mould will go the same day and the effect of the bleach will last about 3 years before having to be repeated.
This is not the ideal solution, but if you can't move or can't afford proper professional damp proofing treatment, this is the best and cheapest method of getting rid of it. If social housing is available where you live, ask your Dr for a letter saying that you have chronic chest problems and take it to the place that runs the social housing in your area. They should award you extra points on the waiting list.
When a patient have chronic bronchitis why does his skin turn blue?
Chronic bronchitis is one of the main forms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) the other is emphysema; although typically patients with COPD have both conditions.
The reason the skin appears either blue or gray is because with these patients there isn't isn't enough oxygen in the blood stream. A person with chronic bronchitis, the bronchial tubes in the lungs are inflamed so when blood is pumped into the lungs to get oxygenated it isn't very effective because the surface area is diminished; resulting in lower levels of oxygenated blood in the blood stream.
This in turn affects the levels of oxygenated blood flowing to the rest of the body affecting the color and changing it to blue.
Can Bronchitis COPD and Emphesema kill you?
Although these conditions are often accompanied by other things, the answer is YES.
Both of these can lead to progressively worse respiratory failure (inability to breathe), and can kill you. Stop smoking.
What is the youngest age to get COPD?
I can only answer this question by personal experience. I was 40 years old when I was told I had COPD. I have researched this and found this is a disease that is found in older people in their 60 and 70. Hope this helped a little.
Nicholas Sorrentino:
I'm eighteen years old. Last year, at the age of seventeen, I was diagnosed with COPD and had half off my left lung removed due to spontaneous pnuemothoraces. They found the emphysema (COPD) in my right lung during the procedures. If you would also categorize Chronic Bronchitis into the COPD diagnoses, I was born with it. So, seventeen or from birth. I also have no blood relatives with COPD. It isn't genetics at all, but I have smoked for a few years. My suggestion is stay away from cigarettes, or any other inhalant based chemical and take care of your body. COPD can cause a lot of damage to other parts of the human body (ex. liver, kidney, and heart diseases/failures). When I had my first pnuemothorax, my lung was 100% deflated and caused a minor heart attack. If you have any other respiratory questions and what can be caused from them, feel free to ask. Hopefully some of this information will help you and any others who have this or a similar question.
Why does a COPD patient have a positive nitrogen balance?
COPD patients usually don't have a positive nitrogen balance, as the disease is more often associated with a general exhaustion of the body, and as such a net loss of total body protein.
If a COPD patient does have a positive nitrogen balance, it simply means that the patient has eaten more protein than what has been broken down and excreted. This would most likely be associated with a positive net caloric intake and a gain of muscle weight.
Is using oxygen contraindicated in patients with COPD?
There is a perpetuated myth in the healthcare community that high levels of oxygen can "stop a patient from breathing". This concept is widely viewed as a reason to withhold oxygen from people suspected of suffering from COPD, with the result being under-treated patients. There is research that suggests that administration of too much oxygen in the blood can cause negative changes in the cardiovascular system. Please note the main difference between DELIVERING high concentrations and the patient absorbing too much oxygen. People with breathing problems may receive high concentrations but not be able to absorb it. This is not a reason to withhold oxygen. Current protocols suggest that heathcare practitioners deliver as much oxygen as is necessary to achieve and maintain normal blood concentrations but not to allow too much to enter the bloodstream (they can check it easily without having to take blood).
What causes hypoxia in person with COPD?
Hypoxia is where there is low oxygen concentrations in the tissures so therefore this must be due to the lack of oxygen in the blood due to poor/lack of gas exchange caused by the copd
What is the copd life expectancy for men?
The life expectancy for COPD ultimately depends on your lifestyle, and the severances of the disease. Some studies have shown that 43% of COPD patients with obstructed airways lived past 3 years. People who have smoked reduce their life expectancy by over five years after four years of smoking.
