Possible treatment for reversing emphysema

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Possible Treatment for Reversing Emphysema

• By Livia Tiba
• Halosense.com

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Glossary

• What is Emphysema
• Lung Anatomy Physiology
• Lung Comparisons
• What Are The Causes
• WHO is the Risk
• Symptoms of Emphysema
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Worldwide Mortality Rate

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What is Emphysema

• Emphysema is a chronic lung disease that is
  caused by damage to the alveoli, the tiny air
  sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen
  and carbon dioxide takes place.
• COPD for short.
• COPD is generally a combination of Emphysema and
  Chronic Bronchitis both with varying degrees.
• It is a progressive disease of the lungs.
• The alveoli (air sacs) are irreversibly damaged
  causing breathing to become difficult.
• There is no cure

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LUNG ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY

• The function of the lungs is to Oxygenate our
  blood by removing Carbon Dioxide and replacing it
  with Oxygen.

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LUNG COMPARISONS
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What Are The Causes

• MOST COMMON
• Smoking (1 cause)
  
• Prolonged exposure to second hand smoke
• Chemical fumes
• Dust
• Air pollution

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WHO IS AT RISK?

• Emphysema effects both men and women.
• Usually does not appear until the sixties.
• But the disease can appear as early as forty
  depending on certain factors.
• Any ethnic group can develop emphysema.
• One exception is the inherited form that mainly
  effects European Caucasians.

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SYMPTOMS OF EMPHYSEMA

• Coughing with or without phlegm
• (sometimes referred to as smokers cough)
• Dyspnea (shortness of breath)
• Trouble catching ones breath
• Fatigue
• Wheezing
• Barrel- like distended chest
• Lethargy or difficulty concentrating
• Difficulty sleeping

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DIAGNOSIS

• Chest X ray
• Blood test
• Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)
• Lung Function Test also called Pulmonary Function
  Test or PFT (most common)

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Treatment

• STOP smoking (if you smoke)
• Bronchodilators (inhalers)
• Ex. Atrovent, Spiriva, Serevent, Foradil, and
  Albuterol
• Anti-inflammatory medication
• Ex. Singulair and Roflimulast
• Antibiotics
• Oxygen therapy
• Pulmonary rehabilitation
• Conserve energy, improve stamina, and reduce
  breathlessness
• Surgery
• Other things include
• Avoid being around smoke and other irritants
• Avoiding the cold

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Worldwide Mortality Rate
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Contact Us

• Halosense Inc.
• London, Ontario, Canada
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail halosense_at_salinetherapy.com
• Customer Service sales_at_salinetherapy.com
• Web site http//www.SalineTherapy.com