Archive for March, 2010
Friday, March 26th, 2010
My husband is waiting for hospital admittance following finding a shadow on his lung. He is 41 and never smoked but had a few chest infections, the latter where he coughed up red mucus in a morning.
Can this be something else? The doctor said he will have to prepare himself ...
Posted in lung infection | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
I get chest pains and shoulder pains kind of a lot also in my collar bones. I have trouble breathing a lot. Before I just blamed all of this on my anxiety problem and depression. But I was looking into it and have been thinking maybe it's more than that. ...
Posted in lung cancer | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 19th, 2010
How long do people live after a lung transplant
87.6% survive 1 year post-op, 68.3% 3 yrs. out, 51.6% 5 yrs. out and 25.6% 10 yrs. out. A double lung works better than a single lung procedure in terms of long-term survival. A double lung transplant increases survival ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
i need to know what it is for my health and social care coursework
thanks x
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is emphysema, chronic bronchitis or a combination of both. It can be managed but there is no cure. It is often but not always a result of smoking. It's the 4th leading ...
Posted in pulmonary disease | 3 Comments »
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
A. Black lung
B. Flu
C. Lung disease
D. Heaves
None of the choices given are accurate synonyms. The nearest would be chronic bronchitis.
Posted in pulmonary disease | 6 Comments »
Monday, March 8th, 2010
i have hered that some people have to get one double lung transplant, and years later bet another one. so with new lungs do you still have the defective gene in your lungs?
What people don't understand is that you don't have defective lungs, you have defective genes. It affects the ...
Posted in lung transplant | 3 Comments »
Monday, March 8th, 2010
I have a relative who has a lung cancer but she doesn't even smoke.
I have a relative who has a stage 4 lung cancer but she doesn't even smoke.
I don't know all that much, but as my Grandma has been diagnosed with lung cancer a few days ago, I'll try ...
Posted in lung cancer | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 8th, 2010
I know for sure that running does and I do run. I know swimming does because it puts preassure on you, but what else is there? Are there any other activities/exercises I can do to increase my lung capacity? I play the trumpet and run, and my lungs don't always ...
Posted in lung | 7 Comments »
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
COPD is disease cosed with allergy .Affected to the function of Lungs
While you're waiting for the breakthrough, try reducing the amount of synthetic chemicals you breathe in. Changing cleaning supplies (great-grandma's methods worked just fine and were much cheaper), shampoo (conventional brands are full of petroleum derivatives), and avoiding all ...
Posted in copd disease | 4 Comments »
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
My very close friend is having problems with breathing, and he's feeling some back and chest pain. He's lived in a house with a smoker for a long time, and he believes that it could be lung cancer. He's nearly broke, his family won't do anything to help him, and ...
Posted in lung cancer | 7 Comments »