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Quit Smoking Side Effects
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[size=4][b]Bronchitis - Quit Smoking Side Effects - Part 3[/b][/size][hr]This final installment of the side effects of quitting smoking, I want to cover some of the more positive things that you can experience from quitting smoking. There may be many unpleasant side effects that you experience from nicotine withdrawal but there are also many positive reasons why you should be putting a lot of effort into quitting smoking. Wink

[size=large][b]Quit Smoking Side Effect #8: Heart Risks Down[/b][/size][hr]The moment you stop smoking is the moment you stop stressing your body with the stimulant effects of nicotine. Nicotine elevates adrenalin levels, suppressing insulin, raising heart rate, breathing rate and blood pressure. All of these things are stress responses and stopping them happening so often means you reduce the stress on your body which is a good thing. Big Grin.

Smokers often think that lung cancer is the cancer to be afraid of and whilst this is true, many other forms of cancer are more likely in people who smoke than people who do not smoke. Maintaining the value of Bronchitis was the main reason for writing this article. Only in this way will the future know more about Bronchitis.

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[list][*]Quit Smoking Side Effects #11: Reduced risk of stroke Many smokers do not think about stroke as a major threat to them.[*]Most smokers have some idea of cancer, heart disease and emphysema and bronchitis but strokes don't figure on their radar. :o[/list]

[size=large][b]Quit Smoking Side Effect #10: Stop COPD Progress[/b][/size][hr]COPD is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It basically means "long term inefficiencies in the lungs disease". One of the two main COPD ailments are bronchitis; inflammation of the bronchus and bronchi - the air tubes that you breathe through. When these inflame, the air tubes become narrower, restricting the flow of air and your ability to breath. Writing this composition on Emphysema Bronchitis was a significant contribution of ours in the world of literature. Make this contribution worthwhile by using it.

The other, more terrifying COPD ailment is emphysema. Emphysema is a disease where the elasticity of the lungs is lost through the damage done by tar and hot smoke to the lung tissue over years of smoking. The lungs effectively stop working and rather than being flexible like balloons, become stagnant like plastic bags. People with emphysema effectively suffocate to death over a period of a few years. It is not a very nice disease so stopping any further progress of lung deterioration has got to be a good thing. Smile

[size=large][b]Quit Smoking Side Effect #9: Reduced Cancer Risk[/b][/size][hr]Tobacco smoke contains tar that is a collection of thousands of chemicals, some benign but many of them are carcinogenic. One of the most carcinogenic chemicals found in tobacco smoke is benzene. There are strict laws in the US ans across Europe regarding its handling and who can handle it because it is so carcinogenic. Why and how i quit smoking, you stop putting benzene and the other chemicals directly into your body. This has an immediate effect on reducing your cancer risks. Give yourself a momentary pause while reading what there is to read here on Bronchitis. Use this pause to reflect on what you have so far written on Bronchitis.

[size=large][b]What are These Conditions?[/b][/size][hr]Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are characterized by chronically blocked breathing passages. Collectively, asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis or any combination are called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Usually, more than one of these underlying conditions coexist; most often, bronchitis and emphysema occur together. Big Grin.

[size=large][b]What Causes Them?[/b][/size][hr]Predisposing factors include cigarette smoking, recurrent or chronic respiratory infections, air pollution, and allergies. Smoking is by far the most important of these factors. Smoking increases mucus production but impairs its removal from the airways, impedes the function of airway cells that digest disease-causing organisms, causes airway inflammation, destroys air sacs in the lungs, and leads to abnormal fibrous tissue growth in the bronchial tree. Early inflammatory changes may reverse themselves if the person stops smoking before lung destruction is extensive. Family and hereditary factors may also predispose a person to chronic bronchitis or emphysema.

To strengthen your breathing muscles, take slow, deep breaths and exhale through pursed lips. - If you're receiving home oxygen therapy, make sure you or a family member knows how to use the equipment correctly. Don't increase the oxygen flow or concentration above what the doctor prescribes because too much oxygen may eliminate your respiratory drive and cause confusion and drowsiness. You probably won't need more than 2 to 3 liters per minute . As you progress deeper and deeper into this composition on Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema, you are sure to unearth more information on Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema. The information becomes more interesting as the deeper you venture into the composition.

[size=large][b]Eat a Balanced Diet[/b][/size][hr]Because you may tire easily when eating, eat frequent, small meals and consider using oxygen, delivered by a nasal cannula, during meals. There are universal applications on Chronic Bronchitis everywhere. However, it is up to us to decide the way used for these applications to get the best results from them.

If you're taking antibiotics to treat a respiratory infection, be sure to complete the entire prescribed course of therapy. - Practice good oral hygiene to help prevent infection, and learn how to recognize early symptoms of infection. Avoid people with respiratory infections. Get Pneumovax (pneumococcal vaccine) and annual flu shots.

The most common chronic lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases affect an estimated 17 million Americans, and their incidence is rising. They are more common in men than women, probably because, until recently, men were more likely to smoke heavily. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema don't always produce symptoms and cause only slight disability in many people. However, these diseases tend to worsen over time.

[size=large][b]What are the Symptoms?[/b][/size][hr]The typical person with chronic bronchitis or emphysema is a longterm cigarette smoker who has no symptoms until middle age, when his or her ability to exercise or do strenuous work starts to decline and a productive cough begins. Subtle at first, these problems worsen with age and as the disease progresses. Eventually, they cause difficulty breathing on minimal exertion, frequent respiratory infections, oxygen deficiency in the blood, and abnormalities in pulmonary function. When advanced, chronic bronchitis and emphysema may cause chest deformities, overwhelming disability, heart enlargement, severe respiratory failure, and death. Saying that all that is written here is all there is on Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema would be an understatement. Very much more has to be learnt and propagated bout Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema.

[size=large][b]How are They Treated?[/b][/size][hr]Treatment aims to relieve symptoms and prevent complications. Because most people with chronic bronchitis or emphysema receive outpatient treatment, they get comprehensive teaching to help them comply with therapy and understand the nature of these progressive diseases. If programs in pulmonary rehabilitation are available, they should consider enrolling. What we have written here about Bronchitis Emphysema can be considered to be a unique composition on Bronchitis Emphysema. Let's hope you appreciate it being unique.

To help remove secretions, learn how to cough effectively. If you have abundant, tenacious secretions, have a family member perform postural drainage (repositioning to drain fluids) and chest physical therapy. (Ask your doctor for instructions on these techniques.) If your secretions are thick, drink at least 6 eight ounce glasses of fluid a day. A humidifier may aid secretion removal, especially in the winter. We hope you develop a better understanding of Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema on completion of this article on Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema. Only if the article is understood is it's benefit reached.

[list][*]How are they Diagnosed?[*]A history of cigarette smoking plus the results of blood and pulmonary function studies help confirm these diseases. Wink[/list]

Acute bronchitis the most important is to stay calm and relax. Camomille tea and chicken soup are said to be the best remedies. Because sometimes bronchitis is mistaken with a simple flu patients try to treat it on their own. Emergen -C style vitamins, Robitussin may help you to cough and expectorate and have a good sleep during the night. You should stay in door and in warm places (in bed) and let your organism to take care of it. Hot baths and plenty of fluids are of great help, when you sleep maintain a half sitting up position so as to cough less.

Quote:For those with chronic disease and very young children preventive measures have a high importance so immunizations are highly recommended. If you are unsure about what type of medications are in over-the-counter cough syrups you should ask the pharmacist for an explanation. If you have these symptoms you are likely to develop acute bronchitis: dry, hacking unproductive cough that may change to a loose cough with increased mucus, runny nose, sore throat, back and other muscle pains, chills and low grade fever, headache and general malaise (feeling unwell). Wheezing after coughing is common. Maintaining the value of Www Bronchitis was the main reason for writing this article. Only in this way will the future know more about Www Bronchitis.

Eating honey is also heplfull because it may soothe the throat. For acute bronchitis you do not need antibiotics so the infection will disappear in one week, if you have fever you may take aspirin, do not smoke. For a secondary bacterial infection antibiotics are prescribed and maybe an inhaler and an expectorant. Theraflu and tea with lemon and honey, hot toddies with bourbon are helpfully. For some people with bronchitis hot baths instead of steam are better. Writing this composition on Asthmatic Bronchitis was a significant contribution of ours in the world of literature. Make this contribution worthwhile by using it.

You have trouble breathing in the Emergency Room you may be given an albuterol breathing treatment, an inhaler, and some prednasone. Bronchitis may complicate with pneumonia and that is quite severe, especially in children which are not supervized by parents and they do not treat well or at whole their bronchitis. That's why important to have rest and warm. Sometimes only the rest and the home care won't help so try to visit your doctor and buy your drugs, even more important is to take them. If you notice that your health is not improved in one week than you may suspect a complication, the most probable one is pneumonia. A cough may continue for several more weeks, the progression of chronic bronchitis, on the other hand, may be slowed, but an initial improvement in symptoms may be achieved.

Codeine is the most wanted ingredient when you have acute bronchitis. It has been explained why cough suppressants are not useful, you drown with your own secretions that can't be eliminated. Give yourself a momentary pause while reading what there is to read here on Www Bronchitis. Use this pause to reflect on what you have so far written on Www Bronchitis.
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