cause irreversible lung scarring and other respiratory diseases‚ reported a Harvard study released Tuesday. Published in the EHP journal‚ the findings suggest a direct link between e-cigarettes and the severe respiratory disease‚ bronchiolitis obliterans‚ or Popcorn Lung. “In addition to containing varying levels of the addictive substance nicotine‚ they also contain other cancer-causing chemicals‚ such as formaldehyde‚ and as our study shows‚ flavouring chemicals that can cause lung damage‚" said
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pneumonia‚ pulmonary embolism‚ and lung cancer. Classification Respiratory diseases can be classified in many different ways‚ including by the organ or tissue involved‚ by the type and pattern of associated signs and symptoms‚ or by the cause (etiology) of the disease. Inflammatory lung disease Characterized by a high neutrophil count‚ e.g. asthma‚ cystic fibrosis‚ emphysema‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder or acute respiratory distress syndrome. Restrictive lung diseases Respiratory diseases world
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Chronic Diseases Lung Cancer Chronic diseases such as heart disease‚ cancer‚ and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. In this essay we will describe a chronic disease that affects thousands of people every day and that is the lung cancer. We will discuss the risk factors‚ treatment options and the daily choices we can make to reduce the risk of lung cancer. Lung is the essential respiration organ. Humans have two lungs which are located near
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from its sales. Nowadays‚ nobody doubts that "firsthand" smoke is deadly to your health and it causes lung cancer and heart disease in adults and asthma and bronchitis in children. Now the industry is onto the secondhand smoke. Scientists and researchers are representing a lot of evidence and research that has been done throughout the years showing that the secondhand smoke can also cause a lung cancer in nonsmokers. The study has been done of people who have been long exposed to secondhand smoke
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The human body‚ like most living organisms‚ needs energy to survive. Specifically‚ the lungs play an important role in the body’s energy production through gas exchange. Gas exchange occurs in the alveoli of the lungs when the body breathes in air. In this process‚ a cell’s mitochondria burns the oxygen from the air‚ converting it into ATP‚ also known as energy‚ and yields carbon dioxide and water that the body exhales. Because energy is vital to survival‚ it is necessary for the organs that
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Speech: smoking should be banned. Good afternoon Ms Gorman and fellow class mates I am standing before you today to argue and present why smoking should be banned. Cigarettes the poison of humanity‚ killing thousands every year‚ children smoking at the age of 12 ‚ the bad health of smokers and people around them and hundreds of dollars being wasted on them‚ will it ever stop? These are the aspects which I believe are of most interest on this topic of smoking should be banned and are what im going
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because you can get lung cancer and secondhand smoke harms other people that are around you. First of all‚ most people get lung cancer. For example‚ according to the article What Causes Lung Cancer states “That smoking causes about 90% of all lung cancer” (pg. 1). That means smoking causes the majority of lung cancer. For instance‚ the American Lung Association states “It is a proven fact that you are 23 times more likely for women and 13 times more likely for men to get lung cancer compared to people
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Wang Lung‚ a concubine named Lotus that drives the plot and deepens a conflict‚ and the Uncle‚ Wang Lung’s rival‚ shows a theme‚ extends a conflict‚ and surprises the reader. The Poor Fool shows a moral side of Wang Lung by providing him comfort and love. Wang Lung proclaims to the Poor Fool‚ “Poor fool- poor little fool-“ (82) While in the south‚ Wang Lung says to the Poor Fool‚ “Eat‚ poor fool- eat‚ while there is yet that which can be eaten” (74) Buck narrates‚ “And it seemed to Wang Lung that
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and "transplants useless as they don’t listen to doctors anyway" It seems that doctors and surgeons don’t want to or won’t operate on patients who haven’t helped themselves to begin with. They say that the non-smoker is going to make more use of the lung‚ while the smoker will just kill it off‚ and this is what people are battling against today. Even to this day you still get the teenagers who think it is cool to smoke and that it is a fashion accessory to their outfit‚ but when it comes down to it
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nicotine is regulated with small amounts released to the blood-stream in the body. With regular cigarettes and now e-cigarettes‚ the heat creates a form of nicotine that is more fulfilling to smokers. This causes the nicotine to go straight into the lungs where it is hurriedly transported into the heart and pumped into the brain. It only takes 10-20 seconds for nicotine to reach the brain after the smoke is inhaled. When one becomes addicted‚ their body will crave nicotine. Nicotine may not be the
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