what r the side effects f a person with emphizima ? and what is there life spand if they don't stop smokeing ?
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Emphysema\nEmphysema is one of two major lung diseases that make up COPD. The other is chronic bronchitis.\n\nEmphysema is usually diagnosed in smokers or ex-smokers (most often 50 to 75 years of age) with shortness of breath, both at rest and during physical exertion. People with emphysema may cough but their coughing isn't usually severe and does not produce much mucus. Breathing, on the other hand, may be difficult.\n\nIn severe emphysema, even very simple activities can bring on shortness of breath.  \n\nLike chronic bronchitis, emphysema, in most cases, is believed to be the result of long-term irritation or infection of the bronchial tubes. The inflammation gradually blocks the airways.\n\nIn emphysema, this blockage traps air in the tiny air sacs found at the end of the bronchial tubes. These air sacs (called alveoli) are where carbon dioxide and other waste gases in the blood are exchanged for oxygen taken in by the lungs from the air. \n\nEventually, the walls of these air sacs stretch out, become stiff instead of elastic, and break down. The lungs themselves become larger and don't exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide as well. In severe emphysema, even very simple activities can bring on shortness of breath.\n\nSmoking is the main problem for most patients with emphysema. It must be stopped if the patient is to be helped
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Emphysema as stated previously is typically caused by smoking and less likely second hand smoke.  So not smoking would prevent the development of emphysema.\n\nThere is another rarely genetic disorder called alpha-1 anti trypsin deficiency that account of 1-2% of all emphysema patient.  \nhttp://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/alpha1def.htm\n\nThe way emphysema works is as follows: people smoke and over time the toxins in the smoke damages and thins out your lung tissue.  As you get less and less lung tissue,  there is less surface area by which the oxygen that you breathe can cross into your blood.  Remember, that with less lung issue there is less surface the oxygen can come into contact with and cross into your blood.  If enough lung tissue is destoyed, there is less oxygen going into your body and your body recognizes this.  You get short of breath.  In addition when you do activity, your body's oxygen demand increase but the limiting factor is the limited amount of oxygen your lung can get into your system.  So people with emphysema have poor exercise tolerance and they fatigue early.  By the time people develope symptoms from emphysema, it is pretty advanced.  The way that I see it is that people have alot of reserve lung tissue initially that compensates for the progressive lost of lung tissue.  There is a point when all your reserve is used up which is late in the ballgame that you become symptomatic.\n\nObviously, anything that tries to push your lungs to do more will result in the lung not being about to meet the demand.  So things like allergies, a common cold, and pneumonia  can all try to push you lungs to do more but it can't.\n\nThis however is a very simplistic view of emphysema but I hope you understand it a bit better.  Getting on medication will help with the symptoms in addition to pulmonary rehab which helps to increase you physical endurance.  Get yearly flu shots and get your pneumonia shots.  See you doctor early when you develop increasing shortness of breathe, a cold or change in you cough or a fever.  Treat allergies and cold/bronchitis aggressively.
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definitely - it's the worst thing for you. You get addicted, you spend all your money getting yellow teeth, you get lung cancer and then you die young.  You also kill people around you with the smoke. You call these people your friends?!? Also, it's not cool anymore, it just looks stupid.  Use your imagination and find something really cool to do.
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Are there short-term dangers of smoking marijuana?\nDiscomforts associated with smoking marijuana include dry mouth, dry eyes, increased heart rate and visible signs of intoxication such as bloodshot eyes and puffy eyelids. Other problems include:\n\nImpaired memory and ability to learn\nDifficulty thinking and problem solving\nAnxiety attacks or feelings of paranoia\nImpaired muscle coordination and judgment\nIncreased susceptibility to infections\nDangerous impairment of driving skills. Studies show that it impairs braking time, attention to traffic signals and other driving behaviors.\nCardiac problems for people with heart disease or high blood pressure, because marijuana increases the heart rate\nIt is virtually impossible to overdose from marijuana, which sets it apart from most drugs.\n\nAre there long-term consequences to smoking marijuana?\nRespiratory problems\nSomeone who smokes marijuana regularly can have many of the same respiratory problems as cigarette smokers. Persistent coughing, symptoms of bronchitis and more frequent chest colds are possible symptoms. There are over 400 chemicals that have been found in marijuana smoke. Benzyprene, a known human carcinogen, is present in marijuana smoke. Regardless of the THC content, the amount of tar inhaled by marijuana smokers and the level of carbon monoxide are 3 to 5 times higher than in cigarette smoke. This is most likely due to inhaling marijuana more deeply, holding the smoke in the lungs and because marijuana smoke is unfiltered.\n\nMemory and learning\nRecent research shows that regular marijuana use compromises the ability to learn and to remember information by impairing the ability to focus, sustain, and shift attention. One study also found that long-term use reduces the ability to organize and integrate complex information.\n\nIn addition, marijuana impairs short-term memory and decreases motivation to accomplish tasks, even after the high is over. In one study, even small doses impaired the ability to recall words from a list seen 20 minutes earlier.
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I really am not sure, but I do know that when I was very ill a few years ago I had to have several surgeries, my ex gave me pot to smoke to help me through my recovery.  I may have smoked a small cigerette roll once a week so I was not really a pot smoker.  It did help me heal faster and that is the honest truth.  I did do research for you and found that heavy pot smokers there are indeed risks I will paste below for your reading\n\nOther negative results of smoking pot are that it…\n\nChanges the chemical balance in your brain, altering your mood, appetite, ability to concentrate, and energy levels. \nLowers testosterone levels in men and upsets the balance of hormones in women that control menstrual cycles. \nDecreases sperm count and increases sperm abnormalities. \nJeopardizes the eggs in women’s ovaries (remember, you are born with the total number of eggs you will have for your lifetime – they are irreplaceable!). \nThreatens your ability to learn and remember things, leading to forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating. \nCauses the same lung problems as cigarette smoking, including emphysema, cancer, frequent chest colds, coughing, and more phlegm production. \nLeads to anxiety problems, depression, and paranoia. \nIncreases risk for cancer of the throat, lungs, head, and neck. \nWhat are the immediate effects of smoking pot?\n\nRelaxation \nAltered sense of hearing, time, and vision \nEuphoria \nIncreased heart rate and appetite \nDilated pupils \nMemory impairment \nRed eyes and swollen eyelids \nDry eyes and mouth \nLoss of coordination, slower reaction time (never drive after smoking pot) \nImpaired judgment \nHow addictive is marijuana?\nThere has been conflicting research linking marijuana and addiction. Although pot has not shown signs of causing severe physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms, associated with drugs like cocaine and heroine, marijuana often causes psychological dependence. This means that the user experiences a psychological need for the drug and its effects in order to function on a daily basis. \n\nIf I quit marijuana, will I experience withdrawal symptoms?\nThe severity of withdrawal symptoms depends on the level of your habit, but if you smoke heavily, you are likely to experience psychological withdrawal, such as feeling sick. You may also experience chronic fatigue, headaches, mood changes, and feel depressed or anxious. Other withdrawal symptoms include nervousness, insomnia, loss of appetite, chills, and tremors. Impaired brain functioning can include short-term memory loss and inability to think abstractly. [top]
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There are so many things that smoking does to the body. The really sad fact is that it does not just hurt the smoker. It really does effect all persons around them. \nA smoker has increased risk of respiratory and vascular complications. Smoking actually creates a tar substance in the lungs and decreases the persons capacity to take in oxygen. Also smokers veins and arteries are constricted from chemicals in the cigarettes. This puts them at a higher risk for blood clot causing stroke.\nMothers who smoke when they are pregnant usually have smaller babies. A nonsmokers umbilical cord (which supplies nourishment to the baby) is usually about wide as a roll of quarters and the smokers umbilical cord is about as thick as a pencil. \nChildren who grow up in the home of a smoker are at higher risk for developing asthma and/or allergies. They can develop lung cancer just as easily as the actual smoker can. Not to mention that growing up with parents who smoke puts them at higher risk for becoming smokers themselves. \nI have a grandfather that smokes. He is eighty. The last several years he has been on oxygen. He wakes up at night because he can't get his breath. He has a barrel chest because that is what your body does to try and help you get more oxygen. Your lungs try to get bigger so they can take in more oxygen because the cigarettes have destroyed portions of the lungs over the many years of smoking. Some people would say he has made it to eighty and that is a long time for a smoker to live. You have to keep in mind that most of his family lived into or close to their 100's. They say that every cigarette takes five minutes off your life. There is no telling how long he could have lived if he had just been able to stop smoking. \nYou may not be able to talk him into quitting. Maybe you could talk him into atleast not smoking in the house and changing his clothes before holding the baby. This will atleast help the people who have to live with this be a little healthier. Good luck to you!
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Yes, it would definitely cause some damage to your lungs (not really sure how serious) and it can also stunt your growth. You also need to consider what if you become addicted and end up smoking more than a pack a week and for longer than a year.
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that is very relative. I know a person who's lived for over 90 years smoking 2 packs of "PielRoja" ("redskin", unfiltered cheap colombian ciggies) since age 24. and there's plenty of factors: if you don't have the precise protooncogene, you could never develop cancer even smoking 2 packs a day. \n\nthen again, people can live with an emphysema for long, stuck to an o2 tank all their lives. you could develop Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (I think this is the exact translation), live with an annoying bronchitis for decades. ruin your skin and teeth and get to age 80 looking like shit.\n\nwhat's the point? it's not a matter of quantity of life but quality of life.\n\nanyway, from an unorthodox point of view (having discussed this with a few teachers of mine), they'd say a ciggie a day is no big deal (but if you have the protooncogene I won't be responsible).
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No dear ..It seems that U have been misguided.Nicotine never remains in Lungs..In fact it is absorbed by our pulmonary(lung) veins...so nicotine comes in blood...and this blood when reaches brain, makes nicotine to bind to our brain-nicotinic receptors..which ultimately produces the effects of smokin....But daily smoking  produces some changes in the tissue of lungs which is continous for years can give irreversible lung changes(including cancers)...BUt research has proved n shown that stopping smoking for 10 years approx can bring your lungs to the previous state(non-smoker state)....but this above statement is condition to one thing that in this 10 years , you should'nt have developed the permanent changes..............In all smoking is very bad...But the irony is that I have been smoking for past 6 years....lol
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yep. it's because the smoke is poison to your body. stop now while you can. you'll be glad later in life.
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Nonsmokers have some serious issues with "control" when they start talking about not smoking outside. Just walk around the smoker huddled next to the ash can, it's really not that difficult. If he's not huddled next to the ash can do that silly fake cough thing, that will show him. Sigh.
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I think some of the symptoms are headache, stomachache, crankiness. My doctor told me that the physical addiction is over 24 hours after you quit smoking. The hardest part is breaking the habit that you've grown used to.
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The answer is NO!!!!!  You are playing with wild fire.  Smoking is only going to make your asthma symptoms worse and eventually you may end up with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD).  This means you will end of needing oxygen everywhere you go, depending on inhalers and breathing machines to keep you going and will be gasping for breath until the end of your life.  It is a nasty way to die.  By smoking you are playing Russian Roulette with your life.  Is it worth it to continue smoking????  My answer is NO!!!  Talk to your doctor and get the patch to help you quit smoking.  Also, stay away from 2nd hand smoke too for your lungs life.
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yes.  stop smoking.  you'll live longer.  well, not that much longer.  i mean, you could get hit by a car or struck by lightening.  or the flu could do you in.  no matter.  regular smoking will take 10 years off your life.  of course the last 10 are usually pretty crappy, but you see my point.  i sure don't.
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I  had chronic bronchitis for two years.  When medication stopped working, I had to decide what I wanted more:  better health or to continue smoking.  I quit after having smoked 2-3 pks a day for 25 yrs.  I decided that being chronically ill wasn't worth it.  That was 17 yrs ago.  \nIf you don't want to quit smoking, you'll just have to live with it until you die from it.
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I think everybody has missed the point here; smoking causes lung cancer, and oh-yeah, kills people.\n\nYou do what you feel comfortable doing but get this kid to stop.  As a smoker for 20 years, and spending 150 bucks a month on it-I can tell you, I wished somebody had intervened in my life.\n\nHe may pissed now but when he's older, has a family, and not smoking around them, or having them worry about his health, he'll look back and thank you
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Every kind of smoking is dangerous, even second hand or directly inhaling it. If you haven't asked to stop I would try and ask her to stop smoking. To much smoking can cause Bronchitis, bronchitis is a condition, (if you don't already know), when her bronchial tubes(which bring air to the lungs) are inflamed. Severe bronchitis can lead to pneumonia, which is a sharp increase in the amount of fluid in the lungs. If pneumonia isn't treated it can be fatal. If she doesn't listen to you I would try and call a doctor to try and help her stop smoking. I'll pray for you to.\n\n, Good luck, and God bless.