can you figure out the lung capacity of someone? how?
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You need a container that you can fill with water and put upside down into a bigger container with some water in(eg a 2-gallon catering container for ketchup or etc, upside down in a half-filled bath). You also need a length of tubing that can reach from outside the bath, to inside the upside-down container.\n\nBy taking a really deep breath, and then breathing out (into the pipe) as much as you can, you can replace some of the water with air that used to be in your lungs. As soon as you've finished blowing, put your thumb over the pipe to stop any of the air coming back out.\n\nWhile the container is still upside down and underwater, put the cap back on it. You can then take it out of the bath and either weigh it, or pour out the water still in it into a measuring jug.\n\nThe difference between its total capacity, and the amount still in it, is the same as the amount of air you breathed out.\n\nThis amount is NOT actually your total lung capacity; it's called the 'tidal volume', because you breathe it in and out like a tide. There's some air you can't breathe out, no matter how hard you try (your lungs are never totally flattened out, unless you died in an elephant avalanche). This remaining air is called the 'residual volume', and it's usually about half of what you can measure, ie a third of the total.
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The breathing tube is called a nasal cannula.  She is breathing about 1-6 liters per minute of oxygen.  Generally people who are on oxygen have one of two conditions.  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder or Congestive heart Failure.  It is possible, considering you stated she couldn't see, that she also has diabetes.  Any of these conditions can be fatal.
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Look up \nhttp://drchander.com/heartmurmurfaq.html
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unzip your pants and measure to your hearts content\nonly you have that answer
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Depends on the disease, or type of disease.  Google the American lung association, they have links to national resources.  Good luck.
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A small one.\n\nDIE OF LUNG CANCER
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My mother had severe lung problems all of her life. At 17, she  hemorraged so bad 1/2 of her left lung had to be taken out. She had a lung disease called bronchiestasis(spelling is Variable). She was told that she probably wouldn't live past forty. She went on to have five children, but did suffer constantly from her condition. She did live until she was 69. Many improvements and medical treatments have come along way in the treatment of many lung disorders. Yet, there is no cure for this disease.\nKnowing she had limited lung capacity, she did many things to try to improve her life. One thing that probably added a few more years to her life was to eliminate all aerosol usage. I built her a "clean" room that not only included ac/heat, but also air scrubbing using various filters and insuring that they were always clean.\nThere are some foods that are no-no's when it comes to taking oxygen right out of your system. It would be very beneficial to visit a lung doctor and get a good diet from him. There are also foods that enable you to produce more oxygen. It is going to tkae some \nself involvement and require you to make some adjustments to your life style, but you can help yourself a little. I hope these words are helpful nad know that you have someone who has travelled this road and knows of the problems and downfalls to not being able to get a good breath. Take care and God bless you.
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The boards like to try to trick you into the wrong answer. For example if you have a patient that has been in the hospital for a while and their labs, PFT's, and blood gases have improved and are normal, what do you do? Your choices will include many things such as send the patient home, and refer to cardiopulmonary rehab. Always choose rehab!! They try to make you think that the patient is okay with the values that they give you but if rehab is a choice that's the one you want to pick!! Make sure to read the answer carefully! One word could change the answer. Also read all of the answers. There may be more than one correct answer, you need to pick the BEST correct answer. Many times they will put the best answer on bottom and people will get to "b" (it's multiple choice) and pick that one if it's correct and the one they wanted you to pick is "d". There is no formula for peak flow you just have to know your normals. Male 20-30 years old is about 10 L/sec. and female is about 7.5 L/sec.There is usually an insert in the peak flow meter package with a chart for this information. Peak flow decreases with age and obstructive disorders. Not sure what you want to know on the CO2. Are you asking how much the body produces? How much the body eliminates? How much is in the blood?
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hi, \nthis site estimates ~1kg per day, but that is highly dependent on the person's activity level.\n\nsee the question " Q. Should we be concerned with human breathing as a source of CO2?" about 1/3 of the way down.\n\nhttp://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/faq.html\n\ncheers!
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I have searched and found nothing.  The closest you can find is a height and weight calculator.  Everyone has different sized waists, arms, thighs, chests, ect.  That depends on how much working out you do, genetics, nationalities, ect.
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Like any body part, you can exercise your lungs to be more efficient and powerful.  I'd recommend the following:  go for a 15 minute walk once a day (you can do this exercise any time but it's most effective if you do it for 15 minutes or more at a time).  \n\nWhile you're walking, take a deep breath lasting about 4 steps, hold it for 4 steps, then exhale for 4 steps, then hold your lungs empty for 4 steps.  Once you've done that, increase it to 5 or 6 steps.  Keep doing that for the entire walk.  It's harder than it sounds.  \n\nMake sure you breathe properly - expanding your stomach to let the diaphragm muscles do their work on the inhale.  Try not to use your shoulders to breathe deeply, that's not as effective.
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You breathe in and out anywhere from 15 to 25 times per minute without even thinking about it. When you exercise, your breathing rate goes up -- again, without you thinking about it. You breathe so regularly that it is easy to take your lungs for granted. You can't even stop yourself from breathing if you try! \n\nYour lungs are complex organs, but what they do is take a gas that your body needs to get rid of (carbon dioxide) and exchange it for a gas that your body can use (oxygen). In this article, we will take a close look at how your lungs work and how they keep your body's cells supplied with oxygen and get rid of the carbon dioxide waste. We will explain some of the conditions and diseases that make breathing harder and cause the lungs to fail. We will also explain why you can't hold your breath for a long time and why you cough or hiccup. \n\nThere is alot more at this web site.  Good luck!\nhttp://science.howstuffworks.com/lung.htm
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http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/index.htm\n\n\nThey have an adult and a kid calculator.
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Humans typically breathe between 12 and 20 times per minute, with children breathing faster than adults. Babies may breathe as much as 40 times per minute. Adults normally breathe about 500-700ml of air at a time. An average 14 year old takes around 30,000 breaths per day.
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Let's do the math. 10 breaths per minute at (let's guess on this one) 2 Litres per breath times 60 minutes per hour times 24 hrs per day times 365 days per year times 72 years. My calculator says about 760 million liters. Again, this is approximate as each person is different and of course we are smaller as children. Now, we don't use all of it; only abot 2-3% and we exhale the rest. So that calculates to about 19 million liters.
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Challanging...You'll get a new person; the one you know will die, and a new one re-born.\n\nMy dad had a lung transplant...weirdly enough, my co-workers mom had a double lung transplant 5 months after my dad's.\n\nAnyways, when part/all of the lung is removed, oxygen is still needed.  Most HMO's start the poor patient off with heavy oxygen tanks (20-30 lbs).  This is crazy because the patient has a hard time breathing, and to carry heavy oxygen is defeating the purpose.  Have them ask for lighter oxygen tanks (some only weigh 5 lbs).\n\nMost likely, they will have to increase their "Prednisone".  This drug is freaky!  I've found that a side effect is it makes the person MEAN. My dad was one of the most patient, loving, and forgiving humans I've ever meet.  When he was on "Prednisone", I swear, he was possesed by a demone...like in the first Exorcist...just real foul things came out of his mouth...\n\nIf your friend has trouble after the removal of part/all of the lung, then you may suggest to them to look into "Pallitative" care.  This is when a person needs help but IS NOT terminally ill.  Then this person can get nurses to help with medications, monitoring vitals, administering medications, and showers (ect).\n\nHope this helps.
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There are way too many variables for anyone to be able to give you a good answer from the information you gave. I'm an RT & take care of patients on ventilators in the ICU. If you have specific questions, and can share more info, you can email me & I'll try to answer them for you.