Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Disease information
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
The
pulmonary
disease
obstructiva
chronicle
or EPOC is
a
incurable
disease
that
has
been increased of alarming form, of such form that in some countries occupies one of the first places like mortality cause.
Although generally it affects greater people,
has
begun to present / display in young adults with terrible consequences for its quality of life. It affects more to men than to women and people of white race and workers who toil with certain type of substances.
This
disease
is characterized by
a
permanent obstruction of the air flow to the lungs that causes fatigue and much difficulty to breathe.
It is caused by some
diseases
,
but
also of the sort of life. The main
diseases
that cause it are the
chronic
bronchitis
and enfisema, in some cases the
asthma
and bronquiectasias. The two first go very bound and one can trigger the
development
of the other.
The obstruction takes place of progressive form, being able arrived to be irreversible in most of the cases.
Between the main factors of risk they are.
Tabaquismo, that is the main cause, since between 80 and 90% of the patients they are smokers and the gravity of the
disease
is related to the age of beginning of the habit, the number of cigarettes per day and the being active smoker. The cigarette smokers are most prone to
develop
the one that those of pure or pipe.
Another factor of important risk is the being passive smokers. The
children
of parents smokers or people who coexist with them, present / display
a
high incidence of
respiratory
upheavals.
Also the exhibition prolonged and continuous to certain environmental polluting agents like: the
carbon
monoxide, the sulfide oxide, the hydrocarbons, the silica, the coal, the cadmium and other metals, the gas dust, emanations in the industries or the work with cereals are factor of risk important to
develop
EPOC.
Another factor, associated to some of the previous ones is to suffer continuously during the
childhood
repeated
respiratory
infections
.
the
genetic
predisposition to
develop
the
disease
also is
a
risk factor and although the cases are rare must to the
deficiency
of
a
protein
that it protects to the lungs. Those that develops the
disease
for this reason get to present / display enfisema before the 40 years.
One of the most severe complications of the
disease
in addition to the physical limitations to be able to make the daily activities is that the EPOC patients more are exposed to
develop
to
cancer
of lung and diverse
problems
cardiac
.
This
disease
is very hard and difficult as much for which they suffer it like for his relatives, reason why more important that to treat it it is to prevent it.
The only way to do is eliminating it the risk factors that originate it, as the tobacco and the atmospheres contaminated and in case that this last one is not possible to come from work sources, it is important to take into account all the existing safety measures, as the use of masks.
Also it is very important to maintain
a
good state of general
health
, to make exercises or sports and to follow
a
diet healthy to increase the resistance of the body to the
infections
.
IMPORTANT:
The content of this note is informative and it does not replace the medical diagnosis, reason why we do not become people in
charge
on its use.
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