PNEUMONIA

Pneumonia is an infection in one or both of the lungs. Many germs, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, can cause pneumonia. You can also get pneumonia by inhaling a liquid or chemical. People most at risk are older than 65 or younger than 2 years of age, or already have health problems.

Symptoms of pneumonia vary from mild to severe. See your doctor promptly if you

• Have a high fever
• Have shaking chills
• Have a cough with phlegm that doesn't improve or gets worse
• Develop shortness of breath with normal daily activities
• Have chest pain when you breathe or cough
• Feel suddenly worse after a cold or the flu

Your doctor will use your medical history, a physical exam, and lab tests to diagnose pneumonia. Treatment depends on what kind you have. If bacteria are the cause, antibiotics should help. If you have viral pneumonia, your doctor may prescribe an antiviral medicine to treat it.

Preventing pneumonia is always better than treating it. Vaccines are available to prevent pneumococcal pneumonia and the flu. Other preventive measures include washing your hands frequently and not smoking.

Prevention

Some types of pneumonia can be prevented by vaccines. Kids usually receive routine immunizations against Haemophilus influenzae and pertussis (whooping cough) beginning at 2 months of age. (The pertussis immunization is the "P" part of the routine DTaP injection.)

Vaccines are now also given against the pneumococcus organism (PCV), a common cause of bacterial pneumonia.

Children with chronic illnesses, who are at special risk for other types of pneumonia, may receive additional vaccines or protective immune medication. The flu vaccine is strongly recommended for kids with chronic illnesses such as chronic heart or lung disorders or asthma, as well as otherwise healthy kids ages 6 months through 19 years.

Because they're at higher risk for serious complications, infants born prematurely may be given treatments that temporarily protect against RSV, which can lead to pneumonia in younger kids.

Doctors may give prophylactic (disease-preventing) antibiotics to prevent pneumonia in kids who have been exposed to someone with certain types of pneumonia, such as pertussis. Those with HIV Infection might receive prophylactic antibiotics to prevent pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis carinii.

Antiviral medication is now available, too, and can be used to prevent some types of viral pneumonia or to make symptoms less severe.

In addition, regular Tuberculosis screening is performed yearly in some high-risk areas because early detection will prevent active tuberculosis infection including pneumonia.

In general, pneumonia is not contagious, but the upper respiratory viruses and bacteria that lead to it are, so it is best to keep your child away from anyone who has an upper respiratory tract infection.

If someone in your home has a respiratory infection or throat infection, keep his or her drinking glasses and eating utensils separate from those of other family members, and wash your hands frequently, especially if you are handling used tissues or dirty handkerchiefs.

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DANGER OF CIGARETTES FOR LUNG HEALTH

Smoking can cause cancer, heart disease , stroke and increased cholesterol. When you smoke the heart will be affected directly. Fat tissue more quickly awoke around blood vessels. So the arteries can not quickly make mompa blood to the heart. Finally, blood clotting to occur, and damage blood vessels. Which in turn causes blockage, resulting in the occurrence of stroke and death.

active smoker, do not think that you have that would be a dangerous disease. People around him who breathe secondhand smoke also have a big chance of dangerous disease. Because cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide in it and tar that can be toxic in the body.

In addition, smoking during pregnancy can result in disruption to the fetus. Maternal smokers at risk of having a baby born dead baby died in utero and premature babies. Smoking during pregnancy can reduce the amount of oxygen that is available for the mother and the baby. Result is fatal, because the baby's heart rate will go up as well as risk increases premature birth and even death in infants.

Some are deadly consequences for cigarettes:

1. Cigarette smoke contains more than 4000 chemicals of which 200 are poisonous and 43 other types can cause cancer of the body. Some of the most dangerous substances are tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, etc..

2. Cigarette smoke is the newly dead in an ashtray containing three times as much cancer-promoting substance in the air and 50 times the material contained pengeiritasi eye and respiratory irritation. The shorter the higher cigarette toxicity ready to float into the air. A place filled with cigarette smoke pollution is more dangerous than pollution on the streets were jammed highway.

3. Someone who tried smoking usually be addictive because cigarettes are addictive is difficult released under any circumstances. A heavy smoker will choose to smoke than eat when they have limited money.

4. The high price of cigarettes would be very incriminating those who are poor, so that the health and family welfare is often diverted to buy cigarettes. Famous brand cigarettes are usually owned by foreign tobacco companies come from abroad, so the money spent smokers will flee to foreign countries that reduce foreign exchange. Cigarette factory that employs many workers will not be able to improve the lives of its employees, so if the cigarette factory closed its workers can be employed in other businesses that are more creative and bring in foreign exchange.

5. Some smokers will usually invite other people who do not smoke to smoke to feel the same pain with, which is trapped in an evil addiction cigarette smoke. Some smokers also are deliberately smoking in public places to be smoke that can be inhaled exhaled others, so that others will be affected by cancer.

6. Activities that damage the body is a sin, so that cigarettes can be categorized as an unlawful object or item that must be avoided and shunned as far as possible. Ulema or religious scholars who smoke may have a different perception in this regard.

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LUNG CANCER

Types Of Lung Cancer

More than 90% of lung cancer begins bronchi, until the cancer is called carcinoma bronkogenik, consisting of

1. Squamous cell carcinoma
2. Small cell carcinoma
3. Large cell carcinoma
4. Lung Adenocarcinoma

Alveolar cell carcinoma originating from the alveoli in the lungs. Cancer can be a single growth, but often affects more than one area of ​​the lung.

Lung tumors are less common are:

1. Adenoma (either malignant or benign)
2. Kondromatous hamartoma (benign)
3. Sarcomas (malignant)

Lyphoma is a cancer of the lymph system, which can be derived from the lung or is spread from other organs. Many cancers that originated elsewhere spread to the lungs. This cancer usually derived frombreast , colon , prostate , kidney , thyroid , stomach , cervix.

The Main Cause

Smoking is a major cause of about 90% of lung cancer cases in men and about 70% in women. The more cigarettes smoked, the greater the risk for lung cancer.

Only a small proportion of lung cancers (about 10% -15% in men and 5% in women) caused by or inhaled substances encountered in the workplace. Working with asbestos , radiation, arsenic, chromate, nickel , chloromethyl ethers, mustard gas and coke oven emissions can cause lung cancer, although usually only occurs in workers who also smoke.

The role of air pollution as a cause of lung cancer is still unclear. Some cases occurred because of exposure to radon gas in the home.

Sometimes lung cancer (particularly adenocarcinoma and alveolar cell carcinoma) occurred in people who have lung scarring due to other lung diseases, such as tuberculosis and fibrosis.

Symptoms Of Lung Cancer

The most common symptoms encountered in patients with lung cancer are:

1. Continuous cough or become great.
2. Bloody sputum, change colors and more.
3. Shortness of breath and shallow.
4. Headache, sore or cracked bone with no apparent cause.
5. Chronic Fatigue
6. Loss selara eating or weight loss for no apparent reason.
7. Voice hoarse / husky.
8. Swelling on the face or neck.

Symptoms of lung cancer are generally not too obvious, so most lung cancer patients who seek medical help are already in an advanced stage. Kasusk-case early stage / early often found accidentally when someone does a routine medical examination.

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