Symptoms of Lung Disease & How Smokers Can Overcome Them
Thursday, October 25, 2018
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If you are a smoker, or have quit after smoking for many years, then you are in a high risk category for many types of lung disease. Knowing how to put an end to these illnesses and in many cases preventing them in the first place is essential to your health and longevity!
Here are some symptoms of lung disease and a way you can get rid of them and live a happier, healthier life.
Chronic Bronchitis – This is characterized by a persistent cough, and the coughing up of sputum (mucus from the lungs). This coughing is caused by irritation of the bronchial tubes in the lungs which become swollen and inflamed.
Throat Infections – Your throat can be damaged by the cigarette smoke you inhale destroying much of its natural protection. This can lead to many infections that can take root and cause pain, irritation and more serious problems. You will often feel your throat is very sore to start with, and you may also have trouble swallowing. Fever, headaches and sinus pain may play a part as well.
Emphysema – If you are constantly feeling short of breath even when not exercising hard and you have been smoking for many years then you may have a bad case of emphysema. This is where your lung capacity is reduced by the destruction of the internal walls between the air sacks, called Alveoli. This basically means your lungs are no longer as good at putting oxygen into the bloodstream and taking carbon dioxide out as they were before you smoked. This disease will basically reduce your ability to breathe!
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) – This is simply a combination of the effects of chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It is characterized by chronic obstruction of lung airflow that interferes with normal breathing and is not fully reversible. It is a term you are more likely hear these days than the two problems it represents.
Lung Cancer – This can be hard to pin down but a few signs that you should go to get this checked out are: coughing up blood, frequent colds or pneumonia, a whistling sound while breathing heavily, and swelling of the throat and face. If you are in any way concerned, get your doctor to do a proper test.
Here are some symptoms of lung disease and a way you can get rid of them and live a happier, healthier life.
Chronic Bronchitis – This is characterized by a persistent cough, and the coughing up of sputum (mucus from the lungs). This coughing is caused by irritation of the bronchial tubes in the lungs which become swollen and inflamed.
Throat Infections – Your throat can be damaged by the cigarette smoke you inhale destroying much of its natural protection. This can lead to many infections that can take root and cause pain, irritation and more serious problems. You will often feel your throat is very sore to start with, and you may also have trouble swallowing. Fever, headaches and sinus pain may play a part as well.
Emphysema – If you are constantly feeling short of breath even when not exercising hard and you have been smoking for many years then you may have a bad case of emphysema. This is where your lung capacity is reduced by the destruction of the internal walls between the air sacks, called Alveoli. This basically means your lungs are no longer as good at putting oxygen into the bloodstream and taking carbon dioxide out as they were before you smoked. This disease will basically reduce your ability to breathe!
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) – This is simply a combination of the effects of chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It is characterized by chronic obstruction of lung airflow that interferes with normal breathing and is not fully reversible. It is a term you are more likely hear these days than the two problems it represents.
Lung Cancer – This can be hard to pin down but a few signs that you should go to get this checked out are: coughing up blood, frequent colds or pneumonia, a whistling sound while breathing heavily, and swelling of the throat and face. If you are in any way concerned, get your doctor to do a proper test.