...Galvin RESP 112 20150924 Lung Cancer: Specifically Adenocarcinoma Lung cancer is a leading killer in the world today. “An estimated 158,040 Americans are expected to die from lung cancer in 2015” (www.lung.org). Combining both men and women, lung cancer is the leading cause of death for both groups. Specifically adenocarcinoma, which is a non-small cell cancer that can form in any mucus secreting cell. Understanding the causes of this deadly disease is the leading preventative measure a person can take to avoid becoming a self-induced victim. What is lung cancer, specifically adenocarcinoma? “Adenocarcinoma is a type of cancer that forms in mucus-secreting glands throughout the body” (www.cancercenter.com). Although this type of cancer can form anywhere in the body from mucus secreting glands, it typically starts in the lungs. Why is this? This is due to the large amount of mucus secreting glands in the lungs. Think of every year...
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...Outline the major diseases of the respiratory system with reference to the pathophysiology. Respiratory or lung diseases are the most rapidly diseases expanding worldwide. Health problems of the lungs or airways make it very difficult to breath. They could be lasting a short amount of time like the common cold or for years. Other allergic diseases, which affect the respiratory system. Respiratory diseases are mostly caused by indoor pollutants. The primary function of the respiratory system is to supply the blood with oxygen. When this fails death is not excluded. Lung diseases occur within the lungs. Some lung and respiratory diseases include asthma, pneumonia tuberculosis and lung cancer. Those will be analyzed in the following essay. [1] Asthma or reactive airway disease is a chronic disorder that results in restricted breathing due to inflammation of the bronchi tubes the main air passages in the lungs. Asthma affects 3-5 % of adults and 7 -10 % of children in the USA. Sever asthma attacks can cause approximately 5000 deaths per year. Three changes occur in the lungs of the people with asthma. First inflammation or swelling where the airway becomes inflamed and produce a mucous. Inflammation then leads to constriction of the muscles around the airways causing the airways to become narrow. This narrowing is also referred to as bronchiole spasm. The third change is increased sensitivity of the airways causing the asthma patient to become overly sensitive to animal dander,...
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...Lung Cancer: What Is It And Is There A Cure In Sight? Winifred Farria Composition and Communication II/COM 156 June 23, 2012 University of Phoenix Instructor: Jennifer Caracciolo Abstract Of the many illnesses and diseases known to humanity, few are more frightening or deadly than cancer. Lung cancer is of especially great concern, because it kills more people worldwide than any other form of cancer. It is a silent killer, often going undetected until it is too late, because it often has no symptoms and cannot be screened for readily. Despite research efforts, no cure has been found for the disease and treatments are effective in a relatively small number of cases. However, some progress has been made in preventing lung cancer, especially by reducing exposure to cigarette smoke, asbestos, radon, and other carcinogens in the environment. Other causes and factors of lung cancer demand more research, and prevention efforts should be promoted. Lung Cancer: What Is It And Is There A Cure In Sight? Incidence and Mortality Lung cancer is one of the most significant medical problems in the U.S. and around the world, because it is the cause of more deaths nationally and globally than any other form of cancer (Centers for Disease Control, 2011, a; Clément-Duchêne & Wakelee, 2010). According to the Centers for Disease Control (2011, a), 14% of all cancer diagnoses in the United States in 2007 were lung cancer, and 28% of all cancer deaths in the same year were...
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...A SCIENTIFIC PAPER ON: THE SMOKING SYNDROME AND THE IMPEDIMENTS TO QUITTING SUBMITTED BY: THOMAS FE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL MEDICINE & SURGERY NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHINA 1.1: ABSTRACT: This paper outlines the various impediments to quitting smoking and also attempts to recommend useful measures towards overcoming such difficulties. It thus became necessary to first assess the issue of smoking in terms of the geometrically increasing demographics, as well as the outstanding risks involved. However, it is both common knowledge and a well established fact that smoking has become a global practice and even a life style in some human communities, and hence herein referred to as the global smoking syndrome. This could be classified into varieties of styles brands and fashions cutting across but not limited to the classes of cigar, pipe and cigarette. The numerous terminal effects to human health, life and longevity are also assessed as established in already existing records and daily occurring incidences. However, from due assessment of all gathered facts, it thus becomes expedient that all the inter-playing forces of tradition, economy as well as social and psychological etiquettes must be duly addressed, if this global smoking syndrome must be curbed, as well as enhancing the poise to quit. 1.2: INTRODUCTION: Based on the ambition of furthering my medical studies in the perspective of cardiology, to...
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...Norfolk State University Argumentative Research Paper Why One Should Not Smoke by Rashege V. Johnson-Manley Submitted for Portfolio Requirement in ENG 102 (51) April 28, 2009 Argumentative Paper Outline Title of Paper: Why Should One Not Smoke Thesis Statement: There are different reasons as to why one should not smoke. I. Introduction: There are different reasons as to why one should not smoke. ll. Socialization: Being part of a group lll. Second hand smoke Health lV. Conclusion: I challenge you to stop smoking. Statement of purpose: To argue why one should not smoke. There are different reasons as to why one should not smoke; because people are different some people do choose to smoke. One may smoke because smoking can make one feel as though he/she is a part of a particular group. Smoking can give a relaxing feeling, thus, smoking can make one feel good, according to some smokers. If one already smokes and his/her smoking is out of control, he/she just might not be able to quit smoking without a very strong desire to quit, an extremely good support system and serious education as to the disadvantages of smoking. So, they are some of the reasons why some people smoke. Now, let’s consider why one should not Smoke, which is without a doubt...
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...ersuaMarcia Gonzalez Nov, 21, 2011 Speech 100 - Section 518 Speech Outline Tittle: Why should marijuana be legalized? Specific purpose: To persuade General purpose: To persuade my audience into believing that Marijuana should be legalized Thesis: Introduction: Have you ever been fed up or worried and felt like putting your cares aside for a while? Or maybe you and your friends noticed something funny together and shared a moment of laughter. Marijuana is a drug that seems to give people these relaxed and happy times. It certainly changes the way people see and feel things. In recent years, the hemp plant has been proven to be anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, and anti-spasmodic. It can treat depression, traumatic stress syndrome, chronic pain, glaucoma, migrants, multiple sclerosis, turrets, and other elements without the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs. In the 1800ss, medical journals published more than 100 articles on the therapeutic use of the drug. Cannabis was often subscribed by doctors, and was part of every medical drug. It was a popular treatment for labor pains, asthma, and even given to cranky babies to get them to stop crying. Today we know more about how the brain response to it than we did in the 60’s, 70’s 80’s and even the 90’s. Unfortunately the recent findings have not yet found their way into the public’s awareness. Body 1: Health benefits – Just like Christopher Columbus set out to prove that the world is not flat and ended up discovering...
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...Identification of Community The community to be discussed is Oklahoma County, Oklahoma which is located in central Oklahoma. Oklahoma County seats 20 different cities and town. As of the 2013 census there were 755,245 residents in Oklahoma County. Oklahoma County is 718 Square miles with a population density of approximately 1,013 people per square mile. The average housing density is approximately 416 per square mile. The county consists of a lot of open land, rivers, lakes, and ponds. The City of Oklahoma City is by far the largest in the county consisting mainly of urban development with homes and commercial properties close together. Cities like Choctaw, Oklahoma have a small downtown area but the homes are mostly spread out with approximately 1 acre lots. There is a large variety and diversity within the boundaries of Oklahoma County. Summary of Tools, Description of Community, & Interpretation of Collected Data The tool in which I used to assess the community were Population Economic Status Assessment, Disaster Assessment and Planning, Neighborhood/Community Safety Inventory, Cultural Assessment, Community and Population Health Windshield Survey, and Community and Population Health Scavenger Hunt. From the tool it helped me discover different aspects of the community and identify common health problems. The race diversity in Oklahoma County is quite large and prevalent depending on what part of the community you are in. Some parts of the community are ethnically...
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...Cigarettes contain about 600 ingredients, many of which can also be found in cigars and hookahs. When these ingredients burn, they generate more than 7,000 chemical” (carol, 2015) ls, according to the American Lung Association. Many of those chemicals are poisonous and at least 69 of them are linked to cancer. Nevertheless, the consumption of this poison not only effect the smoker, but it also has a huge influence on the on smokers. Around 700 million children, or almost half of the world's total, breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke. Over 40% of children have at least one smoking parent. In 2004, children accounted for 31% of the 600 000 premature deaths attributable to second-hand smoke. (WHO, 2012). A survey of World Health Organization has proved this. Of course, smoking can be profitable to put a man into ease, remarkably when a man is feeling overwhelmed over work and needs to let the stress. For example, when a man works in long move hours, smoking a cigarette could be the fundamental...
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...Topic: Smoking should be banned permanently Name: Course: Instructor’s Name: Date: 30th May, 2012 Outline * Title Page * Introduction * Thesis statement * Body * Reasons as to why smoking should be banned permanently. * Conclusion * References Introduction. Smoking develops slowly and becomes a hard to drop habit when one becomes addicted. Smoking has a lot of disadvantages and impacts negatively on the smokers’ finances. Thesis statement: This paper seeks to define the reasons as to why I believe smoking should be banned permanently Reasons why belief smoking should be banned permanently. In my view, smoking should be prohibited entirely as the dangers associated with the habit are numerous and the disadvantages by far surpass perceived benefits of smoking. Firstly, smoking has adverse effects on health. Smoking can cause cancer of the lung, bronchitis and diseases of the heart. This leads to high mortality rates in a country (Bearman, 2011). Studies have also found that smoking contribute to impotence among smokers. Secondly, smoking is a hugely expensive habit. The cost to an individual smoker is highly significant. For instance, a person smoking two packets a day smokes over 700 packets in one year. Assuming that a pack costs $6, the individual would spend up to $4,200 per year. There are also indirect expenses incurred due to lost productivity and in health care. Thirdly, the habit of smoking is highly addictive. Nicotine contained in...
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...which help provide their care and my own professional responsibilities. To comply with the data protection act (1998) I have replaced names with ficticious ones. Jim is a 63 year old man who lives in Bury which is a small town in Greater Manchester, he has lived here since he was born. Jim was born into a working class family, he left his local school at 16, became a builder and retired 5 years ago. Jim was diagnosed with lung cancer ten months ago and has been told his cancer is most likely due to his smoking habit. He began at 14 and still smokes up to 30 cigarettes a day. Since his diagnosis Jim has remained quite positive despite being told that his cancer is terminal. Jim has previously undergone chemotherapy however he was told that this wasn’t curative treatment and due to the side effects he has decided to stop. Jims family is very close knit, his four siblings visit regularly to help with his shopping, cleaning and to take him out, his sons help with his personal care. Jim has been at a higher risk of smoking and therefore of lung cancer purely based on his demographic profile. Jim was born into a low income working class household and has remained on a low income throughout his life. The General Lifestyle Survey, Office For National...
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...restricted in many cities worldwide. Environmental activist Al Gore was quoted; “Secondhand smoke isn’t just unpleasant, it’s a risk to public health” (Smoak 130). The issue is that smoke directly affects everyone in the vicinity of a public place, restaurant or bar. Based on the evidence that a ban on smoking prevents secondhand smoke, it is important that an amendment banning smoking in public buildings is added immediately. The first and most pressing issue with smoking in public buildings is the major health risks involved with secondhand smoke. It is reported that over 50,000 Americans are killed annually by passive smoking (Garrison 44). Of that 50,000; 35,000 died from heart disease, 3,000 died from lung cancer, and the other 12,000 deaths are caused from other cancers. With this major death toll, it ranks second hand smoke as the third leading cause for premature deaths, it trails alcohol related deaths and smoking as the two leading causes (Smoak 129). Granted that not all secondhand smoke is consumed in public buildings, some people are exposed in their homes, over 2,000 people died in one year because of secondhand smoke and they did not smoke or live with someone that did (Garrison 44). Besides adults being affected by passive smoking, children are strongly affected and can become seriously ill. It was estimated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) that between 150,000 and 300,000 children under the age of eighteen months got pneumonia or bronchitis...
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...Morbidity: Lung Cancer HSA535 Managerial Epidemiology 01/29/2012 Compose an analysis of lung cancer of lung cancer as compared to other leading causes of death in your state. Include the mortality rates and the costs of lung cancer(for the most recent year reported) in your analysis. Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the lung. Normal lung tissue is made up of cells that are programmed by genes to create lung tissue in a certain shape and to perform certain functions. Lung cancer develops when the genetic material responsible for production of lung cells is damaged (genetic mutations). Repeated exposure to carcinogens such as tobacco smoke may cause damage in lung cells. While tobacco, is the leading cause of lung cancer, some other carcinogens linked to lung cancer include radon and asbestos. These mutations in the genetic material of the lung cells cause the instructions for those cells to go askew. Consequently, those cells and their offspring reproduce wildly, without regard for the normal shape and function of a lung. That wild reproduction causes the formation of tumors that block air passages in the lung and make it stop functioning as it should. Lung cancer is usually divided into two major types. The first type is small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The second type is non-small cell lung cancer NSCLC. Sometimes a lung cancer may have characteristics of both types. This is called mixed small cell/large cell carcinoma. About 20% of all lung cancers...
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...----------------------- Protect your Family • Make your home and car smoke free. • Family, friends or visitors should never smoke inside your home or car. • Keep yourself and your children away from places where smoking is allowed. • If you smoke, smoke only outside. • Ask your doctor for ways to help you stop smoking (EPA, 2011) • • Facts about Environmental Tobacco Smoke Infants and toddlers have tiny bodies, tiny lungs, and breathe rapidly. All of these things increase how smoke can affect them. "The EPA estimates that passive smoking is responsible for between 150,000 and 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections in infants and children less than 18 months of age annually, resulting in between 7,500 and 15,000 hospitalizations each year. Sinus problems caused by ETS can lead to fluid in the middle ear, which can then lead to ear infections, doctor’s visits, operations and childhood hearing loss. Exposure to environmental smoke increases kids’ risk later in life of lung cancer, heart disease, and cataracts of the eyes. Kids with asthma need clean air to breathe. More than 40% of children who visit the emergency room for severe asthma attacks live with smokers. They can stay healthier if the air around them doesn’t increase their risk for asthma attacks. Secondhand smoke can trigger asthma attacks. Researchers in one study estimate that ETS exposure increases the risk of crisis by 90% among children with sickle cell disease. (UMHS...
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...------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form COMM 215 July 16, 2012 I am sure that everyone is aware or heard of the harmful effects of smoking. So why do you continue to do it? Why did you ever start? There are multiple reasons why you should not smoke. Three major reasons are the effect on your health, others health and the cost. The most important reason you should not smoke is the effect that it has on your health and the health of others. Smoking affects your body in so many different ways. Though the negative effects may not be noted in the beginning, but it will follow in the future. Smoking causes diseases such as cancer of not only the lung, but bladder, throat, liver, oral cancers, emphysema, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease, heart disease and is also linked to diabetes. It also causes dental cavities, gum disease, bad breath and makes your skin look old very quickly. The second reason you should not smoke is the costs. Costs of cigarettes have risen drastically of the past decade. A pack of cigarettes costs on average range from five to ten dollars per pack. Due to the increase in taxes, that is so much money just thrown down the drain. Don’t you think? Think about that new car, new clothes, vacations and so forth you could have bought with all the money thrown away on a pack of cigarettes. If you put that five or ten dollars in a jar every time you want to by a pack of cigarettes...
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...(Whelan, 1996) The effects of smoking cigarettes are mainly related to a person’s health, but there are other effects of smoking that people do not realize. I think the three major effects smoking has on a person’s: health, the health of those around them, and on their pocket. Whether you are a smoker or know someone who is, you need to be informed of the serious effects smoking has on a person. There are many health concerns related to smoking effects to a person’s body from head to toe. The two commonly known are: lung disease and heart disease. Smoking has an effect on the lungs functions when oxygen you breathe in is exchanged with carbon monoxide. It starts to damage the lungs tissue, impairing its ability to take in oxygen. A smoker’s lungs also has decreased blood flow, robbing both the lung and body tissue of the nutrients and oxygen they need to be healthy and to function normally. (Whelan, 1996) This leads to lung disease and later can turn into lung cancer. When a person lights up a cigarette and starts smoking their heart rate begins to rise, and does not return to normal until after smoking has stopped. Blood pressure also returns to normal between episodes of smoking. But smoking throughout the day results in higher average pressure. It also results in greater blood pressure variability, or swings in blood pressure. While hypertension itself can lead to heart disease, variable hypertension is even more dangerous and even more likely to lead to heart disease. (Whelan...
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