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how can emphysema affect breathing and gas exchange in the damaged lung tissue?

Question by : how can emphysema affect breathing and gas exchange in the damaged lung tissue?
the title is pretty self-explanatory any help?
im an AS level biology student and am a little confused, but i do know about as gaps increase in size the gas exchange is going to slow as there is more space and less tissue surrounding it so it slows the breathing rate but is there anymore any one can add?
or if i am wrong please correct me.

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Answer by Mh Harrah
Emphysema is a pathological diagnosis defined by permanent enlargement of airspaces distal to the terminal bronchioles. This leads to a dramatic decline in the alveolar surface area available for gas exchange. Furthermore, loss of alveoli leads to airflow limitation by 2 mechanisms. First, loss of the alveolar walls results in a decrease in elastic recoil, which leads to airflow limitation. Second, loss of the alveolar supporting structure leads to airway narrowing, which further limits airflow.

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My Dog Speck Has Breathing Problems, Does anyone know what this could be?

This is my little dog, Speck, and he has these breathing episodes. If anyone recognizes these breathing patterns and knows what the cause may be, please let me know. This little guy is the world to me, and I just want to know if there is anything I can do to stop these episodes or possibly prevent them from getting worse. They typically happen about once every 3 days, sometimes as much as twice a day, and sometimes he wont have them at all for a few weeks. His Vet has not seen these videos yet, but when i described the behavior to him, he said it was a “reversed sneeze”. However, the videos that I have seen on Youtube of dogs with a reverse sneeze doesn’t look or sound at all like what Speck experiences. Speck is a Chihuahua/Terrier mix. In August 2010 he will turn 6. Thanks

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Chest pains, hard time breathing and allot of other stuff. ?

Question by Joseph: Chest pains, hard time breathing and allot of other stuff. ?
Ok so im 13 i’ve had some chest pains like everyday for about 6 months maybe, i didn’t really care cause it dident hurt so much.

The other day i had it all day long and it hurt really bad, so i told my mom too call the doctor she did and they said to mix some pills togeather and swallow it so i did that. My mom went to bed and the chest pains still dident go away. So these means its not the outside hurting its the inside. Does anyone have a clue to what this is?

And to the other stuff i have hard time breathing sleeping problems always getting a cold EVEN IF IM INSIDE A WHOLE WEEK.

All my symptoms add up to Asthma just that i never cough.

Asthma Symptombs:

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/asthma/hic_symptoms_of_asthma.aspx

**Sorry for bad the English lol**
Just went to the doctor the other day, I got Asthma…. Thanks for helping out guys, The chest pain was my lungs needing real air. (idk how to say it in English lol)

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Answer by grannynightgown
Ask your mother to make a doctor’s appointment for you.

With asthma, chest pain is generally not as frequent as yours is.

This sounds either like acid reflux disease (chronic heartburn) or a heart problem.

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Sometimes I have trouble breathing while laying down and sometimes while sitting. What can be causing this?

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Question by Jonathan: Sometimes I have trouble breathing while laying down and sometimes while sitting. What can be causing this?
I am 24, 359lbs, and 6′ tall. I don’t have asthma or any other respiratory problems or disorders. As far as I know, I don’t have any condition that can contribute to breathing problems. I also wake up feeling tired sometimes.
To answer Pitman Floyd, my posture is kind of stooped and I do suffer from back pain. My feet do get kind of swollen sometimes, but nothing real severe. Also, in the morning, my knees and feet also feel quite stiff.
In reference to t’s post, I do occasionally wake up with a headache and frequently wake up with a dry mouth.

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Answer by Pitman Floyd
could be Ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory arthritis which can cause breathing problems. But then it could be a million other things. Get checked out asap, request a blood / urine test and explain all the more serious symptoms

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Dercum’s breathing I

Dr Herbst describes resistance breathing for fat disorders.
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Is there a reason why I would stop breathing while I sleep?

Question by : Is there a reason why I would stop breathing while I sleep?
Okay, well only two times or so total as far as I know, I’ve been woken up because I wasn’t breathing. My body just woke up and I wasn’t breathing and I was struggling for air until I opened my eyes and started breathing. It’s scary.
The second time it happened, it was the morning and I was kind of having a dream, but it was a light sleep where I was sort of aware of my surroundings but dozing off. I woke up not breathing several times that morning, and kept falling back to sleep, and it kept happening.
I don’t snore or anything either, just to throw it out there. I believe that my dad has sleep apnea, if that has anything to do with it. But other than that, there are no sleep disorders that I know of in myself or my family. No one knows about this happening to me yet.
Thank you very much! I’m not so much concerned, as curious about this.

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Answer by superduperjager
probably sleep apnea. you should see a doc if its bad enough to cause concern.

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06-A-Causes of Poor Sleep, Insomnia, Brain Oxygen Levels and Breathing

What are the causes of poor sleep quality? What is the cause of insomnia on a cell level? Why do sick people have worse sleep for virtually all health conditions? We need to connect sleep with automatic breathing during sleep. In fact, your breathing is the main factor that defines your quality of sleep. Sleeping problems are present in normal people. About 10% of Western people suffer from chronic insomnia (Roth T, Roehrs, 2003; Pigeon, 2010) and many more have mild sleeping problems. What are their causes? Over 90% of modern normal people are heavy breathers (see the links with dozens of studies below). Sick people breathe even more, as over 50 medical studies testify. This relates to people with heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, asthma, COPD, and many other chronic disorders. Deep and fast breathing causes low CO2 levels in the body cells. This makes the brain over-excited (since CO2 is a natural sedative of nervous cells) and body muscles tense (since carbon dioxide is a strong relaxant of muscles). For example, medical research suggests that hyperventilation “leads to spontaneous and asynchronous firing of cortical neurons” (Huttunen et al, 1999 – published in a journal devoted to neurology). These spontaneous and asynchronous signals or thoughts create insomnia and other problems with sleep, including sleep disordered breathing. In addition, low brain oxygen content worsen sleep due to anaerobic cell respiration caused by tissue hypoxia. This generates free …
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Can anxiety affect breathing?

Question by Anna, Simply.: Can anxiety affect breathing?
I do a lot of Panic attacks and I have anxiety disorders…I wake up sometimes during the night because I have difficulty to breathe and my chest feels tight. Also, one of my biggest fear is to stop breathing (witch triggers panic attacks) and the more I think about it the more I feel like I have difficulty to breath! Im really scared, Because I don’t know why but im so concerned about how I breath, and if I breath okay…..those this have anything to do with anxiety??

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Answer by Kay
Yes anxiety and stress trigger panic attacks. It happens to me occasionally i worry about my breathing to. It really helps though if you lay on your back with your hand on your stomach and breath in and count to 5 and then let it out and count to 5. Usually by the 3rd time i feel better.

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CRUK | CancerHelp UK | Breathing and circulation exercises after surgery

This Cancer Research UK video is a guide to breathing and circulation exercises after surgery. It does not replace what your health carers tell you. You should always follow the advice they give you and check with them before doing the exercises. It shows you how to breathe deeply, cough and do leg exercises. Doing these after surgery will help to prevent chest infections and blood clots which can develop when you aren’t moving about as you would normally.

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tell about how is your breathing while having anxiety or depression or panic attack or depersonalization?

Question by : tell about how is your breathing while having anxiety or depression or panic attack or depersonalization?
do u feel as you force yourself to breathe?
or that you miss to some breathing? or have I breathe in last few seconds?
like a very cold air going inside but doesn’t let you get what the body wants from air and you start feeling light headed?
like your chest won’t expand to get enough air?
you feel that there is something wrong while taking the air? as throat or the IBS making some problems …

OMG I even forget how I had to breathe before :”(

I have fear of sleeeping and stop breathing or forgeting to breathe :”(

tell me exactly with details about how your breathing looks like?

I face all of that 24/7 … I hate that feeling

I feel I am going to faint all the time… now 4 years having that … I want to enjoy my life even for 1 day please help :”(

thanks hope to read your story with these disorders

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Answer by Rajinder
You will get relief by monitoring your water and liquid intakes. You may like to read the following. What helped the IBS boy will help you breath easy. I keep doing the same thing every now and then. I have always (without fail) felt that after 24 hours of no water periods I breath much better and much more deep. There is more than 100% improvement. Though I have no issues with IBS or breathing.

The medical community has no idea what is IBS, what causes IBS. My friends daughter’s diagnosis was IBS. After my friend spent Rs. 50K on various tests, he was told by doctors that she has problem in her mind and he should take his daughter to psychiatric.

Let me try to define the problem and give a solution.

People feel sleepy after they eat in excess or take too much of alcohol or sweets.

What is the reason for feeling sleepy? Again medical community is silent on this as well. But they give medicines for this as well? Should we really allow the doctors to give medicines when they do not know the basic underlying reason????

When a person eats something, it needs to be digested. The digestion process is know to be very energy intensive. When the body falls short of resources to digest the food, it tires out and sleeps. This shuts down the operations of the body except heart, kidney and other essential functions / organs.

When a person indulges into eating, drinking sessions which does not create enough energy resources, he becomes weak. After this whatever he eats is simply passed out immediately.

Over past 5-6 years I carried out various hit and trial experiments on IBS. I got success when I tried the following on a 19 year old boy.

This boy weighed 43kg, 5ft 8 inches height, total body water was 68%, muscles less then 5%.

I asked him to drink one glass of water 1 hour before each meal. Next day he told me that he got complete relief. But after 3 days he said his condition has gone back to old status.

Now I asked him to give up water and all liquids for 48 hours. The results shocked me. He was completely cured of the following –

IBS and mouth ulcers in 48 hours. Pain in legs after 6-8 months. I followed up with this person for next 15 months. There were 3 instances of IBS lasting 1-2 days on 3 occassions. The solution was change in water drinking habits. When he was on low water intake, he was advised to drink more water for 2-3 days. When he was on higher water intake he was advised to cut down on water intake.

It gave him complete relief.

I applied the same solution on 2 more person of 18-20 years of age. It worked simply by cutting down on water intake.

Now if you decided to try it the next problem is that one who is used to drinking water or other liquids and feel thirsty quite often.

First thing in the morning drink tea (on empty stomach). One should not take anything with tea. Tea on empty stomach leaves a bitter taste in mouth. Resist drinking water or any other liquid for next 3-4 hours. After this the bitter taste will be gone. AFter this there will be no thirst signals. For the next 48 hours there will be enough fluid in your mouth and food pipe. You can eat your normal meals minus any liquids for next 24 hours.

After having gone thru the above process go without water and liquids again after 2-3 days without taking tea first thing in the morning.

If the above does not give complete relief. Add salt to the water the next day after going without water. 3 grams of salt with 1 glass of water. 4-5 times in a day. Salt is a purifier and it will resolve the problems better. You will have to continue drinking water 1 hour before meal.

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is it normal thing to feel that you are not breathing while anxiety or panic disorder?

Question by : is it normal thing to feel that you are not breathing while anxiety or panic disorder?
I always feel that i am not breating…alike I am forgeting to breathe… and suddenly i get afraid that I am not getting oxegen to my brain and i will die.. like you don’t feel how the breathing is happeing.. or how the air is getting into your body… .. it gets me to get muscles tention and chest pain.. and just weak can’t stand …no balance .. blured vision .. upset stomach… when i get scared if feel as there is something behind my stomach throw needels into my body and makes me have like sting to my heart and brain… getting cold sweat in the hands and feet … sensetivity from lights and loud sounds… i get dizzy and light headed.. I can’t take a deep breathe… like my chest is very tight .as wearing a corset .. or someone pulling my chest muscles to the back.. I feel like having a baloon in my chest and it is about to explode diffeculty speaking or looking up.. shaking legs specially the right leg.. and i feel as my whole body is turned off as no heart pulse no brain… nothing every thing is numbness .. i don’t feel my limbs belongs to me.. althought when i touch them i can feel them… but like me not me anymore.. afraid to go crazy.. afraid from fainting sensation..or pass out.. feeling as i have IBS … pain in my breasts.. specially the left one… can’t sleep with relaxing way.. i always curve my body inside and looking as someone if feeling cold.. i want to sleep like i am in heaven .. each limb in a side.. no fear whle sleeping.. i get panic attacks in my own bed… i wake up i see things moving .. i get scared.. i feel as my head is flying and watching things and my body is still dead.. sometimes i feel i am tall,, sometimes small… is that depersonalization..?

i hate how bad my life looks like :’(

how can i get rid out of this?

do you feel as there is soemthing melting inside your head and going through your brain.. and makes your head heavy and just want to faint you?
or feeling as you have a water moving right , left, forth and back .. and makes you dizzy and move the way it moves inside your head..?

i get also nasal liquid going through my throat .. it looks white and sometimes kind of light yellow .. since i start anxiety? is that from anxiety?

anyway my brain MRI says i have normal sinus …

when i look at the mirror i see stranger… not me..

sometimes my heart beats fast and sometimes i feel as it stopped.. no pulse.. doctors told m you are fine.. just go home that is from stress. i don’t believe them?

how were u able to calm yourself and say it is all anxiety attacks?

what cause me feel these moves in my body that makes me dizzy.?

whyw hen i walk i feel my legs are like jelly.. and feel the hard ground as it is walking sand .. something that can be soft and curve.. although it is a ceramic..?

how you stopped worried from thinking u might be really sick and no doctor can understand?
i am going through that hell for 4 years now.. 24/7 and still afraid and want to know if i am really sick or it is just fear and stress :”(

please help and answer all my questions
please share with me your symptoms and how you treat them?

thanks

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Answer by A=alyze
By this wall of text i imagine you are fixating on small details. When people get excited cortisol is released, and sometimes due to stress. It can lead to you fixating on details that can’t be analyzed to find a solution that will calm you down. Focus on how youre feeling and behaving and whether its realistic what youre feeling. The feeling wont vanish right away if you realize the anxiety is unfounded. But keep it in the back of your mind, breathe deeply and it should calm down in 10-15 minutes.

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Breathing in cadnium, get cancer?

Question by : Breathing in cadnium, get cancer?
I am volunteering at a local nature center doing water nitrate testing. Part of the process involves mixing water with a cadium based powder (7% cadnium) Its in a little glass vial, and i take a tiny scooper and drop some in. I can usually smell the cadnium faintly when i open the tube, but close the lid as soon as im finished using it. however, cadnium is known to cause cancer, kidney failure, and lung disease, so im worried about the exposure. I’ll be doing this once a week for the next few months….. is this dangerous?
only answer if you know what your talking about!

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Answer by Orion
You best source of information is the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for the material you using. Also the containers instructions and warnings. If USA, it is required by law (OSHA) that all employers (private and government) have the MSDS available and all substances are properly labeled with their name (so you can look up the MSDS) and the hazard warnings. This includes volunteers.

I suspect the small percentage of cadmium in limited exposure concerns. What you should be avoiding from the MSDS I read on line is contact with the powder and inhaling the powder.

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Q&A: I have a slight burning in my left lung area, very subtle, no problems breathing, not a heart attack?

Question by bmcciv: I have a slight burning in my left lung area, very subtle, no problems breathing, not a heart attack?
This isn’t a heart attack and isn’t anything in my lung that I am aware of. I had a chest xray about 6 months ago and everything was clear. No loss of appetite, no vomit, I am not tired. It feels like it is above and left of my stomache.

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Answer by Amerson
what are u doing here wasting time , check ur doctor immediately…..it can be something serious

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i have been diagnosed with a panic disorder an have been having trouble breathing….?

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Question by Amy C: i have been diagnosed with a panic disorder an have been having trouble breathing….?
Well it feels like I can’t breath my face gets tight, nose and mouth and I get freaked out. Does anyone else get this and does it have to do with my panic disorder…

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Answer by bmac
You are hyperventilating. You HAVE to calm down and tell yourself this IS going to pass and that nothing/no one is going to hurt you. MAKE yourself slow your breathing down or you are going to pass out. Trust me…..there is nothing wrong with your lungs/airways. Calm down, slow breaths.

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I feel like i need to think about my breathing in order for me to breath, is this a symptom of a disorder?

Question by brett r: I feel like i need to think about my breathing in order for me to breath, is this a symptom of a disorder?
does anybody else have this problem
what do i do?
i see a therapist and pschiatrist

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Answer by Onizuka
Mebbe talk to a doctor bout it or a shrink

How long have you felt that way?

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hi i get a pain in my right lung when i am breathing in and out it is like this now the last three days?

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Question by kimford109: hi i get a pain in my right lung when i am breathing in and out it is like this now the last three days?
the pain gets worse every day

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Answer by kynhatm
maybe you should go to the doctor, it could be:

bron·chi·tis (brn-kts, brng-)
n.

Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes

or:

pneu·mo·nia (n-mny, ny-)
n.

An acute or chronic disease marked by inflammation of the lungs and caused by viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms and sometimes by physical and chemical irritants.

i would go have it checked out before it gets worse

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A human’s breathing rate can be affected by?

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Question by : A human’s breathing rate can be affected by?
A human’s breathing rate can be affected by
A.the level of carbon dioxide in the cells.
B.the level of oxygen in the blood.
C.the acidity of the blood.
D.all of the above.

A respiratory disease caused from smoking is
A.asthma.
B.emphysema.
C.bronchitis.
D.tuberculosis.

If a researcher wanted to find someone’s rate of respiration what would they measure?
A.heart rate
B.lung capacity
C.body temperature
D.oxygen consumption

Two extremely elastic folds of tissue known as vocal cords are found in the
A.larynx.
B.pharynx.
C.trachea.
D.bronchi.

What is the correct order from largest structure to smallest within the lungs?
A.alveoli, bronchioles, bronchi, trachea
B.bronchioles, trachea, alveoli, bronchi
C.trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
D.bronchi, trachea, bronchioles, alveoli

The respiratory disease that cause destruction of alveoli and the elastic fibers in the lungs is known as
A.emphysema.
B.asthma.
C.tuberculosis.
D.bronchitis.

Disease and disorders of the respiratory system include all of the following except
A.lung cancer.
B.stroke.
C.asthma.
D.emphysema.

Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs occurs between the ________ and the alveoli.
A.arteries.
B.capillaries.
C.veins.
D.bronchi.

Complete the word association:
Artery is to arteriole as
A.bronchi is to bronchioles.
B.venules is to veins.
C.bronchi is to trachea.
D.alveoli is to lungs.

The respiratory system depends on the nervous system for signals to
A.coordinate the muscles that control breathing.
B.exchange gases with the circulatory system.
C.enhance the amount of available oxygen in the lungs.
D.release enzymes to increase the exchange of gases.

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Answer by Cheyenne
D
B/C- both could work?
D
A
C
A
B
B
A
A

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Q&A: Having breathing problems and pain in lung?

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Question by : Having breathing problems and pain in lung?
Ok so my girlfriend has very bad breathing problems…she says some times that she cant really breath and her lungs are hurting.shes 15.

and her parents cant really afford to get her checked up.so please can any onw tell me what can she do to make it better at home or why is it happening?or any kind of solution to it.

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Answer by CC
She needs to just go to the doctor. There are very many reasons why someone could be having a hard time breathing from allergies to very serious diseases. The best thing to do would be to get her checked out by a professional.

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is masterbation healthy for a man of 66 yrs. old who has breathing or lung problems?

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Question by : is masterbation healthy for a man of 66 yrs. old who has breathing or lung problems?

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Answer by TX TX TX
I dnt think a 66 year old man should be playing with his penis.

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When I focus on breathing, I hyperventilate.?

Question by : When I focus on breathing, I hyperventilate.?
I’ve been wanting to try meditation, and part of it is focusing on breathing. When I think about breathing, and do it deliberately, I find myself unable to breath and I begin to hyperventilate. Sometimes, if I simply think about breathing at night, I’ll be short of breath all night and never get to sleep. I have an anxiety disorder. Could this be related?

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Answer by emo_lee20
It definitely sounds like it could be part of your anxiety disorder. It almost sounds like you are (subconsciously) getting nervous about breathing which is throwing you into a panic attack/hyperventilation attack. Maybe you should try finding another way to meditate without concentrating on your breathing… Or find another way of relaxing without meditation.

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