Lungs are the vital organ of human life. Particularly function on
human breathing system. Served as a place of exchange of oxygen required by humans and remove carbon dioxide which is a result of the rest of the breathing process that must be removed from the body, so the body's need for oxygen remain fulfilled. The air is very important for humans, if we do not breathe the oxygen for several minutes we can die. Lungs are located below the ribs, indeed have heavy duty, not to mention the increasingly polluted air we breathe as well as many germs floating around in the air. These all can cause various lung diseases.
The symptoms such as coughing, shortness of breath, or pain in the chest area may indicate that there is something wrong with your lungs.
With more quickly detect it, it will help keep the disease is no longer and worse. The following information on a variety of lung problems and their prevention and solution, may help to detect the health of your lungs.
Tuberculosis (TB)
- Cause: Tuberculosis caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis . The disease can be transmitted through saliva splashes when the patient coughs.
- Symptoms: Coughing up phlegm for more than three weeks. Can also issue a cough accompanied by blood. Patients will have a fever, especially in the afternoon or evening, sweating at night. Decreased appetite, resulting in a thin body.
- Prevention and solution: If there are friends, neighbors or family members who experience these symptoms, you should be advised to consult a doctor to determine if the cough is TB disease or not. Because sometimes a cough illness often considered trivial, but this disease can kill someone if not treated immediately and can be transmitted to others.
- Treatment: Treatment for tuberculosis when it is caught early are not too expensive and easy to cure because there are already drugs provided by the government. When required, patients with TB may also be quarantined in a special place so as not to transmit the disease.The Disease is actually the one which has conquered disease, but later returned to attack. One is due to tuberculosis are not spending their medication. Drugs must be taken regularly for 6 to 9 months to cure this disease. Not spend the drug can cause the patient cannot recover and lead a drug no longer able to fight germs because germs become resistant.
Asthma
- Cause: The cause of asthma is a temporary narrowing of the respiratory tract that can cause sufferers to feel shortness of breath. Vessel constriction occurs in the throat. Heredity plays an important role in this disease, if there are parents or grandparents who suffer from this disease can be reduced to the children or grandchildren. Allergic to something like dust, temperature changes, humidity, excessive exercise or emotional stress can cause allergies, so the membrane that lines vessels to swell and excessive mucus so that vessels become narrow and people with breathing difficulties. Although an attack of shortness of breath may go away, but heavy attack if left untreated can cause death because the patient can not breathe.
- Symptoms: Shortness of breath sounds with wheezing (wheezing) Prevention and solution: Avoid things that can cause allergies in people, causing asthma attacks. For example, by cleaning the dust on a mattress, pillow or blanket. Avoid extreme temperatures and humidity, pets or foods that may cause allergies.
- Treatment: In order to cope with an asthma attack is to use reliever medication (bronchodilator) inhaled way. Another way is to do a therapy that will teach you how to relax and catch your breath in the event of an asthma attack. When asthma is severe, it can use the drug daily until relief of asthma attacks can be controlled. Thus, it is advisable for the sufferer to always carry a reliever medication wherever he goes in order to be used in case of attack.
Bronchitis
- Cause: Bronchitis caused by the inflammation of the bronchi (the tubes that carry air into the lungs). The reason could be due to bacteria infection, bacteria or viruses. Other causes are cigarette smoke, dust, or air pollutants.
- Symptoms: Cough with expectoration of yellow fever or if caused by a bacterial infection. Meanwhile, when is chronic, productive cough and shortness of breath for a few months to several years.
- Prevention and solution: Increase endurance is one of the precautions that can be done. Meanwhile, to prevent chronic bronchitis is to stop smoking also avoid secondhand smoke to avoid exposure to secondhand smoke is very dangerous.
- Treatment: For treatment when it is caused by bacteria or germs can be overcome by taking antibiotics as directed by your doctor. If caused by a virus, commonly used drugs to relieve symptoms.
Pneumonia
- Cause: Pneumonia is an infection that occurs in lung tissue (parenchyma) caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi. Generally caused by streptococcal bacteria (Streptococcus) and the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae .
- Symptoms: Coughing up phlegm with a thick, yellow sputum, chest pain, and shortness of breath accompanied by high fever.
- Prevention and solution: Always maintain cleanliness and keep the immune system stay strong to prevent the bacteria can not penetrate the defenses of the body's health. Get used to wash hands, eat a nutritious diet or exercise regularly.
- Treatment: When was suffering from pneumonia, usually can be cured by taking antibiotics.
Emphysema
- Causes: Emphysema is caused due to loss of elasticity in the alveoli. Alveoli themselves are bubbles present in the lungs. In patients with emphysema, lung volume is greater than a healthy person because the carbon dioxide should be expelled from the lungs trapped inside. Cigarette smoke and the lack of the enzyme alpha-1-antitrypsin is the cause of loss of elasticity in the lung.
- Symptoms: Shortness of breath in a long time and can not be cured with commonly used drugs lozenges shortness of breath. And decreased appetite and weight loss are also common in patients with emphysema.
- Prevention and solutions: Avoiding smoking is the best way to prevent this disease. Quitting smoking is also very important.
