by david93 » Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:48 pm
Bronchitis - Why and How I Quit Smoking
Don't remember the day I started smoking, but I do remember why. My husband smoked. When we kissed, he tasted like a full ashtray smells. I started smoking so that that wouldn't bother me so much, but I knew better.
.Nicotine Stained Fingers, Face, and Teeth are Just the Beginning
Besides the offensive smell, there is the layer of nicotine that stains everything in the smoker's home:, furniture, walls, carpets, everything. On several different occasions, both my parents were extremely sick with illnesses directly attributable to smoking, eventually culminating in lung cancer for my dad. Cigarettes were so important to them, that they budgeted the smokes in with groceries. If money was tight, we ate beans and potatoes, but they never did without cigarettes. I promised myself in my teens that I would never smoke. I broke that promise sometime in the summer of 1981. We are satisfied with this end product on Chronic Bronchitis. It was really worth the hard work and effort in writing so much on Chronic Bronchitis.- After smoking for five years, I thought I was doomed to be a lifetime smoker just like my parents.
- Then something frightening happened.
- I fell asleep in my chair with a lit cigarette in my hand.
- Unlike many others who died after they went to sleep with a burning cigarette, I was fortunate.
- I wasn't hurt.
- Not physically, anyway.
- Enhancing your vocabulary is our intention with the writing of this article on Chronic Bronchitis.
- We have used new and interesting words to achieve this.
- After gathering all the cigarettes I had, I went to the kitchen and carefully destroyed each one, then dropped it into the trash can.
- By evening I was suffering, but I refused to buy more.
- Later, I learned my brother-in-law had just quit smoking.
- He told me to buy salted, roasted sunflower seeds in the shell.
- We have not included any imaginary or false information on Bronchitis here.
- Everything here is true and up to the mark!
All Through High School, P.E
And health teachers preached the deleterious effects of tobacco smoke on the body. Television, newspapers, magazines, doctors, and the Surgeon General all reported that cigarette smoking caused cancer, emphysema, and many other health problems. I didn't need to hear or read their stories. Both my parents have smoked since their teens. I saw firsthand what smoking does to the smoker.Was Terrified
If I had not wakened from the smell of burning fabric, I might have died, or at least been badly burned. The new skirt I was wearing had eight holes burned through it. The folds of fabric had protected my skin until I awoke. When I realized that I had risked my life, and ruined a brand new skirt, anger replaced the terror I felt--anger at myself. Using our imagination has helped us create a wonderful article on Bronchitis. Being imaginative is indeed very important when writing about Bronchitis!Don't remember the day I started smoking, but I'll never forget the day I stopped. On June 2, 1986, I dumped the worst habit I have ever had. Was it worth it? You bet. I no longer have pneumonia every year. Though bronchitis still bothers me on occasion, and I have chronic asthma, most of the time I can breathe without trouble. Best of all, my husband quit, too, within a month of the date that I quit. We have had a smoke free home for more than 20 years, and we have both benefitted from it.
Soon, Clothes With Tiny Circles Burned Into the Fabric Became the Norm
I couldn't breathe easily if I walked further than out to my car. I couldn't play ball with my children; I didn't have the breath. Many times I decided to quit. And I would, for two or three hours. By the end of the second year, I had had three bouts of pneumonia. Even the beginner will get to learn more about Bronchitis after reading this article. It is written in easy language so that everyone will be able to understand it.Learning to Smoke Was Difficult for Me
I had so many reasons not to, that I really had to push to get it done. After years and years of second hand smoke exposure, my health began to deteriorate immediately. By the end of the first year, I had chronic bronchitis. Cigarettes became a crutch. If life was stressful, I smoked. If I was ill, I smoked. If everything was great, I smoked. My habit was so bad, I couldn't drive down the street or cook a meal without smoking. The first thing I did in the morning was light a cigarette. The last thing I did at night was put one out. Aiming high is our motto when writing about any topic. In this way, we tend to add whatever matter there is about Bronchitis, rather than drop any topic.Sometimes, for a person with chronic bronchitis, the symptoms will quickly get worse all of a sudden. This is known as an acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, or AECB. Many people that die from chronic bronchitis does so during an episode of acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, so a person having an attack of AECB must get medical attention right away to maximize his/her chances of survival.
Air Pollutants that Irritate the Lungs (E.G
Smoke, fumes, dust) -Weather changes To avoid AECB, a chronic bronchitic is advised to stay away from places with heavy air pollution, to get flu and pneumonia shots, and to maintain a healthy diet to strengthen the immune system against infections. We have written a humorous anecdote on Chronic Bronchitis to make it's reading more enjoyable and interesting to you. This way you learn there is a funny side to Chronic Bronchitis too!- What Triggers AECB?
- Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis are commonly triggered by one or more of the following: -Bacterial or viral infections (e.g. cold, flu)
You are experiencing AECB, you should seek medical treatment immediately. AECB has been known to cause other problems, and many are admitted to the hospital every year for complications from AECB. If you are experiencing this, remember not to panic. Keep your breathing as steady as possible, and calmly call a doctor of physician for advice. Because AECB can come suddenly without warning, it is always best to keep any doctor prescribed inhalants on you just in case. Make sure to check with your doctor, and make sure that these inhalers are fine to take when you are experiencing AECB, to avoid any further complications. Try lying down with a humidifier running, or hopping in a warm shower to help you breath and reduce the symptoms of AECB.
What Happens During AECB?
During an AECB, the already narrower-than-normal air passageways in the lungs become even narrower, and even more and thicker mucous is secreted. This will cause breathing to become even more difficult. This may be accompanied by a fever, chills, and feeling weak in the knees. If the sudden acute exacerbation is due to bacterial infection, the mucus coughed up during expectoration may be speckled with blood, dordt college a brighter than normal yellow or green. If the individual is suffering from fever, and has discovered blood in their mucus, there is a good chance the doctor will take a chest x-ray to make sure that pneumonia is not the underlying cause of the symptoms. We were furnished with so many points to include while writing about Bronchitis symptoms that we were actually lost as to which to use and which to discard!
- Is so easy to become a statistic from smoking, just follow the usage instructions on the cigarette package, and this product can kill you.
- If you got that kind of warning about almost any other product you would never touch it.
- Why do so many intelligent people continue to smoke when they know what the risks are, or do they only know some of them?
Until recently the group of diseases that are thought to be primarily caused by smoking were all more prevalent in men than in women, however as the number of women smokers has increased, more women are being diagnosed with these diseases We hope you develop a better understanding of Bronchitis on completion of this article on Bronchitis. Only if the article is understood is it's benefit reached.
.- Illnesses that relate to breathing such as emphysema and bronchitis are caused or made worse by smoking.
- Do you want to finish your life dragging an oxygen bottle around with you, if you think so, ask someone who does drag one around, just to survive.
- Saying that all that is written here is all there is on Bronchitis would be an understatement.
- Very much more has to be learnt and propagated bout Bronchitis.
- However there is some good news, some of the damage you have done to your body begins to repair itself very quickly.
- These repairs begin as soon as 20 minutes after you have your last cigarette, and continue over time.
- Added heart damage after 15 years of not smoking could be that of a non-smoker.
- The title of this composition could be rightly be Emphysema Bronchitis.
- This is because what is mentioned here is mostly about Emphysema Bronchitis.
Emphysema is a respiratory disorder characterized by problems in breathing. The disorder is caused by the enlargement of air sacs in the lungs, and this makes it difficult for the oxygen to get transported to the bloodstream. Emphysema is the most common cause of death from respiratory disease in the United States. It is generally caused by heavy cigarette smoking. Obviously with a reduction in the circulation of oxygen throughout the body it will deteriorate at an increased rate. Emphysema sufferers have the constant feeling of slowly suffocating, because they can't breathe in enough oxygen to feel comfortable. As you progress deeper and deeper into this composition on Chronic Bronchitis, you are sure to unearth more information on Chronic Bronchitis. The information becomes more interesting as the deeper you venture into the composition.
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Addition to this damage to the air sacs in the lungs, other tissues in the airways can become inflamed from cigarette smoke causing chronic bronchitis. Chronic bronchitis is a major cause of disability and death in the United States. The American Lung Association estimates that about 14 million Americans suffer from the disease. Chronic bronchitis is caused by inhaling bronchial irritants, especially cigarette smoke.
When the combination of these two illnesses strike a person it can be an extremely unpleasant situation where the shortage of breath becomes increasingly difficult and ultimately results in early death. Smoking also increases the problem of hypertension (high blood pressure) and along with that smokers are at more risk of having a heart attack than those people who don't smoke.
Each day of smoking is another step in the wrong direction where many parts of the body including the major organs are exposed to danger that can ultimately lead to death. Damage to your lungs gets worse with every cigarette, and will never rebound, unfortunately the risk of lung cancer which is by far the biggest killer of smokers, never goes completely away. Many ex-smokers still get and die from lung cancer, sometimes many years after they quit. Once you are through reading what is written here on Bronchitis Caused, have you considered recollecting what has been written and writing them down? This way, you are bound to have a better understanding on Bronchitis Caused.
Quitting smoking is hard to do, however thousands of people do it every day. What is required is that you make a plan to quit, and you start. Today would not be too soon. American military university applications on Bronchitis everywhere. However, it is up to us to decide the way used for these applications to get the best results from them.