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Table of Content:
0 Who is the interviewee?
0 What is his disease?
0 How did he get that disease?
0 What are the symptoms of that disease?
0 What will be your advice to him?
0 How can we prevent that kind of disease?
PROFILE:
0 Name: Alberto Maristela Castalone
0 Age: 72 years old
0 Birthday: July 21, 1944
0 Relationship: Grandfather
0 Diseases: Emphysema and Parkinson’s Disease
0 Kind of Biomolecules that affect from the disease:
Protein
0 My grandfather has a disease called Emphysema. He get
this kind of disease because when he was younger
because he always smoke in every places or in short he
is a chainsmoker. His doctor advice him to stop smoking
because it is bad for his health especially to his lungs but
he continue doing it but he stop when he get his disease
that came from the tobacco and in smoking. The doctor
advice him to stop smoking, avoid polluted area and do
exercise regularly. Because his disease is a lifetime
disease he drink a medicine that could help to stop the
emphysema to increased and to spread to his body, but
sometimes it is hard for him to breath especially when
he is exposed to smoke and it is hard for him to sleep at
night and he also get another disease that called as a
Parkinson’s Disease.
WHAT IS
EMPHYSEMA?
EMPHYSEMA
0 It is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that
primarily causes shortness of breath due to overinflation of the alveoli.
0 It is included in a group of diseases called Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD.
0 It is called an obstructive lung disease because airflow
on exhalation is slowed or stopped because overinflated alveoli do not exchange gases when a person
breaths due to little or no movement of gases out of
the alveoli.
0 Emphysema changed the anatomy of the lung in
several important ways.
0 This is due to in part to the destruction of lung tissue
around smaller airways.
0 COPD as a group of diseases is one of the leading
causes of death in the United States.
0 Unlike heart disease and other more common causes
of death, the death rate for COPD appears to be rising.
WHAT ARE THE
CAUSES OF
EMPHYSEMA?
0 Cigarette Smoking – is by far the most dangerous
behavior that causes people to develop emphysema,
and it is also the most preventable cause.
0 Cigarette smoke contributes to this disease process in
two ways. It destroy lung tissue which results in the
obstruction of air flow, and it causes inflammation and
irritation of airways that can add to air flow
obstruction.
0 Air pollution acts in a similar manner to cigarette
smoke.
0 Abnormal airway reactivity, such as bronchial asthma,
has been shown to be a risk factor for the
development of emphysema.
0 Older age is a risk factor of emphysema.
0 Men are more likely to develop emphysema than
women.
WHAT ARE THE
SYMPTOMS OF
EMPHYSEMA?
0 Shortness of breath is the most common symptom of
emphysema. Cough, sometimes caused by the
production of mucus, and wheezing may also be
symptoms of emphysema.
0 Emphysema usually develops slowly. You may not
have any acute episodes of shortness of breath.
0 People with emphysema may develop a “barrel chest”
where the distance from the chest to the back, which
is normally less than the distance side to side,
becomes more pronounced.
0 This is a direct result of air becoming trapped behind
obstructed airways.
ADVICE FOR THE
PATIENT
0 You should follow the advice of your doctor.
0 Don’t eat food that is not allowed for you
0 Eat vegetables and fruits because it is good for your
health.
0 Eat food that is rich in protein so that it could help to
prevent increasing of your disease.
HOW TO PREVENT
THE DISEASE?
0 Steroid medications – they decrease inflammation in
the body. They are used for this effect in the lung and
elsewhere and have been shown to be of some benefit
in emphysema.
0 Steroids may either be given orally or inhaled through
an MDI or another form of inhaler.
0 Antibiotics – these medication are often prescribed
for people with emphysema who have increased
shortness of breath.
0 Oxygen – if you have shortness of breath and go to a
hospital’s emergency department , you often are given
oxygen.
0 Stop smoking – although not strictly a treatment,
most doctors make this recommendation for people
with emphysema.
0 A doctor may be able to prescribe medications to help
breaking the addiction and can also recommend
behavioral therapies, such as support groups.
0 Bronchodilating medication – these medications,
which cause the air passages to open more fully and
allow better air exchange, are usually the first
medications that a doctor will prescribe for
emphysema
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