GRACE- Number 4

Search for additional info on emphysema and bronchitis

    Emphysema is a type of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) that causes the air sacs to be damaged leading to them swell and eventually burst. It also causes carbon dioxide to build up in the body. In 2005, most of the US population who had Emphysema were male, most to all were people who smoked due to cigarettes being like poison in the lungs. Testing includes CXRs, ABGs, CBCs, and pulmonary function tests, while treatment includes antibiotics and oxygen therapy. This disease is almost completely preventable because it's gotten through smoking. Stop smoking, stop yourself from getting another disease.
   Bronchitis is the inflammation of the bronchus, ranging from acute to chronic(Thanks med terms). This also is a form of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Just like emphysema, it is caused when there is damage to the lungs. For instance, smoking. Who'd of thought? Chronic is usually cause by smoking and involves chest pain, coughing with mucous, and chest pain, yet acute can also be assumed or associated with asthma. The preventives to chronic is stop smoking or stop inhaling harmful gases that could possibly kill your lungs while the acute bronchitis is usually caught early on and can be treated with antibiotics.