Sunday, January 10, 2010
Diary 3
I did some research on emphysema and I found out that it is developed when the air-sacs of the lungs are exposed to the smoke of cigarettes, the lungs produce macrophages that “eat” the inhaled particles. But macrophages release material that destroy the proteins that let lungs expand and contract. It can also be caused by a protein deficiency called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. I found out that the most likely people to get emphysema are males ages 50-70 that are heavy smokers, but females are very close in percentage. I am right in the age group. The number of people has increased from 2.3 million to 3.1 million in the last 20 years. I am going to Pulmonary Rehab for the first time tomorrow, so i'll write about how it goes!
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