lung disorders

As the arteries, brain or skin, lungs are aging more or less rapidly, regardless of your age. Indeed, if the lungs are aging naturally, the age of your lungs depends on many factors including environmental exposures to pollutants. Tobacco for example, is the worst factor in premature aging of our lungs. But alas, he is not alone: occupational exposure to chemicals, wood dust, pollution, including indoor air pollution.
Assess the age of his lungs can detect COPD

The most urgent task is to detect COPD (chronic obstructive bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Broncho) through the evaluation of lung age. COPD is a serious illness that affects many smokers. The aim is to detect the disease early to prevent the final stage of respiratory failure. Today the diagnosis is too often done when the lung function is already reduced by half and that the quality of life is significantly impaired. It must be said that patients consider smoking as normal symptoms suggesting the existence of COPD. For them, cough, sputum and shortness morning are common. Thus, even if these signs are gradually with intolerance to the effort, a limitation of daily activities and muscle weakness, they are not very worried, until an acute episode of worsening respiratory condition requires hospitalization.
So smokers and nonsmokers, you say that it is not normal to cough all day, spitting and being limited in its activities by shortness. Have the reflex (if he quit smoking) to measure your breath through your doctor.
Tip: COPD affects 5 to 10% of the population of industrialized countries and is the 3rd cause of death worldwide. Click Here for more!