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Avatar n tn Keep in close contact with your doctors and avoid smoking and make sure you take good care of yourself. Look into medication side effects, and environmental factors as contributing factors. You need caring, excellent doctors to help you with this one.
Avatar n tn This occurs when I get smell of smoking, pollution and any other deep scent. I have to take long breath in order to maintain my normal respiratory system. I have consulted doctors who unable to diagnose my problem properly. I have undergone CT Scan to my chest and everything appears normal in the report. Could you please advice what can be happened and how this problem be cured. Please let me know if you require any further details of my problem.
Avatar m tn Smoking paralyzes the cilia, which are the tiny hairs in the sinuses and lungs which remove pollution and detritus. When you stop smoking, they work again, so it's possible you are coughing up what's been stuck in the lungs for a while, and it could be one of the causes of your respiratory distress. Sounds like you also have a sinus infection, but as Londres70 notes, only a doctor can make a diagnosis.
Avatar f tn Report said that my lungs are mildly over inflated but no infiltrates or effusions. costophrenic angles are clear. Final impression is negative. Could the over inflation be caused by the way I breathed during the xray? I don't smoke however I live in an area with pollution. I'm a young adult. Are my lungs normal?
Avatar m tn I would think that that would be true because if air pollution effects our breathing then it would to me naturally effect our hearts since the two are combined. All i have to say is thank goodness its winter and we don't have to worry about the air as much and i always keep my windows part way open but good link you posted....
1745642 tn?1312192813 Hi there. The effects of continuous exposure to head phones or noise pollution are many. the most immediate it affects mental health like panic episodes, frustration, loss of concentration, inability to hear things clearly, temporary deafness, palpitations, breathlessness and even seizures. It could also cause pupilary dilatation and chronic gastrointestinal problems. Hope this helps. Take care.
Avatar f tn I was prescribed Ventolin HFA and Asmanex. I took these medications and had a lot of side effects from both medications. The side effects felt worse than the actual symptoms. I continued taking the Asmanex and did not really notice any difference in my breathing which further leads me to believe that I may not have asthma. I have been prescribed Xoponex HFA and Flovent but I am afraid to take them because of the side effects that I experienced last time.
Avatar f tn Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is quite uncommon, in the absence of cigarette smoking or heavy marijuana smoking or gross, persistent exposure to industrial toxins/pollutants, even for those individuals who have the inherited defect, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
Avatar f tn Exercise plays an important role in keeping the body and mind healthy . Keeping risk factors like diabetes , hypertension , smoking and exposure to environmental pollution under control may help in delaying the onset of disease .
Avatar f tn Seeing a gastroenterologist is kind of hard when here in Vietnam. One of the things that I think has made my issue flare up is the fact that I am not smoking pot here, which I would normally use to calm my nerves back home. I've read about a lot of stomach conditions that are usually medicated by marijuana. I could get weed here but I really don't want to..does anyone else think that may be the cause of my symptoms?
Avatar n tn Smoking cigarettes, consuming excessive alcohol, breathing in chemical fumes or air pollution, or swallowing substances that irritate or damage the lining of the throat can also cause pharyngitis. Sore throats usually go away after a week, but if not, is it recommended to check with your doctor, it could be something serious hun Most sore throats will go away by themselves after a few days and can be effectively treated at home.
675923 tn?1296238011 There have been times where I have been on a roller coaster. I caught my son smoking a cigar a few weeks ago. Of all people! He is the reason I quit. He tried to convince the "unconvincable mom" that cigars are not addicting. Kids! I didn't even have to get angry with him; the look of disappointment on my face said it all. So for the past few weeks I have been stable in my commitment to being smoke free (son helped again).
Avatar f tn An Italian study found that penises are on average around 10 percent smaller today than 50 years ago. The study cited weight gain, pollution, stress and smoking as possible factors in the shrinkage, but Rush suggests otherwise.
Avatar n tn I was just wandering how you got your sarcoidosis? If it may be from smoking or from air pollution etc... Right now i am trying to find out if nodules on my lungs are from RA, or if it may be sarcoidosis. I am a smoker, so either is possible. Thanks for you help. I will be watching for the answer of your question as well, i would also like to know the same thing as you.
1747881 tn?1546175878 Like most people in Alaska, the residents of those frozen cities are burning wood to keep themselves warm this winter. Smoke from wood-burning stoves increases small-particle pollution, which settles in low-lying areas and can be breathed in. The EPA thinks this is a big problem. Eight years ago, the agency ruled that wide swaths of the most densely populated parts of the region were in “non-attainment” of federal air quality standards.
Avatar f tn What are the side effects of smoking when pregnant? Did any of u girls smoke when u were pregnant? I'm 16 weeks and trying to quit but it a lot harder than I thought .
1117137 tn?1345227905 is it just me or is second hand smoking SO annoying? i think my radar is just super tuned in right now, but it seems like people just light up and leave their used butts, everywhere! i understand that it is a free world, but i guess i just find it even more bothersome, now that i have another life to support inside me. i will go as far as pulling my shirt over my face as i walk by it, and i don't care who sees that or what they think.
Avatar n tn But i stopped for almost a year with no problems. never really a big user. but recently i smoked alot over the past week. and i stopped smoking and drinking all together a day or two later because i was feeling really wierd. i get butterflyes in my stomach, sometimes randomly feel dizzy, disconnected from people and things.. i feel the best when i wake up in the morning and then it kinda starts through out the day.
Avatar n tn i am a 28 year old black male who wants to stop smoking all together. . . . i have been smoking for the last 4-6years and im tired of it. . . it started with heavy drinking when i was in college and i stoped that after 6 months but at the same time i started smoking. . . . now that i have gotten older its increased to about a half a pack a day and now my breathing has gotten a lot heavier . . .
649848 tn?1534633700 The potential real-world result will be more asthma attacks, more heart attacks, and more pollution in our lives. And if all that isn't enough, the administration also wants to cut support for critically needed research into alternative energy sources and innovations to protect the water we drink from physical, chemical, and biological threats.
Avatar f tn I have a close friend who has been addicted to marijuana for a long time, she also smoked during her pregnancy and no they did not test her for it when she gave birth. I don't know much on the effects of marijuana use during pregnancy but I strongly suggest that you look into that for the benefit of the baby. I know that she breastfed for quite a while, continuing to pass the drug onto her child. Our sons are the same age and have been friends since infancy.
Avatar f tn I still continued to smoke for a couple of days, but only a couple of puffs from my husbands cigarette 2-3 times a day, then I looked online about the effects off smoking whilst pregnant and quit straight away! There are times when I would like a cigarette but I care for my unborn baby a million times more than a dirty fag! Honestly the best thing you can do is quit, every time you smoke your babies tiny heartbeat has to beat extremely fast as it struggles for oxygen!
Avatar f tn http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/02/5569683-study-says-pollution-makes-birds-gay Researchers found that a high-mercury diet had an effect on the mating behavior of white ibises confined in a net-covered aviary at the University of Florida. They said the degree of homosexual pairing increased along with the birds' mercury exposure.