T9 Flashcards
1
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Lung disease
A
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD; chronic bronchitis and emphysema)
- Lung cancer
2
Q
Symptoms of chronic bronchitis
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- Severe cough
2. Difficulty breathing
3
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Symptoms of emphysema
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- Wheezing
2. Breathlessness
4
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Symptoms of lung cancer
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- Coughing up blood
- Chest pain
- Difficulty breathing
5
Q
Tobacco smoke
A
- Tar
- Nicotine
- Carbon monoxide
6
Q
Tar
A
- A carcinogen
- Mixture of compounds that settle on lining airways in lungs and stimulate a series of changes that leads to obstructive lung disease and lung cancer
7
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Nicotine
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- The drug in tobacco ; addictive
- Absorbed very readily by blood, travels to brain within seconds
- Stimulates nervous system to reduce diameter of arterioles & to release adrenaline from adrenal glands
- Heart rate & blood pressure increase, with decrease in blood supply to the extremities, reducing oxygen supply
- Increases risk of blood clotting
8
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Carbon monoxide
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- Forms irreversible carboxyhaemoglobin; reduces chances of oxygen to bind with haemoglobin
- CO damages lining of arteries, leads to build up of fatty tissue & reduction of blood flow; result to CHD/stroke