Posts Tagged Respiratory System
Herbal Remedies – Alternative Medicine For Asthma
Bronchodilators are among the fastest selling drugs in the global healthcare market. Now that won’t come as a surprise considering the rate of prevalence for asthma. Today, over 300 million people worldwide suffer from this chronic respiratory disease and in the United States alone, expenses for asthma medications reached more than $6 million in 2007. Meanwhile, clinical studies have confirmed the risks pertinent to the extended use of long-acting bronchodilators, which include increased hospitalization and asthma-related deaths among asthma patients. Despite FDA mandate for adequate black box warnings in their packages, the risks of negative reactions prevail. If only an alternative medicine for asthma and respiratory conditions is available, then we wouldn’t have to contend with these severe side effects.
But then there are in fact a number of herbs and natural remedies recognized in the practice of alternative medicine for their therapeutic effects on the lungs and the bronchioles, as well as for their tonic benefits on the respiratory tract and the immune system. The volatile oils, flavonoids and glycoside compounds occurring in the medicinal extracts of the Matricaria Recutita provide excellent support to the routine functions of the lungs and the entire respiratory system. The herb is typically used as a component of herbal remedies formulated for the treatment of respiratory conditions.
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Smoking Damage – Are You Aware Or Not?
Since smoking has gained popularity and more and more people have turned to smoking as a way to relax themselves, findings in various studies have supported the fact that smoking can cause a lot of damage. Smoking damage is done not just towards the smoker but to people around him/her as well. The latter form of smoking is called passive or secondhand smoking. This covers the simple exposure to smoke from cigarettes or tobacco products. Whether you smoke or not, are you aware of any smoking damage?
Smoking damage is done to the respiratory system. Emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are caused by exposure to substances commonly found in smoke, such as cyanide and carbon monoxide. A smoker has increased risk of acquiring tuberculosis by consuming at least 20 cigarettes a day. Lung cancer has also been linked to smoking. Around 87% of cases in the United States have been attributed to smoking. Secondhand smoke also increases a nonsmoker’s risk of acquiring lung cancer by 20 to 30%.
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Overview On Bird Flu H5N1 Virus
The bird flu viruses are mostly subtypes of Influenza Virus A. There are several H5 and H7 subtypes of the ‘influenza A’ virus that cause bird flu among the birds. The wild fowls are considered to be the reservoir of the bird flu virus since ages. The migratory birds carry the pathogens from place to place and in turn infect the local population of the birds causing wide spread deaths.
Till 1997, the virus was restricted to the arboreal species and pigs. They never infected humans. But, the deaths in Hong Kong and other parts of the south east Asian countries have raised alarm throughout the medical world. Though it was a known fact that bird flu viruses mutate to different kinds but this was the first time that the viruses adapted themselves to be strong enough to attack mammals including humans and dogs. This bird flu virus has been identified as the H5N1 virus, a subtype of the H5 viruses.
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