Love Your Lungs, Breathe For Life

A Sunset Of Beauty & Peace, A Life of Breathing & Strength

Lung disease is a disease or disorder in which the lung function is impaired. Our lungs are the open doors to life, providing oxygen and discarding carbon dioxide from our bodies.  Since the lungs are in constant contact with both the outside air and the body's internal environment, the lungs are uniquely vulnerable to disease.  Every year more than 349,000 Americans die of lung disease. COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the US and will continue to be a major health problem in the future. By, 2020, COPD will become the third leading cause of death in the United States.  Lung Disease (and other breathing problems) is the number one killer of babies younger than one year old.  Today more than 35 million Americans live with some form of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.)  Current definitions identify COPD as being one or more of these disease elements: emphysema and/or chronic bronchitis. These are often aggravated by asthma in many patients. This site will provide information on disease symptoms; risk factors and daily quality of life care for all types of lung disease that may affect any one of us. Thank you for taking time to visit and learn. Source: American Lung Association                  To broaden my knowledge about COPD/Emphysema,                        to bring awareness of this debilitating  disease,                                          and to share my knowledge                   with patients, family, the public and the media                        is a mission that I have set for this website                                and with my day to day activities. To help understand different lung conditions and to maintain healthy lungs, we should be familiar with how the lungs look and work. Respiratory Failure                         "A person can hear,    but a friend listens for the meaning.                                           ˜                      A person can look,              but a friend sees the heart.                                          ˜                         A person can know,    but a friend understands your dreams. Thanks for listening, seeing, and understanding!                     Thanks For Being A Friend!" - Unknown "A friend loveth at all times.... "  PROVERBS 17:17 KJV "Do all the good you can By all the means you can In all the ways you can In all the places you can At all the times you can To all the people you can As long as ever you can." - John Wesley "This is a great philosophy to live by. Go out and put it into practice." God Bless! Chaplain Smiley Tobyhanna Army Depot Tobyhanna, PA 18466 Powered by WebRing. Lori Palermo's Profile | Create Your Badge Web Hosting powered by Network Solutions®