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  www.lungusa.org                 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 May your troubles be less, Your blessing be more, And nothing but happiness come through your door! -  Unknown  "A Smile is Cheer to you and me, The cost is nothing - it's given free. It comforts the weary - gladdens the sad, Consoles those in trouble - good or bad. To rich and poor  - begger or thief, It's free to all of any belief!  A natural gesture of young and old, Cheers on the faint - disarms the bold. Unlike most blessings for which we pray, It's one thing we keep when we give it away." "Laugh lines are much more beautiful than frown creases!" God Bless! Chaplian Smiley Tobyhanna Army Depot Tobyhanna, Pa Powered by WebRing. Powered by WebRing. Web Hosting powered by Network Solutions®