Chronic Lung Disease Often Mistaken Asthma

Chronic lung disease often mistaken for asthma During this time, most people still difficult to distinguish between asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or also known as COPD. This is according to Prof. Dr. Faisal Yoenoes SpP (K), from the Department of Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia (Faculty of medicine) is caused because the symptoms caused almost the same. "Sometimes people...

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Lung Disease Threatens Big City Residents

Lung Disease Threatens Big City Residents - Besides the heart, lungs is one of the vital organs for human life. The lungs play an important role in the respiratory system. This organ exchange oxygen from air with carbon dioxide from the blood. Without lungs, you will be disturbed oxygen demand. Not only that, there's more work the other lung. The lungs selecting and removing bad particles that enter through the respiratory tract, such as dust or...

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Keep track of cancer in the brain - MRI

Keep track of cancer in the brain - Ratings (staging) of cancer needs to be done to determine the type of treatment will be applied. In my case, of five of the most common cancer in the rating, already among the other four are known, the cell type, primary tumor location, size and number of primary tumor and spread to nearby lymph nodes. Just one thing that is not yet known metastasis or spread to other organs. I think track cancer cells throughout the body more easily done with a PET Scan (Positron Emission Tomography Scan). In this way cancer...

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Bone scan - Tracking cancer in the bone

Bone scan - Tracking cancer in the bone | Tracking of cancer in the bones using the Bone Scan. This tool is part of the development of nuclear medicine. As far as I am in Jakarta only in four hospitals, including Pertamina Hospital Center, where I was referred for bone scanning performed. It seems to work similar to a bone scan PET Scan (Positron Emission Tomography Scan), in terms of detection of cellular metabolism. Difference if the PET Scan cancer...

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Excessive Perspiration | Lung Wet

Excessive Perspiration | Lung Wet - Many people think a lot of sweat is healthy. In fact, the phrase is actually directed at those from sub-tropical countries, it was in winter and snow. So the phrase is not relevant for use in the tropics as in this country. In fact, in tropical countries, without any exercise, the body is sweating. In case of sweaty bodies feels uncomfortable, can even lead to falling ill. One of the diseases that may come as...

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Tips to keep Healthy Heart

Tips to keep Healthy Heart - In addition to knowing the heart-healthy foods, would also need to recognize other helpful tips related to healthy heart problem. Remember, the importance of recognizing risk factors that cause heart attacks, either our friends or our brothers. Thus, maintaining the ability to avoid the risk of heart attack more vigilant. Here are some tips on maintaining a healthy heart. 1. Always keep a balance weight within normal limits. With a normal weight then power will be lighter pacemaker. 2. Do exercise regularly. Because...

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Lung Cancer Diseases Prevention

Lung Cancer Diseases Prevention - There is no sure way to prevent lung cancer, but you can reduce the risk if you: 1. No smoking. If you have never smoked, do not start. Talk with your kids not to smoke so they could understand how to avoid a major risk factor of lung cancer. Many smokers start smoking in their teens. Start a conversation about the dangers of smoking with your children early so they know how to react to peer pressure. 2. Stop...

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Lung Cancer Treatment

Lung Cancer Treatment | Bronchial benign tumors are usually removed surgically because they can clog the bronchi and long may become malignant. Sometimes performed surgery on the cancer other than small cell carcinoma that has not spread. Approximately 10-35% of cancers can be removed surgically, but surgery does not always bring healing. Approximately 25-40% of patients and isolated tumor grows slowly, has a life expectancy of up to 5 years after...

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Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

Diagnosis of Lung Cancer - If some body have a permanent cough or the cough disease that more chronic or others lung cancer symptoms, So, this is have a possible to get the lung cancer. Sometimes the first direction like discovery of the shadow, the chest x-ray of someone who showed no symptoms. Chest X-rays can find most of lung tumors, although not all the shadows that look is a cancer Usually performed microscopic examination of tissue samples,...

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Know the Lung Cancer Symptoms

Lung Cancer Symptoms | The symptoms of lung cancer depend to it's kind, location and the way of it's spread. Common symptoms is persistent cough, Chronic bronchitis patients who suffer from lung cancer is often noticed that the cough is getting worse. Sputum may contain blood. If the cancer grows into the underlying blood vessels, can cause severe bleeding. Cancer can cause wheezing sound, because the narrowing of the airways in or around the growth of cancer. Bronchial obstruction can cause the collapse of the lungs which is a ramification...

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Causes of Lung Cancer | Asbestos Cancer

Causes of Lung Cancer - Smoking is a major cause of about 90% of cases of lung cancer in men and about 70% in women. The more cigarettes smoked, the greater the risk for lung cancer. Only a small proportion of lung cancer (about 10% -15% in men and 5% in women) caused by or inhaled substances encountered at work. Working with asbestos, radiation, arsenic, chromate, nickel, chloromethyl ethers, mustard gas and coke oven emissions can cause lung cancer,...

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What is Lung Cancer | Types of Lung Cancer

What is Lung Cancer - Most lung cancers originate from cells in the lungs, but lung cancer can also originate from cancer in other body parts that spread to the lungs. Lung cancer is the most common cancer in both men and women. Lung cancer is also the leading cause of cancer deaths. Types of Lung Cancer More than 90% of lung cancers originated from the bronchi (large airways into the lungs), cancer is called carcinoma bronkogenik, which consists...

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New Drug for Lung Cancer

Treatment for Lung Cancer - Two new treatments have been developed to prolong the lives of several patients suffering from advanced lung cancer. The discovery of the health sector was announced on Saturday (5/6). American Oncologist (ASCO)said that the first treatment involves an experimental drug called crizotinib can shrink tumors in the majority of lung cancer patients with certain gene variants. Crizotinib, made by Pfizer Inc., proved to be...

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Lung Cancer Care to Stay Healthy

Lung Cancer Care - Having a healthy lung is everyone's dream, for it is the lungs must be kept healthy and strong. "The lungs are organs of long-lasting as long as he was not attacked from outside, and cared for," says Norman H. Edelman, MD as chief medical officer of the American Lung Association (ALA), as quoted by Health.com, on Friday (20/5/2011). But unfortunately many people who do not realize this, so without realizing some of his habits...

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Lung Cancer Can Predicted Through Foot Thumb Nail

Lung cancer at some people can be predicted through foot thumb nail. It's because the nicotine level in body can found at foot thumb. The research that done by experts in San Diego University, California, said Nail with higher nicotine have potential 3,5 higher of Lung Cancer then nail with low nicotine level. The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology has also mentioned that the big toe nail is not only predict the risk of lung...

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Tip Lung Health Maintaining

Tip Lung Health Maintaining - Your lungs can take a lot of punishment from the air you breathe and an unhealthy lifestyle. The American Lung Association offers these suggestions to help improve lung health: Here is a short way to maintain lung health: 1. Avoid smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke. 2. Limit exposure to airborne pollutants, including chemicals and smoke. 3. Minimize the risk of respiratory tract infections. Keep hands clean and...

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Staging of Lung Cancer

Staging of Lung Cancer can be divided into two, namely the development of Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) development. Staging of Lung Cancer (small cell lung cancer) 1. Limited stage, cancer is found only on one part of the lung and the surrounding tissue. 2. Extensive stage, the cancer is found in breast tissue outside the lungs where it came from. Or the cancer is found in the organs of the body that...

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Best Lung Cancer Treatment | Treatment with Herbs

Best Lung Cancer Treatment - Cancer is now no longer deadly. The cancer patients in Indonesia can have a longer life expectancy with the discovery of plants 'rodent tuber' as a medicinal plant that can stop and treat various cancers, and various other chronic diseases. Kind of taro plants with maximum height of 25 to 30 cm, only grows in the bush that is not exposed to direct sunlight. "This plant is commonly found in Java," said Drs.Patoppoi Pasau,...

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