Sentences with phrase «chronic lung problems»

While generally harmless, it can cause an allergic reaction or chronic lung problems in some people and serious, invasive disease in vulnerable patients.

High levels of fine particulate matter make it hard to breathe and contribute to chronic lung problems (SN: 9/30/17, p. 18).

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Such pollution, as Business Insider's Lydia Ramsey explained in 2016, «is especially dangerous because it can get lodged in the lungs and cause long - term health problems like asthma and chronic lung disease.»

Childhood asthma, cystic fibrosis, chronic lung disease of infancy, pulmonary problems in children with primary immunodeficiencies

Neonates with severe respiratory problems are at higher risk for long - term complications, such as chronic lung disease and neurodevelopmental problems, throughout infancy and childhood.

It affects the lungs, sweat glands and the digestive system, causing chronic respiratory and digestive problems.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

And if you have asthma or other chronic lung disease, talk with your doctor about your exercise routine and make sure you have a plan in case you experience breathing problems.

These chronic low Vitamin D levels during pregnancy can lead to increased risk of cesarean, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and vaginal infection in the mother, and a higher risk of autism, mental disorders, infection, low birth weight, and heart / lung / brain problems among others.

The problem with chronic cardio is that we can force our brains to override some of the tiredness (no pain, no gain, pal) and discomfort in the legs — and to a certain extent even the lungs — and keep doing these hard endurance workouts incessantly day in and day out.

Special diets that manage phosphorus intake upward or downward from usual intake levels may be required in the presence of chronic health problems that involve compromise to lung or kidney function, or in the case of diagnosed hormonal problems that can affect blood calcium levels.

The problem is that the chronic form develops over time, and the scarring that occurs in the lung is irreversible, permanently reducing your lung capacity and causing other respiratory problems.

Sometimes it prefers to cause inflammation of the cat's chest and lungs, other times it causes chronic inflammation of its other body organs, sometimes it causes a little of all of these problems and sometimes (most of the time) it causes no serious health problems at all in your cat.

Once the data were statistically analyzed to correct for other risk factors like smoking, the results indicated that increased exposure to fine particulate matter caused by air pollution is linked to health problems like chronic bronchitis and decreased lung function, as well as premature death.

If you've suddenly been suffering from lung infections, asthma, memory issues, or other chronic medical problems, mold may be to blame.

Smokers have low expectancy ratio as they are more susceptible to chronic ailments such as lung cancer, bronchitis and heart problems.

But that doesn't mean you are doomed to a life of lung problems and chronic disease.

Coordinating with medical team to provide optimal care to patients with congestive heart failure, coronary heart problems, and chronic obstructive lung diseases

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

Lead author Esme Fuller - Thomson, a professor in the university's social work department, said the factor is «disturbing,» given that smoking is a major risk factor for many health problems, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, stroke, asthma and lung cancer.

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (also known as ACES), which was conducted beginning in 1987, found that people who had experienced childhood trauma had higher rates of suicide, mental health problems, addiction, autoimmune disorders, heart disease, lung disease, obesity and other chronic illnesses contributing to shortened lifespan than people who had not experienced childhood trauma.

The number of chronic diseases was based on self - reported histories of having been diagnosed by a physician with one or more of eight conditions: hypertension, diabetes, cancer, lung disease, heart problems, stroke, arthritis, and gastrointestinal maladies.