Sentences with phrase «decreased lung function»

Emphasize to them that these substances can hurt him, can make him sick, can cause decreased lung function and problems playing sports, and that it is OK to say no.

The form of Vitamin E called gamma - tocopherol in the ubiquitous soybean, corn and canola oils is associated with decreased lung function in humans, the study reports.

But it can lead to complications like decreased lung function, heart valve infection, and hepatitis.

Visceral fat also increases your risk for type 2 diabetes (excess fat interferes with blood sugar - regulating insulin) and lung problems (less room in the chest means decreased lung function).

A sign of decreased lung function is typically when the FEV1 is lower than normal.

On any given day, families unfortunate enough to live near a pig factory farm — often low - income people of color — might suffer respiratory distress, decreased lung function, or nausea because facilities pump pig waste through sprayers onto fields.

The AAP Committee on Environmental Health has identified these problems with secondhand smoke exposure: decreased lung growth, decreased lung function, and increased frequency of lower respiratory tract infections and respiratory symptoms.

Smoking up to a joint per day doesn't seem to decrease lung function, according to a study published in Jan. 11 edition of Journal of the American Medical Association.

As expected, people who reported higher anxiety sensitivity not only reported greater anxiety during the straw - breathing task, but also experienced greater asthma symptoms and decreased lung function.

«Aged individuals also have decreased lung function and cough strength, which further escalates the risk for developing pneumonia.»

People who smoke cigars and pipes, but have never smoked cigarettes, are more than twice as likely as people who never smoked to have decreased lung function, according to the study.

PM less than 2.5 micrometers in size (PM - 2.5) is considered especially dangerous, and has been linked in numerous studies to increased respiratory symptoms such as coughing and difficulty breathing, decreased lung function, premature death in people with pre-existing conditions, heart attacks, and aggravated asthma.

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.

While the levels found in the county's air are far from fatal, long - term exposure to low levels of this gas can lead to decreased lung function and chronic respiratory problems.