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       Breathe Easy: Keeping Our Lungs Healthy
   DIR By: LightMove
       Date: November 8, 2021, 1:04 am
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       We breathe nearly 25,000 times a day – that’s more than 10,000
       liters of air. Breathing for most of us is something we do
       without being aware of it. We pay no attention to this
       continuous activity as we work, play and sleep but our lungs are
       essential as they collect oxygen, which moves into the
       bloodstream so it can be delivered to our cells and remove
       carbon dioxide.
       October is Healthy Lung Month, and November is National Lung
       Cancer Awareness Month – a perfect time to prioritize our lung
       health.
       Lung Disease
       Lung disease encompasses disorders that affect the lungs,
       including asthma, chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive
       pulmonary disease (COPD).
       You can reduce your risk of lung disease and keep your lungs
       healthy with these six important tips:
       Don’t smoke or vape. Avoid secondhand smoke. Quit smoking as
       soon as possible.
       Avoid air pollution or products of combustion.
       Improve indoor air quality with filters.
       Exercise and stay active.
       Practice breathing exercises using a breathing trainer like
       OPUMP.
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       Avoid respiratory illness – practice good hand hygiene, avoid
       sick people, minimize touching your face, and vaccinate against
       respiratory diseases such as the flu and COVID-19.
       Common warning symptoms of lung disease may include unresolving
       cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, wheezing, excessive mucus
       production or recurrent respiratory illness. Seeing a
       pulmonologist may help to differentiate between lung conditions
       – not all that wheezes is asthma and not all shortness of breath
       in smokers is COPD, which is why it’s important to obtain an
       official diagnosis.
       Lung Cancer
       According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
       (CDC), lung cancer kills more men and women in the United States
       than any other cancer and more than 200,000 people in the U.S.
       are diagnosed with lung cancer every year.
       But there’s hope through primary and secondary prevention.
       Primary Prevention. Nearly 9 out of 10 lung cancers are caused
       by smoking cigarettes, according to the CDC. You can reduce your
       chance of developing lung cancer by not smoking, or if you
       currently smoke – quit.
       Secondary Prevention. You can reduce your chance of dying from
       lung cancer through routine screening. Lung cancer screening is
       approved for people 50-80 years old, who have a moderate smoking
       history and have smoked within the past 15 years. Screening is
       shown to reduce your risk of dying from lung cancer by detecting
       it early when there are still treatment options.
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