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| Thread ID: 101189 | 2009-07-04 10:48:00 | Oh bummer! | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 788897 | 2009-07-04 10:48:00 | One of my brothers is a scientist, and he comprehensivly investigated the cause of my mum's recent death. I have the same symptoms as she had before she died. The condition is called something like cardio asthma. It means something like theres too much fluid in the lungs which ultimately makes your heart stop beating. In her case it was a result of her years of smoking cigs. If you smoke... give it up! I'm gonna give it my best else you probably won't be hearing too much more from me. Drat. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 788898 | 2009-07-04 10:52:00 | Good luck giving up. | Deane F (8204) | ||
| 788899 | 2009-07-04 11:06:00 | You better give it up Greg....if you want to see your granddaughter get married. My father has stopped for nearly a year now. I reckon he's much better now. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 788900 | 2009-07-04 12:06:00 | All the best giving up. I know its not easy. Im now past 5 years since my last cigarette. Don't miss it. (can still roll though, I practice once in a while on others tobacco. Don't feel any inclination to light up however :D) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 788901 | 2009-07-04 13:59:00 | I've just given up after smoking for 40 years, not really very difficult but I really miss the rituals and the actual process of smoking. It isn't really the urge to smoke tobacco just that I feel continuously unsatisfied and bored all the time. My mind is over active which smoking used to slow down (cuts off oxygen to the brain I believe) and I dream much more at night which makes me wake up tired every morning. I'd love to start smoking again but I know I am too old now to indulge myself anymore. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 788902 | 2009-07-04 21:13:00 | Cardiac asthma isn't asthma in its true sense . It's wheezing due to congestive heart failure . Cardiac asthma is a clinical condition caused by severe reflexive blocking and/or by edema of the lungs . The bronchial spasm in cardiac asthma is caused by back pressure from the left side of the heart to the lungs (the left part of the heart has a sudden disproportion between its work load and work capacity) . Patients with heart failure or heart valves that do not open properly experience shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing . Cardiac asthma is usually due to a major mechanical fault of the heart and may pose to be life threatening, if not checked at the right time . In this kind of asthma, the reduced pumping efficacy of the heart leads to a build up of fluid in the lungs . This build up of the fluid causes the air passages to narrow up and eventually cause wheezing and other related symptoms . Symptoms usually occur with exercise or at night after going to bed . Excessive fluid in the lungs associated with heart failure causes symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing and wheezing, which imitate asthma . Both cardiac asthma and pulmonary edema are symptoms of coming heart failure . * Shortness of breath, not necessarily accompanied by wheezing . * Increased rapid and superficial breathing . * Increased blood pressure and heart beat rate . * Cardiac asthmatic people wake up breathless a few hours after sleeping, and have to sit upright to again properly breathe . This is due to lying down too long . * Swollen ankles which worsen rapidly during the stretch of the day . Treatment is directed at improving the pump function of the heart along with medications . If the asthma is caused by a heart valve that is not working properly or a hole between the heart chambers, surgery or other procedures may be suggested . Treatment of heart failure involves using diuretics (water pills) to free the lungs of excess fluid and medications to help the heart muscles pump more effectively . When the heart failure has been well controlled, the wheezing will gradually stop . Cardiac asthma usually occurs in elderly people who have wheezing and shortness of breath that are due to heart failure . When the heart is too weak to pump blood effectively, fluid will accumulate in the lungs . Fluid in the lungs causes shortness of breath and wheezing . And those who say it is easy to give up smoking, didn't smoke much to begin with . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 788903 | 2009-07-04 23:06:00 | And those who say it is easy to give up smoking, didn't smoke much to begin with. Does 10 packs of Winnie reds a week for 17 years meet the criteria? Giving up is easy, Make the decision and stick with it. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 788904 | 2009-07-04 23:10:00 | Giving up smoking IS easy, I did it hundreds of times spread over 45 years or so. Last time, (About 2 1/2 years ago), SWMBO asked "Why you smoke?" Didn't find an answer, so I stopped. Pig farms smell a lot stronger than they used to, and poultry farms too. However, the money saved does buy a substantial amount of toys :D | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 788905 | 2009-07-04 23:33:00 | Well Greg - have you had your last smoke yet? When was it? Have you thrown away the packet? Or are you just gonna finish this one first...? ;) | Deane F (8204) | ||
| 788906 | 2009-07-05 06:15:00 | Does 10 packs of Winnie reds a week for 17 years meet the criteria? No |
pctek (84) | ||
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