Health Tips

Emphysema is one of a group of diseases called COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that causes progressive damage to the lungs. Of 16 million Americans with COPD, (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), 2 million have emphysema.

Each year over 100,000 Americans die of emphysema. Emphysema is the fourth largest cause of mortality in the U.S. At the present time more men than women aged between 50 and 70 years have emphysema. This pattern is changing as more women take up smoking.

Symptoms of emphysema include shortness of breath (dyspnea), wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, fatigue, headaches and sputum when coughing.
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With the diagnosis of cancer is the prognosis and plan of treatment. And the reality of it all.

But remember, there are over 10 million cancer survivors in the United States alone. They live normal, happy lives after enduring a serious illness and therapy with physical and mental side effects.

Each cancer is different. Each persons genetic makeup and type of illness and advancement is different. Some had successful therapy. Some changed or modified their therapy before it was successful. However, most survivors attest that, aside from medicine, attitude made a big difference. They realized that ultimately a good attitude would either support the healing process and give a better quality of life. Some say that humor got them through many days that would have otherwise been difficult.
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Staging is the classification of a disease. It is determined according to the location and extent of the cancer. From there a prognosis can be given.

Staging is an abbreviated language that doctors and oncologists use to communicate the classification of the cancer. It is also used to determine the best form of treatment according studies of other cancer survivors with similar disease or spread.

The standard staging system in the U.S. is the TNM system. This represents tumor, node, or metastasis. Numbers are then assigned to tell the size or how far it has spread. They range from 0 to 4, with 4 being larger or more advanced. They are determined in various ways including imagery, such as x-rays or CT scan. Another is biopsy where tissue is graded under a microscope.
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Tularemia is an infection in wild rodents that is caused by the organism Francisella tularensis, and transmitted to humans by contact with infected animal tissues and carcass via broken skin or from the bite of an infected flea or from ingesting infected meat (rare).

Alternative names are Deerfly fever and Rabbit fever.

Endemic areas (areas where the disorder occurs most commonly) include North America and parts of Europe and Asia. Three to five days there may be;
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