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Health Encyclopedia: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Complications
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In 2002, chronic obstructive lung disease was responsible for 120,000 deaths. COLD costs in the U.S. in 2004 reached $37.2 billion. It is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., and its death rates are increasing. Some evidence suggests that these death rates may be higher than current estimates, because COLD patients are at greater risk for life-threatening conditions, notably heart attack and pulmonary embolism.
Chronic obstructive lung disease is progressive; however, when ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Science Confirms Erectile Dysfunction's Link to Sleep Apnea
By healthgal , Health Expert...SBD or sleep disordered breathing. SBD may cause hypoxia (lack of oxygenation) and this may in... Read more »
A Really Good Reason to Treat Sleep Apnea in Guys
By healthgal , Health Expert...after just one week of CIH (Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia) or oxygen deprivation, mice showed an... Read more »
Sleep Apnea Related Erectile Dysfunction is Treatable
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...Medicine, simulated the effects of chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) on a range of sexual... Read more »
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Sickle Cell Disease: Introduction
...becomes obstructed, depriving tissues and organs of oxygen. In the immediate setting, oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) can cause severe pain (the sickle cell crisis). Over time, it leads to chronic... Read more »Obesity Related Complications
...with the disease mechanisms in the lungs that cause true asthma.Obesity also puts people at risk for hypoxia, in which oxygen is insufficient to meet the body's needs. Obese people need to work... Read more »Sleep Apnea: Diagnosis
...Pulse oximetry is a procedure that determines if oxygen levels in the blood are low. This is called hypoxia. Normal levels during the night would generally rule out sleep apnea. With this... Read more »Diagnosing Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
...test to determine the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood (its saturation). Low oxygen (hypoxia) and high carbon dioxide (hypercapnia) levels are often indicative of chronic... Read more »Symptoms of Nicotine Withdrawal
...disorders (cramps, nausea)HeadachesSore throat, coughing, and signs of a coldWithdrawal symptoms should be treated accordingly, just as you would with physical symptoms due to an illness or... Read more »Medications
...effects including severe breathing problems (e.g., hypoxia, pulmonary infiltrates, acute... Read more »
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