Asthma - Asthma is a long-term, inflammatory lung disease
that causes airways to tighten and narrow when a person with such inflammatory
condition comes into contact with irritants such as dust, cigarette smoke, or
chemicals. Asthma can be life
threatening too in some cases.
Bronchitis - Although bronchitis doesn't affect most teens,
it can affect those who smoke continuously. In bronchitis, normally the membranes lining
the larger bronchial tubes become inflamed and an excessive amount of mucus is
produced, so if an excess amount of mucus is produced, it is indicative but
should be confirmed with a lab test. The
person with bronchitis develops a bad cough to get rid of the mucus but this is
not in all the cases.
Cystic
fibrosis (CF) - is an inherited disease affecting the lungs. Cystic fibrosis causes the mucus in the body
to be abnormally thick and sticky. This
mucus that is thick and sticky can clog the passage airways in the lungs and
make the affected person more likely to get bacterial infections.
Pneumonia - Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs, which
usually occurs because of infection by a bacteria or virus. Pneumonia will cause fever, inflammation of
lung tissue, and makes breathing difficult because the lungs have to work
harder to transfer oxygen into the bloodstream and remove carbon dioxide from
the blood, it will be strenuous task for your body to perform when you have
pneumonia. Common causes of pneumonia
are influenza and infection with the bacterium Streptococcus Pneumoniae.
Although some of
these respiratory diseases like asthma or cystic fibrosis can't be prevented,
but you can prevent many of the chronic lung and respiratory
illnesses by avoiding to smoke, staying away from pollutants and irritants,
washing your hands often to avoid infection, and getting regular medical
checkups.
