Lung Care Questions

Smoking destroys your lung lining. They kill the cilia which are brush like projections in your lung tubes which help you to slowly brush out all the dust and smoke you inhale. So your lung will be full of dust and charcoal like material. It can lead to frequent infection; cough and later breathlessness and even cancer of lungs. So what you should do is simple. Avoid all situations which make smoke. Smoking habit is difficult to quit; but will power and a little help from your family; friends an...more

No definite answer, but one must avoid smoking in all forms, to reduce the chances of developing lung cancer

Hello,

CHEST PAIN in your case may be due to


1.acidity.

2. severe anxiety

3. muscular problem

Is history of any trauma / breathing difficulty also

is pain only at one point?

is burning chest also +

i need to take detail history for further management

consult Physician/me for further management

As your age is 75 we need to examine you first before commenting but I will tell you few causes - it can be due to kochs or cancer or some pathology related to heart

In India research is going on for lung transplant and we will update whenever we get success in this procedure

It may be cardiac pain, it may be due to costo chondritis, it may be due to spasm, need to do ecg, You need proper homoeopathic treatment for this purpose.

Screening for lung cancer:
age group 55-80 years with a history of smoking
united states preventive services task force (uspstf) recommend annual screening for lung cancer with low dose computed tomography in adults aged 55-80 years who have a 30 pack year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within past 15 years. Screening should be discontinued once a person has not smoked for 15 years or develops a health problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability or ...more

Pulmonary circulation is the portion of the cardiovascular system which carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated (oxygen-rich) blood back to the heart.The oxygenated blood then leaves the lungs through pulmonary veins, which return it to the left heart, completing the pulmonary cycle. This blood then enters the left atrium, which pumps it through the bicuspid valve, also called the mitral or left atrioventricular valve, into the left ventricle. From th...more

Eat nutritious food and have adequate fluid intake and take physical rest and For pain take tablet paracetamol 650 mg and Get your vital parameters of the body checked from a nearby doctor and revert back with findings

Yes there are screening tests such as a low dose ct scan that can detect lyng cancer early.
Heavy smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer.