ACUPUNCTURE AND EMPHYSEMA

Emphysema is a lung disease that including in the family of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Emphysema happen because the lung tissue is damage. The damage is happen at the alveoli or air sacs. The destroyed air sacs make the sufferer of emphysema can not breath easily. If you are a smoker, then most likely you will have this disease. The disease that may accompany emphysema is a chronic bronchitis. People that emphysema disease usually have shortness of breath when they conduct an activity. The bad news is that this disease is certainly not curable or irreversible. [note]Emphysema, lung.org, http://www.lung.org/lung-health-and-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/emphysema/[/note]  

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SYMPTOMS

CAUSES

TREATMENTS

 

SYMPTOMS

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There are many symptoms that are the sign of emphysema such as daily productive cough, cough up mucus, breathless especially when doing an exercise, chest tightness. [note]COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) - Symptoms, webMD, http://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/tc/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-symptoms[/note]  

CAUSES

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The major cause of emphysema is cigarette smoking. Although regarded as most dangerous cause, but it is actually the most preventable cause also. If know the danger of smoking, then smoker should stop smoking, Other cause that might cause emphysema are enyzyme deficiency, air pollution, gene factors, age, and gender. [note]Emphysema Causes, emedicinehealth.com, http://www.emedicinehealth.com/emphysema/page2_em.htm#emphysema_causes[/note]  

TREATMENTS

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : LU1 (Zhongfu), LU5 (Chize), LU9 (Taiyan), CV4 (Guanyuan), CV12 (Zhong-wan), CV22 (Tiantu), ST40 (Fenglong), BL13 (Feishu), BL23 (Shenshu) and KI3 (Fuliu). ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR EMPHYSEMA Emphysema is considered as the non-reversible disease. That is, once you got emphysema, it will getting worse and worse as the time goes by. Considering this fact, acupuncture may not be able to cure completely the disease, however it will be able to reduce the severity of the symptom. Emphysema patient who got acupuncture treatment will have better condition. They will be able to walk at longer distance without being breathless compare with previous condition before they receive acupuncture treatment. However, this acupuncture treatment can not go along by itself. It must be combined with daily medication from the doctor. The treatment will last up to 3 months. Not only getting better in term of the breathing ability, emphysema patients that receive acupuncture treatment will also feeling better regarding their digestive function. [note]Acupuncture May Be Worth a Shot for COPD, By Denise Mann, WebMD Health News, http://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20120514/acupuncture-may-be-worth-shot-for-copd[/note]

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