Thursday, March 26, 2015

Lovego weekly report-Mini meals for COPD

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Taking a proper diet is important to manage the symptoms of COPD, just as we wrote before, we shall know what to eat and what to avoid. While eating, we can take several small meals to ease the pressure.
As suffering from the COPD, it increases the burden of the muscles to breathe. They have to work harder and use more energy so we need to eat more calories to supply the energy they need and to keep the muscles from becoming weaker. To this, keeping a good weight and asking the health care provider what our weight should be and how many calories we should eat each day are important too. (Weight loss is common in people who have COPD. We should see our health care provider if we lose more that 10 percent of our weight in six months, or more than 5 percent in one month.)
By eating small meals throughout the day can help provide the energy our body needs. Even if we aren't underweight, eating smaller meals that have the recommended number of calories has its advantages. A large meal in the stomach presses on the diaphragm, leaving the lungs less room to expand. Digesting a large meal also pulls blood and oxygen into the stomach and away from the rest of the body.
Aim for 4 or 6 mini-meals rather than 2 or 3 large meals throughout the day. These tips can help:
l  Build each mini-meal around two or three healthy foods: fruits and vegetables, whole grains and cereals, dairy products, and protein. Be sure to eat a balance of these foods.
l  Limit foods with empty calories. Foods that are high in sugar, white flour, and fat provide calories but no vitamins and minerals.
l  Go easy on salt (sodium). Too much sodium causes fluid buildup, making breathing more difficult. Avoid foods with more than 300 mg sodium per serving.
l  Avoid foods that cause gas or bloating, such as fried or greasy foods, beans, and some fruits and vegetables. These can make it harder to breathe.

And below are some easy-to-prepare mini-meals:
One scrambled egg, whole-grain toast, and a melon slice
Half a turkey sandwich and vegetable soup
Baby carrots, rye crackers, and cheddar cheese
Vanilla yogurt and thawed, frozen blueberries




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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Lovego Weekly Report- Travel Tips for People With COPD

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Travel is a very beautiful thing in our life, get close to the natural, far away from the city, climb mountains, see rivers, how wonderful the outdoor times. However, if you’re fighting with COPD, there are many constraints, as easy to be short of breath, you may be reluctant to go out and spend most of time stay at home. This is true for many people under this condition. But if you make the proper and well preparations, there's no reason you can't travel anywhere you'd like, be it for a few hours or a few weeks.

1.Before the travel, you shall need a smart plan, it is important to talk it with your doctor first. As changes in altitude and climate can affect breathing. The doctor will give you advices and tell you more cautions. Like Is it safe for you to travel? When traveling to areas of higher elevation, will your oxygen requirements change? How soon can you travel after lung surgery? What to do in case of infection? How to do if happen emergency things? ect.
2. Also, ask you doctor to recommend the local doctors or hospitals of destinations. Print it on paper.
3. Check with your insurance company before you travel to avoid any insurance mishaps along the way.
4. You should well prepare the things took for the travel.
A.    A full supply of your COPD medications and take the a list of your medications. If possible, get copies of your prescriptions and keep the medical record,
B.     Water or beverage to take medicine
C.     Bring an adequate supply of oxygen. Maybe take the oxygen tanks or portable oxygen concentrator.
D. Bring a hand sanitizer . This helps kill germs and prevent infection.

5. Choose a suitable transport and make sure to be familiar with the transport policies, as you need travel with oxygen
6. If possible, don’t travel alone, be accompany with families or friends
7. Don’t forget the right meal, regular exercise during the trip.
8. While on your trip, remember to pace yourself and make sure you get the proper rest.

With a good plan and well preparation, you can have an enjoyable time and  see as much as you are able.




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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Lovego weekly report-Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Two real stories

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Two real stories


COPD is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, many people are facing and fighting with the disease. No matter how hard are the daily life, we have the reasons to be active and positive.
This week we share two stories from the NHS, many of the people with the COPD have the similar experience. Anyway, COPD won’t scared us, we shall learn to how to manage the conditions.

First story:
"I thought, I can either be miserable or I can live life to the full"
Lynn Ashton was having a happy Christmas dinner until a candle set her plastic tablecloth alight.
“We were taking a break after the main course when one of my children said she could smell something funny,” says Lynn.
"I rushed into the dining room to find the plastic tablecloth and the dining room in flames. I threw the tablecloth on to the patio, but by then I had inhaled a lot of toxic fumes.”
She sat outside trying to get her breath. Initially, she didn’t go to the doctor. But over the next few weeks, her breathing got worse. She was already an asthmatic and smoked around 15-20 cigarettes a day.
“I spent the next four months in and out of hospital with chest infections,” says Lynn. “At times, my breathing was so bad I could barely bend down to tie my shoelaces.”
Lynn was diagnosed with COPD and bronchiectasis, an abnormal widening of the air sacs in the lungs. It was a shattering blow and she stopped smoking immediately. Lynn was determined to stay strong. Her daughter was pregnant with her first grandchild.
“My prognosis wasn’t good at first,” she says. "I thought, I can either sit around and be miserable or I can live life to the full. I wanted to see my grandchild grow up. I wanted to help other people with COPD. I believe things happen for a reason.”
Lynn is on a treatment regimen which includes six different drugs and a nebuliser. Two years ago, she had a small catheter fitted which passes from the lower neck into the windpipe and delivers oxygen directly into her lungs. It’s held on by a discreet chain around her neck. “I clean it several times a day and it’s wonderful,” she says.
Lynn now helps other people who have COPD. She joined a local support group in Huntingdon called Hunts Breathe for Life, which she now chairs, and started to raise money for the cause.
“I started off doing some short walks. Then it occurred to me that I’d love to do the London Marathon. I called the British Lung Foundation and they were very enthusiastic and offered me a place. But when I told them I had COPD and was on oxygen, they were rather worried.”
Lynn started her training by walking for just one minute on a treadmill at her local gym. Gradually, under the supervision of her nurse, she increased the time until she was ready to realise her dream.
“It took me five days to finish the marathon,” she says. “I had a trolley to help me walk and had my oxygen with me at all times. Every afternoon I’d go back to the hotel and rest. It was a wonderful experience. I raised over £14,000.”
Lynn believes in living life to the full. “There was a time when I was very angry and that’s normal. I still have bad days. But when I look around, I see that there’s always someone worse off than me.”

Second story:
"When I woke up, I could hardly breathe"
With a little help, Eddie Brownlow realised he could manage his COPD and get on with life.
Having served in the navy and the army as a paratrooper, Eddie Brownlow was fit when he left the forces aged 47. However, he had smoked about 15 cigarettes a day for most of his life.
It was the done thing back then. It relaxed me after a parachute jump,” says Eddie.
After retiring from a second career as a sales manager, Eddie was getting breathless whenever he had to lift something heavy or exert himself. He ignored the fact that he was feeling a “bit puffy” all the time and carried on.
However, by 1998, he couldn't ignore it any more. “We were in Mexico on holiday and I had booked a marlin fishing trip," says Eddie. "But when I woke up, I could hardly breathe. Luckily I recovered, but when I got back home I picked up a chest infection.”
He went to his GP, who referred him to hospital. He was diagnosed with COPD. He followed a rehabilitation programme, which he describes as excellent. He learned about his medication, how to exercise and how to improve his diet.
Eddie says, “I realised there was no need to panic. You just need to learn to manage your condition. There's advice available.”
One important thing Eddie knew he had to do was give up smoking. It took him quite a while, but with patches, advice and support from his wife, he finally kicked the habit.
He also got involved with his local British Lung Foundation group, Breathe Easy, a voluntary organisation that supports people with breathing conditions such as COPD. Within a few months of joining, he took over his group and built up the membership.
Eddie now makes it his job to raise awareness of breathing conditions and, through his efforts, the town's mayor selected his branch of Breathe Easy as his chosen charity recently.


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Friday, March 6, 2015

Lovego Weekly Report- Shortness of Breath (Dyspnea)

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Shortness of Breath, known medically as dyspnea, is the feeling or feelings associated with impaired breathing, it is a sign of serious disease of the airway, lungs, or heart. Often, you will feel like you can’t get enough air and it's mainly described as an intense tightening in the chest or feeling of suffocation.
The symptom can be seen in both health people and the patients. The very strenuous exercise, extreme temperatures, massive obesity and high altitude all can cause shortness of breath to health person. Except these examples, it is likely a sign of a medical problem, from the airway, lungs or heart.
As we all know our heart and lungs are involved in transporting oxygen to the tissues and removing carbon dioxide, and problems with either of these processes affect the breathing.
Below are some differential diagnosis
·         Asthma
·         Carbon monoxide poisoning
·         Cardiac tamponade
·         Heart attack
·         Low blood pressure (hypotension)
·         Pulmonary embolism
·         Pneumonia
·         Pneumothorax
·         Upper airway obstruction
Heart problems
·         Cardiomyopathy
·         Heart arrhythmias
·         Heart failure
·         Pericarditis
Other problems
·         Anemia
·         Broken ribs
·         Choking: First aid
·         Epiglottitis
·         Foreign object inhaled: First aid
·         Generalized anxiety disorder
·         Guillain-Barre syndrome
·         Myasthenia gravis
In the case of chronic shortness of breath, the condition is most often due to:
·         Asthma
·         COPD
·         Heart dysfunction
·         Interstitial lung disease
·         Obesity
A number of other health conditions also can make it hard to get enough air. These include:
Lung problems
·         Croup
·         Lung cancer
·         Pleurisy
·         Pulmonary edema
·         Pulmonary fibrosis
·         Pulmonary hypertension
·         Sarcoidosis
·         Tuberculosis
If you have this symptom, you shall pay more attention to it, doing more things to prevent it and manage it. Like quit smoking, stay in healthy and avoid people who are sick, avoid exposure to pollutants, the most important is you shall talk to your doctors about the details such as the disease history, the other treatments you are doing ect. If you rely on supplemental oxygen be sure your supply is adequate and the equipment works properly.

Once the symptoms become worsen or accompanied with like swelling of your lips or throat, feeling your heart beat rapidly or have palpitations, unusual swelling in your feet and legs, Wheezing ect, you shall call the doctor timely.




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