Smoking Calculator
Learn how smoking cause breathlessness
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Smoking ↓ Persistent irritation of bronchial mucosal ↓ Hypersecretion of bronchial mucous gland ↓ 1. Hypertrophy of the mucous gland 2. Increased number of goblet cells ↓ Increase in mucous production ↓ Airway obstruction by mucous ↓ Ventilation perfusion mismatch ↓ Hypoxia ↓ Stimulate respiratory center ↓ Increase rate of breathing ↓ Increase work of repiratory muscle ↓ Respiratory muscles become fatique ↓ Breathlessness |
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