Chest And Allergy Clinic, Ettumanoor

03/04/2018

Bust all asthma related myths by reading more on https://www.breathefree.com/faq/11760/asthma/men

23/12/2017

07/12/2017

Air pollution may increase risk of low birth weight

The New York Times (12/5, Bakalar, Subscription Publication) reports on a study published in BMJ finding that “air pollution may be harmful to babies even before they are born.” The study indicates that “for each 5 microgram per cubic meter increase in PM 2.5, the risk of low birth weight increased by 15 percent.”
The Guardian (UK) (12/5, Editor) reports the study found that “air pollution significantly increases the risk of low birth weight in babies.” The researchers said the findings indicate “something approaching a public health catastrophe.” The Guardian adds, “Globally, two billion children – 90% of all children – are exposed to air pollution above World Health Organization guidelines.” In London, where the research was conducted, “about 2.5% of all full-term babies are born with low weight,” but other cities “suffer far higher levels of toxic air, raising concerns of huge impacts on unborn babies.”

15/11/2017

COPD among the top killer, beware

Lifestyle diseases like heart and chronic respiratory diseases now kill more people than communicable ones like tubercolosis or diarrhoea in every state in India, including the most backward. This was revealed in the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative’s Report released on Tuesday.

10/11/2017

30/09/2017

Obstructive sleep apnea

19/09/2017

First-ever World Lung Day will be observed globally on 25th September 2017 (check out: www.firsnet.org).

Hunger for air is a terrible curse for too many people. This is why Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) and partners are joining forces globally to put lung health in spotlight. Consider the following:

* 65 million people suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and 3 million die from it each year, making it the third leading cause of death worldwide.

* 10 million people develop tuberculosis and 1.4 million die from it each year, making it the most common lethal infectious disease

* 334 million people suffer from asthma, making it the most common chronic disease of childhood.

* Pneumonia kills millions of people each year making it a leading cause of death in the very young and very old.

* At least 2 billion people are exposed to toxic indoor smoke; 1 billion inhale polluted outdoor air; and 1 billion are exposed to to***co smoke.

To compound the tragedy, many conditions are getting worse! We cannot sit still and allow this to happen. We must unite for lung health and reduce this terrible burden.

World Lung Day is a rallying point for advocacy related to respiratory health and air quality. Lung disease is the only major chronic disease group that does not yet have a World Day.

The global impact of the five main respiratory diseases (COPD, asthma, respiratory infections, tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer) is massive. Combined they represent an immense burden of suffering, as well as a leading cause of death and disability. They include both acute and chronic, infectious an...