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BODY WORKS • • • • Ask The Expert Q&A “Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of women, not breast cancer. The largest risk for lung cancer is controllable by not smoking.” — Dr. Jannifer Drake Harper Jannifer Drake Harper, MD, CPE Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Florida Blue and LUNG FORCE Run Walk Chair We asked Dr. Harper to share with our readers facts about lung disease, and how to better care for one of our body’s most important organs…the lungs. Dr. Jannifer Drake Harper QWhy is it important to raise awareness about lung health? Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of women, not breast cancer. The largest risk for lung cancer is controllable by not smoking. QIf you don’t smoke, are you still at risk for lung disease? Smokers are not, however, the only people who get lung cancer. About 10 percent of people diagnosed with the disease never smoked. QWhat are some warning signs that you may be suffering from lung disease? Abnormal breathing pattern, coughing, chest pain, chest tightness, and shortness of breath are all warning signs. QDoes air pollution play a factor in lung health? Pollution does impact lung health, and there are several things that you can do. Pollutants of major public health concern include particulate matter, carbon monoxide, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. Common sources of poor indoor air quality that should be avoided include: •cigarette smoking—no one should smoke indoors. •mold or mildew •household cleaners •household chemicals •scented products •pesticides •radon gas •wood smoke •Pressed-wood office furniture and carpet can be a source of formaldehyde. •Poor ventilation can exacerbate asthma and allergies. 18—HealthSource September 2015
How can we take better Q care of our lungs? Don’t smoke and avoid second hand smoke. Q Lungs are an amazing organ. Can you share with our readers some extraordinary facts about lungs? You have two lungs that are not the identical size—the lung on the left side is smaller than the right—to make room for the heart. Lungs consist of 300 million capillaries (tiny blood vessels)—if they were laid out they would span 1,500 miles. This is where oxygen enters the blood and carbon dioxide is taken out. There are several tubes that unite your mouth to the insides of your lungs. Your trachea (or wind pipe) is the large tube you can sense in your gullet. This divides into core stem bronchi, which then split many further times into minute tubes called bronchioles. There are about 30,000 bronchioles in our lungs! At the end of all of these tiny tubes are small sacks called alveoli. These get larger and smaller with every breath, and hold lots of blood vessels which is where oxygen enters the blood and ravage (like carbon dioxide) leaves the blood. September 2015 healthsourcemag.com—19
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