Hospitalsaretestingnewprocedurestohelppatientswithadevastatinglungdiseasebreatheeasierwithoutmajorsurgery.
为了帮助身患致命肺病的病患在不动大手术的情况下也能更轻松地呼吸,医院正在测试新的治疗手段。
Morethan15millionpeoplehavebeendiagnosedwithchronicobstructivepulmonarydisease,orCOPD,accordingtotheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.Millionsmoremaybeunawaretheyhaveit.ThediseaseisthethirdleadingcauseofdeathintheU.S.,afterheartdiseaseandcancer.COPDcostsnearly$30billionindirecthealthcareexpenditures.
据美国疾病控制和预防中心(CentersforDieseaseControlandPrevention)称,超过1,万人已确诊患有慢性阻塞性肺疾病(或简称为COPD)。另外还有数百万人可能不知道自己身患此病。在美国,该疾病是排在心脏病和癌症之后的第三大死因。在直接医保支出中,治疗慢性阻塞性肺疾病的相关费用将近亿美元。
COPDismainlycausedbysmoking,buttheconditionalsohasbeenlinkedwithsecondhandsmoke,airpollutionandworkplacedustandchemicals.Genesmayplayaroleinwhysomesmokersdevelopitandsomedont.
吸烟是引发慢性阻塞性肺疾病的主要原因,但它也与二手烟、空气污染以及工作场所的粉尘和化学物质有关。基因可能也会起到一些作用,这也就是为什么有些烟民会发展成COPD患者、而有些却并未患病的原因。
SomepatientswithseverecasesofCOPDmaybereferredforsurgery,duringwhichthediseasedpartofthelungisremoved.Buttheriskyandcostlyprocedureisntoftenused,partlybecauserecoveryislongandmanypatientsexperience儿童白癜风治疗方法长春治疗白癜风的医院