HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR DOCTOR: ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH, EMPHYSEMA
Electrocardiograph
An electrocardiograph (ECG) is a voltmeter that measures the heart muscles electrical activity. Different conditions of the heart produce characteristic changes in the ECG trace. An ECG is not a crystal ball. It is a "retrospectoscope". It tells what has happened to the heart in the past. A normal ECG makes no comment on the current state of coronary arteries which may still occlude at any moment.
ECGs are not supposed to pass electrical currents into the human body but some patients still receive electric shocks from poorly maintained cardiographs. The great Medicare squeeze means that general practitioners are making do with old equipment. They eschew investment in new plant, maintenance and equipment.
Emphysema
Excluding a form of this condition which is hereditary, emphysema is caused by air pollution more often than not in relation to cigarette smoking. Emphysema involves the blow out and loss of alveoli which are essential to the transport of oxygen across the surface of the lungs. This disease progresses remorselessly in the continuing presence of cigarette smoke and air pollution. No medicine alters or reverses the abnormal changes.
Home Remedies
Smoking must stop as a matter of urgency. Exercise maintains the muscles of the chest wall and therefore enhances the breathing capacity. As air pollution and cigarette smoke are oxidants, the use of Vitamin С and Vitamin E is advisable as they are well known antioxidants.
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GENERAL HEALTH
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