Unhealthy Lungs: What Are the Signs?

Greetings to Sisters! We pray that last week’s focus on healthy lungs inspired you to express thanksgiving to God for His kindness in sustaining your capacity to breathe well. This week, we focus on how to determine when our lungs may be unhealthy.

Signs of Unhealthy Lungs
While this list is not exhaustive, the presence of one or more of the following symptoms is usually an indication of unhealthy lungs:

• Coughing, lasting more than a month.
• Coughing up blood.
• Coughing,  producing excessive amounts of mucus.
• Wheezing.
• Shortness of breath. Especially, if it occurs when you are not exercising, continues after you have stopped exercising or occurs when you are resting.
• Chest pain, lasting more than a month and that is exacerbated when you cough or breathe. 

Please don’t ignore these signs! Make an appointment to see your primary care physician right away! These are warning signs that you can have a serious lung disease like lung cancer, Asthma, COPD. These symptoms, if they worsen, can lead to death. (https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/warning-signs-of-lung-disease).

​Upon visiting, your doctor may recommend that you do a Pulmonary Function Test. Watch to see what to expect below: ​

As you are aware, we are in the midst of a pandemic, which saps life by targeting and destroying the respiratory system’s capacity to function. While we believe it is important to guard your hearts against a deluge of information and updates, we count it wisdom to select one or two reliable sources of information to help you be proactive about protecting the health of you and your loved ones.

For reliable information on the symptoms of Coronavirus and when to seek medical care, click here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html.
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Happy Temple Building!