How to Maintain Healthy Lungs

Your lungs (along with your red blood cells) are responsible for supplying your body with the oxygen it requires. Do everything you can to maintain healthy lungs.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Avoid directly inhaling smog and smoke. Smog from factories, smoke from cars and even secondhand cigarette smoke can cause lung damage in the long run. If you live in a city that produces a lot of smog avoid going outside when you don't have to be outside. Avoiding secondhand smoke and car exhaust can greatly enhance your lung health. If you are exposed to these things you need avoid them at all costs when you can to ensure healthy lungs.
2. Avoid asbestos exposure. Asbestos is a fiber that usually is found in some home insulation, active and abandoned textile mills. Asbestos can cause lung damage and over time can lead to a certain kind of lung cancer called mesothelioma. If you are working in a textile mill, it is recommended that you wear a face mask when you are in your work area. If you live near an abandoned textile mill, the only recommended thing to do would be to move away from the mill.
3. Do not smoke cigarettes. Smoking is one of the top causes of lung related issues including cancer and emphysema. When you smoke, over time you can wear out the alveoli (air sacs) in the lungs causing them to no longer be able to hold air in them, this condition is known as emphysema. Cigarettes contain carbon monoxide (a cancer causing agent) and over time can lung cancer. If you smoke, it is recommended that you quit now to avoid serious damage to your lungs.

Tips & Warnings

• You only get one set of lungs and when they are damaged, most of the damage is irreversible. You should take care of them at all costs.