Coronavirus: Tips For Healthy Lungs

Coronavirus is a respiratory virus and disease. It is spread by droplets from sneezes and coughs and touching infected surfaces. We know that at least 80% of people who are infected with the virus will have mild to moderate flu like symptoms, including cough and fever. The remaining 20% may develop more severe cases of coronavirus may develop pneumonia or severe acute respiratory Syndrome.

So one of weapon to fight against COVID-19 is to make our lungs healthy.



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We often don't consider the important role our lungs play in keeping us strong and well. It's not untill we experience problems breathing that we take notice. But the truth is, like the rest of our body, our lungs need daily care and attention.

Your lungs allow your body to take in oxygen from the air and clear carbon dioxide from your body. This gas exchange is an essential part of breathing, which is vital function of your life. 

The truth is that your lungs, just like your heart, joints, and other parts of body age with time. They can become less flexible and lose their strength, which can make it more difficult to breathe. 

But by adopting certain healthy habits, you can better maintain the heath of your lungs, and keep them working optimally even into your senior years. 

10 TIPS TO KEEP YOUR LUNGS HEALTHY


  1. Don't smoke or use of tobacco products : You have heard it a million times before smoking, chewing tobacco and similar products are not good for your lungs, or your heath overall. Every time you smoke a cigarette you inhale thousands of chemicals into your lungs, including nicotine, carbon monoxide, and tar. These toxins damage your lungs. They increase mucus, make it more difficult for your lungs to clean themselves, and irritate and inflame tissues. Gradually, your airways narrow, making it more difficult to breathe. Smoking also causes lungs to age more rapidly. Eventually, the chemicals can change lung cells from normal to cancerous 
  2. Avoid exposure to pollutants : Exposure to pollutants in the air can damage your lungs and accurate again. Give a lungs break reduce the exposure as much as you can like doing things, Avoid secondhand smoke, and try not go outside during peak air pollution times. Avoid exercising near traffic as you can inhale the exhaust 
  3. Exercise to breathe harder : Getting exercise is probably the most important thing you can do for your heath of your lungs. When you exercise, your heart beats faster and your lungs work harder. Your body needs more oxygen to fuel your muscles. Your lungs step up their activity to deliver that oxygen while expelling additional carbon dioxide. Creating strong, healthy lungs through exercise helps you to better resists aging and disease. 
  4. Breathe deeply : If you take shallow breaths from your chest area, using only small portion of your lungs. Deep breathing helps clear the lungs and creates a full oxygen exchange. The shallow breaths come from chest, and deeper breaths come from the belly, where your diaphragm sits. Be aware of your belly rising and falling as you practice. When you do these exercises, you may also find you feel less stressed and more relaxed 
  5. Prevent infections : Infection can be particularly dangerous for your lungs, especially as you age. Those who already have lung disease like Asthma and COPD are particularly at risks for infection. The best way to avoid lung infection is to keep your hands clean. Wash regularly with warm water and soap, avoid touching your face as much as possible.
  6. Add some greenery to your house : Real plants. Adding real plants to your house increases the oxygen and air quality in our living area. As we know plants have natural abilities to remove certain toxins from the air. 
  7. Eat well : A healthy diet is good for lungs as it is for any other part of your body. Eating foods rich in vitamins A, C, and E and the minerals zinc, potassium, selenium, and magnesium will all help keep your respiratory heathy nice and high. 
  8. Drink lot of water : Staying hydrated plays a role in your lung's heath as well drinking water helps to thin the mucus secretion that naturally accumulate in your lungs each day, which then allow you to breathe more easily. 
  9. Washing your hands : washing your hands and practicing good hygiene in general is very good for your lungs, especially during current COVID-19 out break. Doing this will help keep viruses, germs, bacteria that can severely hurts your lung from getting into your body. Step by step quid for washing hand Click here to know more
  10. Laughing : Laughing is great exercise to work the abdominal muscles and increase lung capacity. It also clear your lungs by forcing enough stale air out that it allows fresh air to enter into more areas of lung. 

Takeaways

Try to incorporate these ten habits into each day. By focusing little more energy to tasks you can help keep your lungs working optimally for life. 



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