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Show ml.., I II - . . - " i .v. ' ' 1 - ; V ( ' i Coach Glen Richeson instructs quarterback Greg Larsen at Friday night's game. Although the Red Devils were defeated 33-13, they were the first team to score against the Millard Eagles this season. Lung Assn. conducting sessions in Moab area A Christmas Seal service ser-vice program of the Utah Lung Association is being conducted this week and next in Southeastern Utah for victims of chronic lung disease. But prevention is more effective, less costly and within the grasp of every citizen, according to Franklin K. Brough, Executive Exec-utive Director. Respiratory disease self-care classes are being taught at the Allen Memorial Mem-orial Hospital in Moab and the Health Department Office, Court House, Monticello, October 2-12. Jill Feigal and Beverly Holmes, trained instructors instruc-tors of respiratory self-care, self-care, are teaching the classes, Dr. Brough said. Miss Feigal is a physical physi-cal therapy specialist at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Holmes is I the public health nurse pulmonary specialist with the Utah State Division of Health. Dr. Brough said that chronic lung disease, one of the nation's leading causes of death, is also a viciously disabling disease. dis-ease. "It is the second leading lead-ing cause of disability in the United States." "It is frequently associated associ-ated with cigarette smoking smok-ing and with other abuse of the lungs. Some people have a heriditary factor which causes them to get emphysema, even with minimum exposure to abusive practices," Dr. Brough explained. Prevention is the best course of action in dealing with chronic lung disease. Prevention is achieved by avoiding or eliminating abuse and irritation of the lungs such a smoking, air pollution, occupational exposures, lung infections, infec-tions, allergy episodes and coughing. "The lungs have a marvelous marve-lous and delicate defense mechanism which servos to keep them clean and functioning under normal circumstances. But it is easily overloaded and thrown out of kilter in today's world of fumes, dusts, mists and smog ranging from home aerosols aero-sols to dust on the job to cigarette smoke at frequent fre-quent intervals," said Dr. Brough. While the causes and cures of lung disease are not fully known, breathing improvement for lung disease victims has been successfully taught by the Utah Lung Association for 10 years. A pioneer in teaching self-care skills for breathing breath-ing improvement, the lung association teaches bronchial hygiene to lung disease patients and their spouses so they can remove mucous secretions that block the flow of air through the airways. They learn breathing retraining skills so they can ventilate all of the lungs and remove the trapped air that is characteristic of chronic obstructive lung disease such as emphysema, em-physema, asthma and chronic bronchitis. When patients learn to exhale air that has been trapped within their lungs, it makes room to take the next breath of air into the lungs. Lastly, several general health measures are taught to help in the management of breathing. breath-ing. These include graded exercise, infection control and fluid intake. |
