Impacts of Lung disease

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Impacts of Lung disease

Medical equipment

Subtopic

As we are learning today with this COVID-19 situation we do not have many respirators this is not usually the case when there is no global pandemic but with all of the extra people needing these respirators there may not be enough to support everyone with COVID-19 and people with lung diseases.

Work

Depending on the severity you might not be able to do your job which can cause a serious money problem if your benefits do not cover the leave of absence you would have to take

Cost

Medical bills can get very expensive especcialy in countries without free healthcare

Family

Depending on the severity of the disease it can be very stressful for your family to have to support you and see you go through it.

Impact on healthcare system

For every person in the hospitals there is more and more of a wait to see a doctor which means more doctors will be hired then costing more money to taxpayers

Quality of life

I've heard this in some of the more advanced first aid courses that I have taken. At some points for older people with health issues it is not worth doing things like CPR because their ribs will more than likely break and wont heal again.

Lifestyle

If it is in a very active person it is very unlikely that they will be able to return to their lifestyle if it was something more severe.

Stress

As per any health issue it causes a lot of stress