China - Armed Police Force and many other hospitals see "sudden" increase in cardio and respiratory patients, weather and smog blamed - October 31, 20

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[h=1]Temperature "diving" breathing patients with multiple heart disease[/h] [FONT=&#23435] October 31, 2016 09:02:16 Source: Tianjin Daily

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[FONT=&#23435] Castle recent temperatures substantially "diving", reporters yesterday from the city Chest Hospital, the Fourth Central Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of the Armed Police Force Logistics Institute and other many hospitals, to the hospital for cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease patients suddenly increased, in particular in COPD patients with the most significant increase, mostly the elderly, some hospitals cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease patients for treatment were increased by nearly 30%.
According to City Chest Hospital emergency department director Shao Baosheng introduction, continuous cooling, sudden change of climate, relatively poor adaptability of older vessels, but also easy to fluctuations in blood pressure, easily lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease acute attack. Moreover, the recent temperature changes, the air quality is not good, hot and cold when the temperature changes frequently, when fog and haze, allergies, decreased body resistance and other factors overlay, and dramatically increase the probability of being infected by various pathogens attack the respiratory tract , which can cause a variety of respiratory disorders, in which resistance is relatively weak and allergies more "caught." In this regard he reminded, especially in elderly patients with previously determined to cerebrovascular, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other respiratory diseases should be timely change of clothing as the weather changes, attention to changes in blood pressure, if necessary, adjust to a regular hospital prescribed regimen.

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Sulfur: its clinical and toxicologic aspects

Lioudmila A Komarnisky, DVM
, Robert J Christopherson, PhD
, Tapan K Basu, PhD


DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0899-9007(02)00833-X

Abstract

Although there is no known dietary requirement for inorganic sulfur, it is an essential element for all animal species in as much as they all require the sulfur-containing amino acid methionine. There are three predominate forms of organic sulfur in animals and humans: 1) the thiomethyl of methionine residues in protein; 2) the sulfhydryl disulfides of protein; and 3) the compounds containing ester or amide bound sulfates of glycosaminoglycans, steroids, and many xenobiotic metabolites. Thus, sulfur becomes an important constituent of amino acids, proteins, enzymes, vitamins and other biomolecules. Unlike mammalian species, plants can use inorganic sulfur and synthesize methionine from which are synthesized all the other important sulfur compounds. Hence, sulfur deficiency occurs mainly when plants are grown in sulfur-depleted soils and when humans and animals consume low-protein diets. In recent times, however, the increasing prevalence of refining petroleum and smelting sulfur compounds of metallic minerals into free metals are having a large impact on the balance of sulfur in the environment. Sulfur toxicity is associated mainly with high levels of the element and its toxic volatile substances in the environment. Sulfur dioxide (SO[SUB]2[/SUB]), a major air pollutant, may adversely affect animal and human health by causing bronchitis, bronchoconstriction, and increased pulmonary resistance.


Keywords:

sulfur, metabolism, environment, animal and human health, toxicity

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[h=1]Wood Smoke Impacts[/h] ... [h=4]Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)[/h] Sulfur Dioxide is a colorless, gas with a characteristic ?rotten egg? odor detectable at certain concentrations. Sulfur Dioxide can easily react with water in the atmosphere to form Sulfuric Acid, a major component of acid rain. When SO2 combines with particulates, it can be corrosive and potentially carcinogenic. Sulfur Dioxide adversely affects the upper respiratory track.