People with excess weight suffer not only from cardiovascular disease and breathing problems. Scientists have long known that obese individuals during exercise very quickly there is shortness of breath and they are more exposed to the occurrence of asthma. Besides, even in a calm state people with excess weight breathing hoarsely and snore. Recently, Australian scientists together with colleagues from New Zealand and Canada decided to find out the causes of breathing problems. To do this, they studied a sample of lung tissue of dead people.
The extra weight is the cause of many health problems
Samples of lung were taken from Airway Tissue of a biological Bank. At the disposal of the scientists were of the respiratory organs of 52 people. In 16 of them during his lifetime was diagnosed with asthma which was the cause of death. The light 21 people were also affected, but these men died of other causes. The other 15 people no problem with asthma was not their samples were used as a control group to compare them with the diseased lungs.
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The harm of excess fat for the respiratory system
Lungs were carefully examined under the microscope, and for greater clarity in the respiratory tract was put into the dyes. The study showed that in the lungs of almost everyone there is fat. Comparing their number with the body weight of the deceased owners to the lungs, the researchers found that obese people with asthma fatty tissues much more than others. Probably, these tissues are the cause of health problems — read more about the findings of scientists can be found in an article published on Eurekalert.
On this basis, scientists have suggested that the probability of asthma depends on the presence of overweight in humans. The fact that accumulated in the lungs, the fat may compress and interfere with the correct operation. In addition, the fat can sometimes lead to inflammation that can cause asthma and even cancer.
We found that excess fat tends to accumulate in the walls of the respiratory tract and to hold the space, strengthening the inflammation in the lungs, — said Peter noble, one of the authors of the study.
In the near future, scientists intend to continue the study of the relationship of excess weight with the occurrence of diseases of the human respiratory system. At the moment they are particularly interested in whether getting rid of excess weight is to improve the health of people with asthma. According to the world health organization, at the moment suffering from this disease more than 235 million people and a new approach to treatment today would come in handy.
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Finally I want to mention that obesity can lead to accelerated aging of the brain. In particular, we are talking about the thinning of the cortex of the brain, which may trigger the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Recall that this disease is accompanied by a decline in mental abilities and mostly affects older part of the population of the planet.