Did you know - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Message Board

cutenbrat · 03-30-2001, 01:10 PM

I am trying to get ARDS(adult/acute resptiory distress syndrome) better known and trying to learn more about it at the same time-does anyone here know what it is or want to learn more about it? It affects 150,000 people in the US every year and about 50-80% of them die-it kills more people yearly than AID-is it not something that should be known.?
God Bless.

joz · 04-16-2001, 01:00 PM

I really don't know what that is. I'm assuming it's a kind of asthma brought on by stress. My husband suffers from asthma and attacks are brought on by the usual things, chest infections. cat hair, smoky atmospheres but I have noticed that his breathing becomes worse if he is stressed out, he dosn't have attacks or anything but his breathing is definately more laboured
JO

cutenbrat · 04-16-2001, 03:04 PM

It's not caused by asthma. ARDS is caused by many different things though-a blow to the chest, pneoumina, shock of any kind, sepis, suregery, and the list goes on. It affects the lungs-it puts holes into the lungs basically. If you want to learn more about it go to ARDS.org
God Bless
Please go check it out.

cutenbrat · 09-08-2001, 07:26 PM

But some of the post ARDS things are kinda like astma systems though-especailly the breathing and things like that-all of you with asthma do you also have problems with chest pains? Do you have any suggestions to make them stop hurting?
God Bless.

rosalita100us · 09-11-2001, 05:53 AM

I was told by a great pulmonologist that true asthmatics do have real trouble breathing when they get stressed out. If you have bad problems with asthma its important to try to lead a stress free life.