I'm trying to understand how to apply fractal geometry to lung physiology so that we can model #COPD #Exacerbations. Apparently I read too much #Gleick and #Mandelbrot last week!

See, I think that exacerbations are examples of #Chaos where respiration is analogous to a pendulum powered by the diaphragm and lung elasticity applied to the fractal architecture of airways, arteries and the tensegrity structure that holds them all together but I have no idea how to apply the mathematics of chaos to this problem.

Also this is an excellent paper; https://academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article-abstract/187/4/342/8510034?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false

Shirley Ballas' pain over mum's 'slow death' admitting 'nobody will stop her smoking'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/strictly-shirley-ballas-copd-mum-37130831

Uit de Gezondheidsgids van de Consumentenbond april/mei 2026:

"Groter risico op gordelroos bij COPD

Volwassenen met de chronische longziekte COPD hebben een verhoogd risico op gordelroos, ook wel bekend als herpes zoster.
Dat hebben onderzoekers ontdekt door 22 studies naar COPD en gordelroos samen te
voegen. Patiënten die vanwege hun COPD corticosteroïden gebruiken, lopen nog
meer kans op gordelroos.

Gordelroos ontstaat wanneer het waterpokkenvirus, dat iedereen die ooit waterpokken heeft gehad bij zich draagt, weer actief wordt. Gordelroos gaat gepaard met jeuk, pijn en vlekjes en blaasjes aan één kant van het lichaam. Meestal gaat gordelroos na ongeveer twee weken vanzelf over. Soms treden er complicaties op, zoals zenuwpijn. De kans hierop is ook groter bij COPD-patiënten.

Een vaccinatie tegen gordelroos verlaagt de kans op gordelroos en op ernstige complicaties, schrijven de onderzoekers in het tij dschrift European Respiratory Review."

#gezondheid #COPD #gordelroos

Hollywood icon behind huge Disney hit dies penniless and in hospice after losing home

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/hollywood-icon-behind-huge-disney-36937592

Good news for those of us living with compromised lung function!

London, San Francisco and Beijing are among 19 global cities that have achieved “remarkable reductions” in air pollution, analysis has found, having slashed levels of two airway-aggravating pollutants by more than 20% since 2010.

The analysis found interventions such as cycle lanes, uptake of electric cars and restrictions on polluting vehicles had helped to drive the improvements.

Beijing and Warsaw topped the ranking for cleaning up fine particulate pollution (PM2.5), reducing levels by more than 45%, while Amsterdam and Rotterdam saw the greatest improvement in nitrogen dioxide (NO2), with cuts of more than 40%.

#cleanair #lunghealth #lunghealthawareness #cleanaircities #health #CleanAirForAll #asthma #copdawareness #copd

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/12/london-san-francisco-and-beijing-achieve-remarkable-reductions-in-air-pollution?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Mum who faked depression for free nose job now relying on NHS to 'keep her alive'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/mum-who-faked-depression-free-36819770

BBC doctor says 'hay fever' could be incurable condition after 2 patients get shock

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/bbc-doctor-says-hay-fever-36829083

UK weather forecast as Brits face rare phenomenon and urged 'stay indoors'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-forecast-brits-face-36829053