Clearing the Air: Essential Tips for Lung Health from Dr. Mark J Pamer

Generally Speaking, What Can Everyone Do To Minimize Pulmonary Problems?

Ever wondered how to keep your lungs as pristine as a mountain breeze? Dr. Mark J. Pamer, a lung specialist with a heart as big as his medical knowledge, joins us to unveil the secrets to robust pulmonary health. In a world where smoke lingers around every corner, Dr. Pamer's unique insights are a breath of fresh air, painting a vivid picture of the destruction that smoke wreaks on our delicate lung tissues. He doesn't just stop at telling you to avoid smoke; he arms you with practical wisdom, from the power of handwashing to the underestimated protection masks offer against respiratory viruses.

But hold onto your inhalers, because we're just getting started. For those with existing conditions like asthma or COPD, Dr. Pamer's advice could be a game-changer, as avoiding the common cold or flu becomes as crucial as medication. He also champions vaccinations – both for the flu and pneumococcal pneumonia – as life-saving practices, especially for the most vulnerable among us. This episode isn't just a chat; it's a lifeline for anyone ready to defend their lungs against the invisible threats that lurk in plain sight. Join us and Dr. Pamer as we tackle the haze of respiratory health myths and emerge into the clear.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Dr Mark J Pamer podcast, a doctor
who uses his heart to treat yourlungs.
Here's your host, Dr Mark JPamer.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Looking for the secrets to healthier lungs.
Don't miss exclusive interviewwith the leading lung doctor for
Port St Lucie, where he sharessome tips on minimizing lung
problems.
Welcome back everyoneGarfield-Borne co-host, slash
producer back in the studio withDr Mark Pamer.
Dr Pamer, how are you doingtoday?

(00:34):
I'm awesome, let's do this.
Tell me something Generallyspeaking, what can everyone do
to minimize lung problems?

Speaker 3 (00:44):
What?
Okay, let me make sure thisthing's on, this thing on Y'all
listening Don't smoke, that's it.
So yeah, you know not smokinghas got to be the number one
thing.
The inhalation of smoke.
So I mean smoking is basically.

(01:06):
I mean, my God, if peopledidn't smoke, can you imagine
the reduction in disease burden,not just of lung disease but of
cardiovascular disease, stroke,heart attack, atherosclerotic
disease, lung disease, cancer?
I mean, just imagine, I meannot just the money saved, the
lives saved.
So not smoking would have to goright to the top of the list

(01:28):
and I would even back that off,just to say even the inhalation
of smoke, because you know wesmoke in America but you know in
much of the world we forgetthat a lot of the world is not
in a first world situation.
People have wood burning stovesin their house.
The inhalation of smoke whetheryou're a firefighter, whether

(01:54):
you're burning stuff, work in abarbecue truck, a food truck,
but the inhalation of smoke setsoff an inflammatory reaction in
the lung and every one of thoselittle smoke particles is going
to be seen by the immune systemas a foreign invader and it's
going to get attacked.
I mean, we see pretty smoke butthe immune system doesn't see
that the immune system sees abillion particles that it wants

(02:14):
to destroy.
And you know, let's face it, ifthe SWAT team showed up in your
neighborhood and kicked downevery door and raided every
house, that neighborhood's notgoing to look the same
afterwards, especially if it'sgoing on every day after day
after day.
A pack is 20 cigarettes, it's20 times a day.
This is going on.
The neighborhood's never thesame Same with the lungs.

(02:36):
Not inhaling smoke is afantastic start to keeping your
lungs healthy.
But what else?
Trying to stay away fromrespiratory viruses, if at all
possible, you know, stay awayfrom sick people.
People are coughing maybe.
Stay away from them, especiallyif you've got lung disease.
You know if you've got asthma,copd, fibrosis or something, and

(02:58):
you know there's the grandkidsare sick.
Now's not the time to have themover those little viruses.
The number one cause offlare-ups of asthma, copd I mean
just kids can stay home.
Menus and restaurants, big, bigsource vector for viruses and
bacteria of infecting people.
The buggies at the grocerystore, you know.

(03:18):
Shaking hands, countertops, youknow everywhere.
So washing your hands, that's abig, actual thing you can do to
not get lung disease.
But washing your hands reallyusing some common sense.
Masks.
Forget what you learned fromthe coven misinformation.
They do work, you know.
Masks help slow down the thepassage of a virus and bacteria.

(03:41):
Um, you know, but don't inhalesmoke.
Stay away from sick people ifyou can.
Vaccines are very, are very,very important.
They do work.
The influenza vaccineabsolutely works.
It's not 100%.
You may still get influenzaeven if you get influenza
vaccine.
But the odds are it's not goingto be as bad as if you weren't

(04:02):
vaccinated and that nobody willargue with.
Pneumococcal vaccine isimportant against pneumococcal
vaccine.
It's important againstpneumococcal pneumonia.
That can be a lifesaver,especially for the elderly, the
toddlers, the little kids.
They're the reservoir forstreptococcus pneumonia.
You know the little kids theylove to kill their grandparents.
They don't mean to, but youknow they can take out grandma

(04:24):
or grandpa with pneumoniameningitis, you know, quite
easily.
So that's why we vaccinate thekids, not to kill off the adults
.
You know the grandparents we'revaccinating adults against, you
know, strep pneumonia that'sthe most common cause of ear
infections, sinus, bronchitis,pneumonia in the community big

(04:45):
cause of meningitis.
There's vaccines for that.
There's a vaccine now forrespiratory syncytial virus, rsv
.
Usually that hits babies but itcan cause quite the cold and
the bronchitis bronchiolitis inadults and if you've got asthma,
copd, lung disease, it can be adisaster.
It can be an ICU admission, itcould be a fatal event, but it
can definitely be a prolongedvery miserable time.

(05:05):
So there's an RSV vaccine verymiserable time.
So there's an RSV vaccine.
You know other things.
I mean just staying away fromsmoke and sick people and
staying up on your vaccines.
It's really it.
I really can't advocate for anyof the natural products.
You know I see the same stuff.
There's really not greatevidence for a lot of that.

(05:29):
So I can't, as a Westernscientist, tell you look,
there's a thousand people that'sbeen looked at versus a placebo
group.
That's shown that that's worked.
So I kind of stay away fromthat.
If it works for you, great.
If it doesn't work, great, itmay be treating your wallet, it
might actually be helping you.
But if you come to me, I'mgoing to give you evidence-based
medicine.
Most of that stuff doesn'treally work.

(05:51):
Some of the nutraceuticals, youknow they.
They certainly have somepharmacologic properties.
Let's see what else.
I mean that's, that's reallykind of it.
Stay away from smoke, stay awayfrom sick people, stay up on
your vaccines, stay healthy.
The healthier you are, thehealthier your lungs are.
I mean, you know, keep yourimmune system up so that when
you're stay away from sickpeople stay up on your vaccines,

(06:12):
stay healthy.
The healthier you are, thehealthier your lungs are.
I mean, you know, keep yourimmune system up so that when
you're presented with somerespiratory pathogen which you
will be just as I will be thatwe've got a good immune system
to fight that thing off.
You know, if you're really rundown and God forbid, you know
you have a date withtuberculosis or influenza or Mac
or any other number of bacteriaor viruses and you've got

(06:35):
impaired immunity, that you'reprobably going to get infected
and it may become an issue inyou versus if you had a stronger
immune system.
It may not.
So staying healthy is a big oneas well.

Speaker 2 (06:47):
So if you were to leave one, what's your top tip
for having a healthy lungs?
Don't smoke.
Got it, love you, love it.
Dr Pamer.
You have a wonderful rest ofthe day.
We'll see you in the nextepisode.
Thank you, sir.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
Thanks for listening to the Dr Mark J Pamer podcast.
Thanks for listening to the DrMark J Pamer podcast.
To learn more about the doctorwho uses his heart to treat your
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