Bronchitis

problems are known because resistance in airflow increases and causes obstruction in the walls of lumen. Patient must have had chronic or productive cough that would last for 3 months and then happen it again for at least 2 years or more. Chronic bronchitis is also known as type B COPD or the “blue bloater,” which is diagnosed symptomatically by hypersecretion of bronchial mucus and in R.S.’s clinical findings there is definitely signs of emphysema, airway obstruction is persistent and…

Chronic Bronchitis Have you ever tried to breathe through a straw? Imagine living your entire life breathing through a straw. Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD live that on a daily basis. COPD is a progressive disease that gets worse over time, effecting the lungs of the patients suffering from it making very difficult to breathe. Smoking is the leading cause in patients who have COPD however, an exposure over a long period of time to lung irritants has been known…

B-type Natriuretic peptide level which later resulted as elevated at 828 (with unknown baseline) and a white blood cell count of 13.3 (no reference available at the time of the review). Suspected that some of the patient’s symptoms were due to acute bronchitis, he was started on Azithromycin daily which later switched to Doxycycline due to his prolonged QT at 522 ms. His home medication was resumed including Coreg, Lasix, Lisinopril, spironolactone and pravastatin with low dose of Aspirin.…

What is COPD? Let’s just say it is a condition that makes it harder for any individual who may have it to breathe. Two forms that can lead to COPD are; Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema. A main cause to COPD is long-term exposure to substance that can irritate as well as damage the lungs. The main focus with irritants is caused by cigarette smoke, air pollution, chemical fumes as well as dust. At times with COPD you may not feel symptoms; there can either be no symptoms or mild symptoms. As the…

Bronchitis is a disease that affects millions of people every year in the United States. It has even played a very important role in my family. My grandfather suffered with COPD and my niece suffers with acute bronchitis. My grandfather had passed away, but I still remember like it was yesterday the struggles he went through with this disease daily. I recall all the doctor visits to the medicine he had to take 3 to 4 times a day and, the hospital stays he had to endure. This paper will discuss…

the cells, retaining an increased amount of carbon dioxide. The case study talks about R.S. who suffers from chronic bronchitis – a type of COPD – otherwise known as COPD Type B. The most obvious cause of his chronic bronchitis is his history of smoking. His coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial vascular disease can be taken account as a sequela from his chronic bronchitis and lifestyle. R.S. objective findings would include being overweight, having shortness of breath on…

her lung functions. She currently has COPD, which smoking in this case is the major contributor that condition. In COPD, chronic bronchitis is seen with COPD, which “it is characterized by inflammation of the larger airways, increased production of mucus, and chronic cough” (Yoost, 2016, p.951); causing the wheezing heard in the lungs. Along with the chronic bronchitis, the patient also has asthma, and by having both it can make it difficult to breath. Knowing that the patient has these…

c. Chronic bronchitis: Yes/No d. Emphysema: Yes/No e. Pneumonia: Yes/No f. Tuberculosis: Yes/No g. Silicosis: Yes/No h. Pneumothorax (collapsed lung): Yes/No i. Lung cancer: Yes/No j. Broken ribs: Yes/No k. Any chest injuries or surgeries: Yes/No l. Any other lung problem that you've been told about: Yes/No 4. Do you currently have any of the following symptoms of pulmonary or lung illness? a. Shortness of breath: Yes/No b. Shortness of breath when walking fast on level ground or walking up a…

asthma or children asthma is the most common health problem in the present day society. Similarly chronic bronchitis is also another major respiratory problem frequently occurs in children at any age groups. If this chronic bronchitis is not treated properly with constitutional homeopathic treatment then it may turns into bronchial asthma in the future. The common symptoms of chronic bronchitis and child asthma are - frequent attack of cough, cold, fever, tightness of chest, shortness of breath…

function study/test (PFT.) GOLD doesn’t use the terms chronic bronchitis or emphysema within its classifications. They can develop alone but more often than not they develop simultaneously as one disease complex. That’s what is then referred to as COPD. Patients who are diagnosed with COPD show numerous signs and symptoms that are associated with both disorders. This explains why most of the time treatment for chronic bronchitis, emphysema or both disorders are similar in clinical…