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Tuberculosis |
Chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum,fever,night sweats,and wight loss |
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
Get colds often. Winded by activities that don't often affect most healthy people, bulging neck vain, coarse rattling sounds in the neck, barrel shaped chest,presence of home oxygen systems,tripod position,dyspnea,cyanosis,prolonged exhaling through pursed lips |
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Asthma |
Wheezing during exhalation,shortness of breath,coughing,chest tightness,tripod position, spasmodic-apparently unproductive cough, rapid pulse,inability to speak in full sentences, fatigue |
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Acute pulmonary edema |
Shortness of breath(sudden onset),chest tightness, rapid laboured breathing and pulse,cool clammy skin,exhaustion and fatigue,inability to speak in full sentences, cyanosis,"crackles"-wet- sounding lungs on auscultation, |
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
Pulmonary edema:crackles on auscultation, rapid shallow breathing(tachypnea),shortness of breath, cyanosis, confusion-this is an indication of brain status and function due to shock |
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Pneumonia |
Appears I'll with no energy, chest pain made worse with breathing, rapid and distressed breathing,productive cough with pus in Tue sputum,fever,chills:uncontrollable shaking |
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Pulmonary embolus |
Dyspnea,pain:localized pain,distended neck,anxiety,hypotension,cool clammy skin,rapid pulse, fever |
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Hyperventilation |
Air hunger,blurred vision,fatigue, weakness,deep sighing,rapid breathing,sensation of chocking or suffocation,dryness or bitterness of the mouth,tightness or a lump in the throat,marked anxiety escalating to panic, dizziness, light headedness, fainting |
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Flail chest |
Shortness of breath,paradoxical breathing,severe pain, swelling over the injured area, signs of shock, patient attempts to splint the chest wall with hands and arms,possible grating sounds from bone ends rubbing together |
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Hepatitis B |
It spreads through exposure to infected blood and body fluids |
