Asthma

Did you know that cigarettes are responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States. 53,800 of those deaths are from secondhand smoke exposure alone. This is about 1,300 deaths a day, this number is growing at an alarming rate. Did you know that on average people who smoke die 10 years earlier than people who do not smoke. So the question is should cigarettes be banned, in my personal opinion they should be, because they not only kill the person smoking them, but also the…

Respiratory Syncytial Virus – RSV Anatomical & Physiological Influences Causes RSV more frequently effects infants but can affect adults. Infants who have had RSV have an increase frequency of wheezing. Air enters the respiratory tract through the nose or mouth and then either enters the nasopharynx, or oropharynx respectively. Continuing through the laryngopharynx to trachea, which divides at the carina to form the left and right main bronchus. In each lung the bronchus divide into the…

Today, citizens all over the world are bombarded with abundant of campaigns that persuade people to stop smoking. To enumerate, the production and sale of cigarettes not only have a negative impact on human health, it can even cause death. Smoking also affects the children around you with second-hand smoking. When a teenager starts smoking and they continue to do so, it can greatly affect their future ahead of them. Cancer sticks contain over 4,000 chemicals that that contain cancer-causing and…

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a term that covers several conditions. All of the conditions consist of blockage of air to and from the lungs and cause difficulty breathing. Emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and some types of asthma are the disease which fall under the COPD category. Figures from the World Health Organization say up to 50- 60 million people are diagnosed worldwide with COPD. This number is actually very low because a substantial number got undiagnosed. For…

Difference: • the organs of the upper respiratory tract are located outside the chest cavity. • the organs of the lower respiratory tract are located inside the chest cavity. Patients with asthma can be given a corticosteroid (Prednisone) to help with the inflammation. How does this type of steroid work? Who should NOT take this type of drug and why? Prednisone prevents the release of the substance in the body that causes inflammation and…

Bronchiectasis Description Bronchiectasis is a lung condition in which there is stretching and enlargement of bronchial tubes (airways) of the lungs. It is permanent abnormal dilatation of one or more bronchi/ bronchiole due to destruction of ciliated epithelium, elastic and muscular tissue. The destructive process may be initiated by primary microbial infection (necrotizing pneumonia, tuberculosis, aspergillosis, etc.) or obstruction (foreign body, tumour, lymph node, etc.) resulting in stasis…

For roughly the past one hundred years the prevalence of allergies has been increasing (Isolauri, Huurre, Salminen, Impivaara 2004). According to Randolph Nesse and George Williams authors of Why We Get Sick the increased prevalence is one of the most worrisome health issues that demands real answers. Nesse and Williams, two leaders in the field of Darwinian Medicine, have posited several hypotheses as to why allergies are increasing. Some of their theories have become refuted while others…

an unlikely friendship with an Iranian Immigrant when he tries to help her find her uncle, and protects her from immigration, human smugglers, and his own bitter brother. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: LAWRENCE ADAMS (25), short, clumsy, and obese, suffers from asthma and Bardet-Biedl syndrome. He lives in a farmhouse with is brother, but he refuses to leave the area around his house or meet new people. He’s afraid that people will laugh at him for being different and unique. He loves to take pictures with…

Dermatitis. According to the article, “Is It Eczema,” Kristen Stewart explains the essential of eczema; particularly the causes, symptoms and diagnosis. The term Atopic refers to a group of diseases that develop according to allergic conditions. Asthma and Hay Fever have been known to be linked to these factors. The cause of this disease are combinations of hereditary and environmental factors. Symptoms and triggers vary sometimes depending on the individual. According to the article,…

The Pleural Cavity is a very important cavity in the body, simply because it consists of how a person breathes. It includes an intrapulmonary pressure, atmospheric pressure and airflow within the lungs. “Intrapulmonary pressure is the pressure within the lungs, atmospheric pressure is the pressure used in all directions at any given point by the weight of the atmosphere and air flow is simply the motion of air. Intrapulmonary pressure and atmospheric pressure are usually measured in units of…