Asthma

The resonatory system includes the nasal cavity and soft palate and portions of the anatomically defined respiratory and digestive systems. (Seikel, King, & Drumright, 2010). One disorder that may affect a person’s ability to use the resonatory system to produce sufficient speech is velopharyngeal insufficiency, or VPI. This is a disorder which results in the improper closure of the velopharyngeal sphincter (soft palate muscle in the mouth) during speech, allowing air to escape through the nose…

Are you overweight or tired all the time? Do you have headaches, other aches and pains, frequent colds and flus, constipation or digestive problems, high blood pressure, PMS, allergies or sensitivities. Do you often drink too much alcohol, drink caffeinated beverages, smoke cigarettes, use over-the-counter or recreational drugs, or eat fast, fried or refined foods? What is a detox? Our bodies have a natural in-built detox system (made up of the digestive tract, the urinary system and the…

It test how well you inhale and exhale, and it also test how much air your lungs take in with each breath. To perform this test, an instrument called a spirometer is used which measures the volume of air moving in and out of the lungs during pulmonary ventilation. When given this test a person can be standing up or sitting down but whichever one that person must remain in that position throughout the whole test. The person cannot change positions because that will mess of the results from the…

Background Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted helminth that penetrates the skin as a method of infection. This parasitic worm gains nutrients and shelter from its host, while causing malnourishment or harm to the diseased. The infective filariform penetrates the skin from infected soil and migrates to the lungs through the blood stream. In order to mature the filariform larvae are coughed up and swallowed to develop into adults in the intestines. The diagnostic stage is the…

My study case is related to a bronchiectasis patient from Fairfax Inova Hospital. Bronchiectasis is an abnormal and permanent dilation of airways in which the bronchial walls become inflamed, the mucociliary elevator is impaired, and the mucus accumulates leading to increased susceptibility to infection. It can be classified according to morphological forms such as cylindrical bronchiectasis form where the bronchi are enlarged and cylindrical (least severe), varicose bronchiectasis form where…

“Death by balloon” may sound ridiculous to some, but an allergic reaction to something as common as balloons is a scary possibility that individuals with latex allergies have to face every day. Less than 1% of the general population has an allergy to latex, but 8-17% of health care workers and up to 68% of children with spina bifida are living with latex allergies (American Latex Allergy Association). An allergy to latex can be acquired in many different ways, and there are different levels of…

Brachycephalic syndrome is “the combination of elongated soft palate, stenotic nares, and averted laryngeal saccules” (Acvs.org). Stenotic nares are narrow nostrils. This is most common among certain breeds who have obstructive breathing because of the different shape of their muzzle, nose and throat. The term “brachycephalic” means short-headed. There are a few breeds of dogs are more prone to brachycephalic syndrome which are the Pug, English bulldog, French bulldog, and the Boston terrier.…

How does lymphatic functions during good health and bad? The lymphatic system works to protect the body to stop it getting an infection or a virus it does this with the help of cells such as lymphocytes which travels in between the nodes through channels called lymphatic, which meet ducts that empty into blood vessels this is how the lymphocytes enter the blood. There are 3 types of lymphocytes; B-lymphocytes (B-cells), T-lymphocytes (T-cells), Natural killer (NK) cells each of these react…

Bee, Wasp, or Hornet Sting Your caregiver has diagnosed you as having an insect sting. An insect sting appears as a red lump in the skin that sometimes has a tiny hole in the center, or it may have a stinger in the center of the wound. The most common stings are from wasps, hornets and bees. Individuals have different reactions to insect stings. • A normal reaction may cause pain, swelling, and redness around the sting site. • A localized allergic reaction may cause swelling and redness…

Sepsis, a common origin of pediatric morbidity and mortality, which is a systemic inflammatory response (SIR) to infection. Children with septicemia diagnosed by fever, hard breathing, tachycardia, malaise, inability to eat or lethargy, but those with asymptomatic bacteraemia tend to appearance of no obvious signs of infection. Deaths happened as result of pediatric septicemia are likely to be greater in low-income settings. In hospital setting, the ratio of septic infections due to…