Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Reference: Kummer, A. W. (2011). Disorders of resonance and airflow secondary to cleft palate and/or velopharyngeal dysfunction. Seminars in Speech and Language, 17;32;(2), 141-149. doi:10.1055/s-0031-1277716 − The article stated incidences of hyponasality in both cleft and non-cleft populations. Common causes of hyponasality include swelling of the nasal passages secondary to allergic rhinitis or the common cold, adenoid hypertrophy, nasopharyngeal polyps, or even hypertrophic tonsils that…

The number of children who currently have asthma is 6.8 million, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website. Asthma is a chronic disease in your airways that makes breathing difficult sometimes. An asthma attack is the inflammation in the airway passages, which make the airways that carries oxygen become temporary, narrowed. People that have asthma can be especially sensitive to triggers. Often time’s airways will flare up to the simplest triggers like pollen, animal…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. This chronic condition is when the airways that carry air to and from lungs get affected. People that are affected with this for a long time are said to be asthmatic (CDC.GOV, 2015). The inside walls of an asthmatic's airways are swollen or inflamed. This swelling or…

x-ray done Sputum Culture done Discharge: Mr. Marlboro has been educated on the risk of emphysema and has acknowledged that smoking may have been the cause. He has been referred to a Pulmonologist and a Cardiologist to keep his diseases under control. Mr. Marlboro has been sent home with a list of medications with directions and possible side effects. He has been instructed to make a follow-up appointment with his primary health care…

Asthma Asthma is a chronic lung disease that irritates and narrows the respiratory airways. This lung disease is not limited to any specific age group, as it affects people of all ages, but it does begin developing in the childhood stage. Around 25 million Americans currently live with asthma, with a third of these people being children.¹ Living with this condition is a responsibility that the affected person must carry. Asthma is not considered to be a life threatening condition by most, but…

environment. Typically, there are jobs, which involve being exposed to specific substances known as respiratory sensitizers, which could potentially causes a sickly response. If exposed for a long duration, it could possibly lead from occupational to chronic Asthma. The main examples that could cause occupational asthma is from a chemical known as isocyanates, dust particles from flour, wood; latex gloves ;from insects especially dust mites. (Asthma UK, 2015). The data below was produced by the…

are some types of asthma. The doctor can diagnose and identify your asthma by one of these. Cough-induced is the most troublesome asthma to diagnose. The doctor needs to needs to eliminate and dispose of different possibilities, such as sinus disease, chronic bronchitis, or post nasal drip due to hay fever. For this situation the coughing may happen alone, without other asthma-sort side symptoms being existing. Sleeping could be disturb by coughing if it happen at night because it might be…

Asthma affects an estimated 300 million individuals worldwide. Annually, the World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated 250,000 asthma deaths worldwide (Morris, 2015). Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory problems affecting adults and children in Jamaica and is a significant public health problem. In an article published by The Gleaner, it alluded to the increase in the number of asthma cases between 2007 and 2008. According to Hunter (2011), 19,647 cases of asthma were seen…

Kylie has returned six weeks since the last appointment. Not surprisingly given the slightly warmer weather, Kylie’s symptoms have improved. A couple of days after I saw her her cough did increase and she commenced the Tilade inhaler. A few days later she went to Mildura for five days and with the warm weather there her cough and other upper airway symptoms settled. She has been quite well since and stopped Tilade after a couple of weeks. She never got to the point of commencing Alvesco. A…

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 disease gets worse symptoms will then progress, they can then increase and…