Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Introduction Acute bronchospasm caused by asthma is also referred to as an asthma attack. Bronchospasm means your air passages become narrowed. The narrowing is caused by inflammation and tightening of the muscles in the air tubes (bronchi) in your lungs. This can make it hard to breathe and cause you to cough or breathe loudly (wheeze). What are the causes? Possible triggers include: Animal dander from the skin, hair, or feathers of animals. Dust mites contained in house dust. Cockroaches.…

antibiotic therapy really quickly Cystic fibrosis can be detected before the symptoms show and one way to do that is by a sweat test which is used to text the chloride level in a person's sweat or a blood test to see if they have inherited the disease through their parents. Another way is a blood test that could test for the possibility of the person having cystic fibrosis. There is no cure for cystic fibrosis but there are treatments that can help ease the symptoms such as a well balanced…

Are you aware of your breathing problems? Issues regarding Asthma Asthma, issue of the respiratory framework in which the sections that empower air to go into and out of the lungs occasionally contract, bringing on hacking, puffing, and shortage of breath. This is regularly transitory and reversible, yet in extreme assaults, asthma might bring about death. Asthma most ordinarily alludes to bronchial asthma, an aggravation of the aviation routes, yet the term is likewise used to allude to…

Stridor is a high-pitched, wheezing sound caused by disrupted airflow. Airflow is usually disrupted by a blockage in the larynx (voice box) or trachea (windpipe). It’s most noticeable when breathing in, though it can sometimes be heard when breathing out. Stridor affects children more often than adults. In infants, a condition called laryngomalacia is usually the cause of stridor. It may be quieter when your child is lying on their stomach, and louder when lying on their back. Larynogomalacia…

the cilia in the lungs are damaged that causes persistent cough and increase mucus production which cause airflow obstruction (Lewis et al., 2014 p 735). As COPD progress, pulmonary hypertension may occur where there will be a structural changes in the lungs such as swelling of the smooth muscle and constriction of pulmonary vessels due…

when the lungs cannot produce enough CO2, which causes blood pH to drop below 7.35 and PCO2, or partial pressure of carbon dioxide, is increased above 45 mmHg. Some causes for respiratory acidosis include airway obstruction, emphysema, pulmonary edema, and other chronic or acute lung disorders. If respiratory problems are not too extreme then the kidneys will help out with raising the blood pH by excreting H+ and reabsorbing HCO3-, this is called renal compensation. Treatments for respiratory…

The usual treatment for Acute Respiratory Infections include having to monitor temperature, analgesics, blowing nose periodically, steam and humidifiers, and antihistamines. Some Acute Respiratory Infections include Laryngitis, and Croup. Other diseases of the Upper Respiratory System include Pansinusitis, this is when all the sinuses are…

Asthma is most commonly known as being a chronic condition in the US that has been known to having an effect in people young and old. It is a condition in which the airway passages are narrowed leading to symptoms of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and cough (Bijanzadeh, Mahesh, Nallur 1). In today's world there seem to be many factors that could increase the risk of children developing asthma. Those factors may include genetic predisposition, environment interaction, prenatal…

This can cause liver disease and a decrease of AAT in the blood that which leads to lung disease. Those who are affected with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency can quite often not even have symptoms. Showing early signs of symptoms usually ranges between 20 and 50 years old. However when they arise many symptoms regarding the lungs may include, shortness of breath, wheezing, chronic bronchitis and recurring chest colds. Symptoms in the liver may include unexplained liver disease, elevated liver…

The patient George is 76 year old who has the subjective complaints of frequent nosebleeds, ecchymosis, runny nose, and cough. His history reveal atrial fibrillation. He is taking medications that include digoxin, warfarin, cimetidine, and pseudoephedrine. There are four problems identified for the patient. First, based on this complaints of frequent nosebleeds, it is noted that the patient is taking cimetidine and warfarin. There is an interaction with his cimetidine and warfarin. This is a…