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because it will create a higher flow rate than a normal cough. It is also an effective way to clear the upper airway, while also moving secretions upwards (Arbour, 2016). In addition to this, a technique called “the staged cough” will assist in removing secretion that may be found in pneumonia pts (Arbour, 2016). In order to carry out this technique, the client will have to sit in a chair. They will then breath 4-3 times through their mouth and cough while bending forward and pressing a pillow…

coronavirus, and other viral origins. Patients may present exhibiting the following symptoms including sore throat, cough, nasal congestion, fever, dyspnea, thick and increased colored sputum production, headache, rhinorrhea, and/or fatigue. Most of this is due to the immune system triggering a response to an irritant/viral infectant. Most commonly URTIs can be treated with nasal decongestant, cough suppressant, and over the counter pain relievers if necessary. If the patient presents…

There you go, son! The pink liquid I had just swallowed tasted like rotten sweet candy. Born and raised in Taiwan, I remember the different flavors of cough syrup I have taken as a kid. If I were coughing continuously from a cold, my parent would immediately run to the pharmacy to purchase some medications. The medications cabinet in our home eventually was stock with a variety of medications that I have taken or my parents have taken. The next time when one of us catches a cold, my parents…

changing. Coughing fits occur at least once a day and require Betty to rest from whatever she is doing until the coughing fit ceases. This current episode of coughing is her worst to date. She smokes roughly 3-5 cigarettes a day and finds this makes her cough…

“No, they are hidden the entire day.” “You didn’t cough or sneeze at all? Your nose is pretty sensitive in this form.” “Nope, near coughing fit, but all under control.” Two fingers were crossed behind Emily’s back. She did sneezed once and accidentally let her halo and wings out for a second in the bathroom…

my grandfather’s cigarette… and the coughing that follows him” (100). Back when my grandfather was younger, he used to smoke a ridiculous number of cigarettes, which has resulted in terrible health conditions. Just like how Jacqueline’s grandfather coughs continuously, my grandfather can’t go very long without not coughing. This is important because back then people weren’t as aware of all the detrimental side effects of smoking. If they were more informed on it, they wouldn’t do it as much and…

Like any regular person, Danny hated colds. He used to get them all the time before the accident, at least six to eight times a year. Jazz suggested that it was probably a weakened immune system do to too much exposure from his parents' ectoplasmic experiments from a young age. Ironically, it was one of their experiments that ultimately strengthened his immune system from any kind of cold or common sickness. Or so he had thought. Apparently, while he was resistant to most human diseases, he…

DISEASE CAUSED BY A BACTERIUM-WHOOPING COUGH STRUCTURE: REPRODUCTION: HOW IT INFECTS HUMANS: WAYS HUMANS PREVENT INFECTION: The most effective way to prevent whooping cough is by getting a vaccination. The vaccine that is used for children under the age of 7 to prevent whooping cough is called DTaP this is given in five doses at the ages of 8 weeks, 4 months, 6 months, 1 ½ years, and 4-6 years old. It is important that they are given all doses of the vaccine because they are not…

The disease that I picked was Pertussis also known as “Whooping cough”, it comes from the Latin words “intensive cough”. It causes an inspiration whooping and it also can cause posttussive vomiting, apnea with or without cyanosis, paroxysms of coughing. Pertussis is a very highly contagious disease and can be caught by “direct contact with respiratory droplets from mucus membranes.” (Myra Carmon, 2010 p. 239) Pertussis began in the 1980s, but in 2012 the disease peaked again leaving 48,277…

Finally, I give up and grab my earplugs from my wallet. The silence wraps me up in a comfort blanket and my anxiety goes down once again. Cough Cough Cough Cough Cough If this man keeps on relentlessly coughing my head is going to explode. My ears try to concentrate on literally anything other than the constant sounds made by these pests. Wait, is that wrong? To call these people pests just because they…