Pulmonary embolism

My Family Medical History Growing up, I watched both my father and grandfather suffer the symptoms of asthma. They are both allergic to cats, both have severe allergies, and both use an inhaler. Thankfully, I have been fortunate and have never been diagnosed with asthma. According to the American Lung Association (2017), having a parent with asthma makes me three to six times more likely to develop asthma over the course of my life. In a recent study, researchers found that…

Nasal congestion is caused by cold, flue or allergy or even due to dry air and air pollution. Suffering will be due to swelling of nasal membrane and too much mucus production inside the nose creating obstacles for draining mucus produced in sinus cavities. Difficulties in breathing easily with a feeling of hitch to draw in air into lungs make one bound to inhale air through mouth. This congestion also causes tremendous headache that increases the suffering. Staying in an air conditioned room…

Allergies In Children: How They Affect The Ear, Nose And Throat By Juanita Swindell | Submitted On March 22, 2016 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Children fall ill all the time and it can often be…

Asthma is one of most common respiratory system health hazards in our society lately. Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing difficult. Honestly, many researchers can't explain the reason for why it is so common. They do have many theories though, some say that the air quality and pollution can cause much harm to us. Two other theories about asthma being so common suggest that the small space of our homes, as well as the materials that make up our homes, promote the…

People are diagnosed every year with diseases that affect the respiratory system. One specific disease that can affect the respiratory system is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; commonly referred to as COPD. Currently over “64 million people have COPD and it is the third leading cause of death worldwide” (WHO, 2013). Several factors cause the disease and symptoms are hard to detect in earlier stages. COPD can shorten a person’s life span and cause immeasurable physical disabilities, as…

Introduction Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease can be a life changing diagnosis. This disease impacts nearly every aspect of daily activities depending on the severity. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory response within the airway and lungs. It is most often preventable and can be controlled with the proper choice of medications (Woo et al., 2016). Patient education plays a large role to patient compliance to achieve treatment goals and overall…

INTRODUCTION Asthma is one of the most common modern chronic respiratory disease with a global prevalence of more than 200 million. It is a heterogeneous disease identified by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR), inflammation, and variable measures of severity among patients (Fahy, 2014). As a result, there are numerous therapies available which targets different biological pathways. Asthma can be divided into two categories, atopic or extrinsic asthma and…

Asthma and COPD are a challenge as symptoms are closely linked but still differ. Asthma is associated with symptoms that often worsen after exposures to certain triggers in the persons’ environment and nocturnally. Nocturnally usually after 2am till 6am. In COPD patients’ they tend to constantly increase in symptoms over a time period, with exacerbations often infectious related triggers. COPD is characterised by irreversible or partial reversible airflow obstruction. These two diseases can…

Background: [Asthma] In 21 century, there are total two hundred million people are suffering from asthma. It is most common in children. There are many etiology of asthma such as environmental allergens or pollutants, respiratory tract infection, severe exercise, gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD), smoking. The most common of factor that can contribute to asthma are environmental allergens, excessive exercise and emotional factor. The pathophysiology of asthma is complex and have three…

indigenous Australian (figure 3)( AIHW, 2015). The differences in gender-related asthma occurrence have been suggested to be because of biological sex differences and environmental lifestyle differences. The biological sex differences include genetic, pulmonary, and immunological factors (Melgert, Ray, Hylkema, Timens & Postma,…