Respiratory system

reduces the surface area involved in respiration. Symptoms include dypnea , cough that wont go away, difficulty breathing when exercising, barrel chest yet thin limbs, significant weight loss, and labored breathing (Dr. Goodwin, 2017). 3. Progressive respiratory failure: In this disease, "the gas exchange between the air and circulating blood is severely impaired, causing abnormal levels of tissue gases that can be life threatening." symptoms are: persistent cough, dypnea ( especially with…

classified as connective tissue. Its function is to transport oxygen, metabolic wastes such as carbon dioxide and nitrogenous waste from the kidneys. Regulation of the body’s pH, body temperature, and maintenance of the liquid volume in the circulatory system. Lastly, protection by way of Leukocyte activation and preventing blood loss by way of the platelets in the blood. Blood is composed of 55% plasma (water, salts, plasma proteins, and other substances that are transported by the blood) and…

Allergic asthma and rhinitis, atopic dermatitis (AD), urticaria and gastrointestinal allergy, are common diseases of infants and children. It was recently estimated that 14% of children suffer from AD, 8% from food allergy, and 12% from asthma (1, 2). The cumulated incidence of these diseases in adolescents has been estimated between 25-35%, while the prevalence is about 20% (3). The phenotypic expression of these illnesses varies extensively, being very mild in some cases, severe in many, and…

Introduction Human metapneumovirus is a virus that causes a respiratory infection. Most of the time the virus affects only the nose and throat (upper respiratory tract), but the virus can also affect the lungs and breathing tubes (lower respiratory tract). It is usually more severe if it affects the lower respiratory tract. Most children get an infection caused by this virus by the time they are 5 years old. What are the causes? This condition is caused by human metapneumovirus. You can get this…

Whenever a child get colder, that is to say upper respiratory infection, extrusion in the throat causes a stoppage in the Eustachian tube, thereby holding back fluid inside the middle ear. Viruses and mostly bacteria could grow immensely in this fluid and make up pressure that my pushes against the ear drum…

Cystic fibrosis, also known as mucoviscidosis is an extremely common genetic disease in the UK. The genetic defect was identified by a group of scientists in 1989.In the UK it has been found that 1 in 25 people carry the faulty CF allele. CF is caused by deletion of 3 nucleotides in chromosome 7. The amino acid phenylalanine is lost as a result of this mutation. It is autosomal recessive so both the CFTR alleles should be faulty to cause the disease. Many of the epithilial linings of the ducts…

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: An Annotated Bibliography America Breathing Easier 2010: CDC’s National Asthma Control Program AT A GLANCE E. (n.d) Retrieved March 16, 2015from http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/aag/2010/ataglance2010.pdf The Center for Disease and Control Prevention is national asthma control program at a glance. This website gave the information about how to improving the quality of life and reducing the death and cost that impact on U.S. population. Overall, the CDC;s National Asthma Control Program…

Another situation where the central nervous system provides a feedback loop is when there is a high concentration of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream. This event was simulated during the re-breathing exercise. Unlike hyperventilation, where the subject had a long breath-hold and a small carbon dioxide composition, re-breathing had the shortest duration and the highest percent of carbon dioxide. The test subject was able to hold her breath for only 27 seconds. Meanwhile, her CO2% increased from…

sports that require lots of muscle building. Overtraining more times than not leads to the end of the athletes career or life time issues. The syndrome has been on the hot list of scientist because of signs that overtraining is leading to upper respiratory tract infections in swimmers and runners. On the flip side people find…