Respiratory tract

Preventing Influenza, Youth Influenza, more commonly known as “the flu,” is a viral infection that mainly affects the respiratory tract. The respiratory tract includes organs that help you breathe, such as the lungs, nose, and throat. The flu causes many common cold symptoms, as well as a high fever and body aches. The flu spreads easily from person to person (is contagious). The flu is most common from December through March. This is called flu season. You can catch the flu virus by: •…

the nerves system, respiratory, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, genitourinary, hematologic, endocrine, musculoskeletal, dermatologic, ocular, hypersensitivity, hepatic, and metabolic. Morphine can effects the nervous system causing a person can have drowsiness, dizziness, fever, anxiety, and at the worst withdrawal symptoms after either abrupt cessation or fast tapering of the drug, headache, amnesia, paresthesia, pallor, and seizures. The effects of morphine on the respiratory system may…

Complementary and alternative medicine, commonly known as CAM products, are the new up and becoming medical treatment found on the shelves of drug stores everywhere. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine defines CAM as “a group of diverse medical and healthcare systems, practices and products that are not generally considered part of the conventional medicine.” CAM products can be used alone or concurrently with other pharmaceutical products to enhance the effects of…

Kim 2 Shape & Structure The pseudostratified columnar epithelium is a special simple columnar cell that appears to be stratified. However, upon closer inspection of the cell, we see that it only has one layer instead of the multiple layers like it's stratified counterpart. The actual shape of the cell itself consists of basal, fusiform, and columnar cells with only the columnar cells reaching the apical(free) surface, this makes it appear stratified due to the other cells (basal & fusiform) not…

ones facing the fear of all, anxiety, depression, can cause stress. Joining a support group can help patient adapt to their conditions. Other people have the same symptoms how cope with them (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS),…

Patients must be encouraged to perform foot exercise to increase blood circulation and prevent the pooling of blood in the calf (Walker, 2007). Another possible complication after total hip replacement is respiratory infection. Nurses must instruct the patients to do breathing and coughing exercise to prevent aspiration and promote healthy function of the lungs (Walker, 2007). Patient teaching is one of the most important responsibility of a nurse. A good…

increased impaired judgement, and increasing repetitiousness and inconsistencies in his usual behavior. His physical exam reveals an increased respiratory rate, slight fever and costovertebral angle tenderness on his right side. Acute pyelonephritis: Pyelonephritis is an acute urological condition that cause infection on one or both kidneys. It is a lower urinary tract infection that ascended to the pelvis of the kidney. Severe cases of pyelonephritis can cause systemic sepsis, pyonephrosis,…

Only one drug out of every ten successfully tested in laboratory animal’s end up working in people. When animal testing is acknowledged, what comes to mind for most people is an image of a large cosmetic company applying undeveloped products to unsuspecting creatures. This is a misconception for animal testing in present day. New cosmetic products are prohibited from being testing on animals; animals today are tested on to find cures and vaccines to life's diseases. Therefore, animal drug…

Question 4 Answer: Smoking damages the whole body, but for this answer, I am going to focus on smoking and the changes to our respiratory tract, skin blood vessels and antioxidant levels. Respiratory tract: “(1) Nicotine constricts terminal bronchioles, which decreases airflow into and out of the lungs. (2) Carbon monoxide in smoke binds to hemoglobin and reduces its oxygen-carrying capability. (3) Irritants in smoke cause increased mucus secretion by the mucosa of the bronchial tree and…

Background: Francisella tularensis (F.tularensis) is the etiological microorganism for tularemia. There are different forms of tularemia such as respiratory tularemia. Respiratory tularemia is the most severe form of tularemia with a high rate of mortality; if not treated. Therefore, traditional microbiological tools and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) are not useful for a rapid, reliable, accurate, sensitive and specific diagnosis. But, DNA microarray technology does. DNA microarray technology…