In the respiratory system, it contain numerous of organs that help transport blood with oxygen and eliminate the collected carbon dioxide from the blood. The lungs play an important role in the immune system as it helps defend toxic substances and avoid diseases such as:
Asthma is a chronic lung condition in which the airways become narrow and easier for irritation to be exposed, triggers can include: pollen, exercise, mold, weather conditions, and stress. It is a most common disease as it affects approximately 26 million people worldwide. In the picture shown, it shows the pathology of Asthma. The first picture shown is a normal airway. Symptoms can include breathing easy, no cough or wheeze, being able to do usual activities without restriction,
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Symptoms for Emphysema can happen within years, but no physical symptoms are noticeable. The key symptoms of Emphysema are shortness of breath and this happens gradually. More serious symptoms are if your lips and fingernails turn blue or gray leading to a lack of oxygen. The main causes of Emphysema are irritation to exposed chemical to the lungs, such as smoking and air pollution. Test and diagnostics can be used to determine if an individual has Emphysema. Imagining tests can help evaluate findings in the chest, a Lab test can be as simple as taking blood and determining the work of your oxygen in your blood, and Spiratory can be used to measure your lung capacity. Self-treatments can help reduce Emphysema by using a Bronchodilators, which helps relieve coughing and breathing, Inhaled steroids, and Antibiotics. To prevent Emphysema from worsening, stop or do not smoke or secondhand and wear a mask to avoid chemical pollution. Respiratory therapist plays a major role in lung diseases. They help contribute to analyzing breath, tissue, and blood specimens to determine levels of oxygen and …show more content…
They also provide respiratory therapy to patients. Pneumonia is a lung condition in which the lungs are inflamed and it is caused by bacterial or viral infections. In the Figure, it is shown that the air sacs are filled with mucus and they eventually become solid. An individual that undergoes Pneumonia has symptoms that are quite serious and life-threatening. Coughing can be serious as it produces mucus also called sputum from the lungs, shallow breathing can occur, rapid chest pain, and potentially nausea and vomiting. Many treatments can be provided to help with Pneumonia patients. Antibiotics can simply treat bacterial/virus infections such as Pneumonia and helps decrease any upcoming symptoms and previous symptoms with 2-3 days. To avoid Pneumonia, smoking can become an extreme change as it relieves the tension in your lungs, covering your coughing and sneezes can help your surroundings as they could catch Pneumonia although
Asthma is the swelling that causes you to wheeze making you feel as you can’t breathe it can be treated by epinephrine. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs caused by bacteria and sometimes it can be treated without treatment. Bronchitis is an infection in the mucus membrane, wheezing and chest pains are some symptoms and it can be treated by prescribing brunch dilator or antibiotics. Sinusitis pressure in the sinuses also nasal discharge treatments are antibiotics and many others. Tonsillitis symptoms include fever, hard for you to swallow and sore throats.
The symptoms of pneumonia include difficulty breathing, a rapid heartbeat, a temperature, and generally feeling unwell. (Healthdirect.gov.au, 2015) If the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria spread to the bones, osteomyelitis can occur, which will result in the severe inflammation of the bones. (Conrad, 2015) The symptoms for osteomyelitis include a temperature, severe bone pain, restricted movement of a joint, and red, warm, tender skin at the site of the pain.
Lung volume and lung capacity are two measurements of respiratory health and measured during pulmonary functions tests. It is show the physical condition of the lungs. Pulmonary ventilation, or breathing, is the process of air flowing into the lungs during inspiration (inhalation) and out of the lungs during expiration (exhalation). Air flows because of pressure differences between the atmosphere and the gases inside
It is described as being a “progressive lung disorder characterized by persistent airflow obstruction and chronic respiratory symptoms in response to inhaled cigarette smoke or other irritants or a deficiency of alpha-1-antitrypsin” (Krishnan et al., 2015, p. 70). Acute exacerbations of COPD are common and often leads to patients being hospitalized. The frequency of hospitalization tends to worsen with disease progression. Acute exacerbations of COPD are associated with a decreased quality of life, increased healthcare costs and increased mortality (Marchetti, Criner, & Albert, 2013). In the United States it is estimated that there are approximately 24 million adults with COPD (Pietrangelo, 2015).
Breath sound is useful in diagnosing or monitoring respiratory disease and airway abnormalities, such as asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia and so on. It can be auscultate across chest wall with a stethoscope. A physician can auscultate breath sounds to detect
Antibiotics Pneumonia and influenza can worsen COPD symptoms. Many doctors will prescribe antibiotics to treat respiratory infections, but antibiotics are not used to treat the symptoms of COPD. Researchers are still studying the effects of antibiotics in people diagnosed with COPD. Lung therapies
Because they also encourage mucous secretions, macrophage activity on pneumococci is decreased while bacterial adhesion to the epithelium is increased. Pneumonia is a condition that aggravates the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus causing cough with phlegm or pus, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing. Cyanosis occurs as a result of the decrease in gas exchange through the inflamed alveolar membrane and subsequent decline in hemoglobin saturation. One of the most common complications of the flu is a bacterial infection.
The lunges are one of the most important organs in the human body, which are the major part of the respiratory system. Respiratory system is a combination of organs, which help the human to breath. Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious illness that infects the human body, especially the lungs. TB is a contagious disease that spreads among people through the air. Pulmonary TB is the first type of tuberculosis that affects the lungs or throat, and this an infection type can pass to other people.
COPD is referred to both chronic bronchitis and emphysema, the symptoms of COPD are persistent coughing with mucus, shortness in breath, and tightness in the chest, the treatment for COPD is medication and a change in lifestyle, oxygen therapy . Next emphysema is caused by cigarette smoking and other toxins such as industrial chemicals, in developing countries, the smoke that's caused by cooking or heating can cause emphysema. Even though smoking is a huge contributor to emphysema there are minor risk factors such as, a low body weight, child respiratory disorders, an exposure to cigarette smoke, air pollution/smog, and dust(mineral dust, cotton dust), also genetics can a lead cause to emphysema, for instance a close relative of someone with emphysema can or could get the disease themselves. There are three different morphological types of emphysema, centriactinare, panacinar, and paraseptal. Centriacinar emphysema is a form that is connected with long term cigarette smoking and it involves the upper half of a person's lungs, it beings at the respiratory bronchioles and spreads
When the aveoli cells become cancerous, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide becomes more challenging. When the lining of the outer portions of the lung develop a tumour, it takes up space which deforms the shape of the lung. This can cause healthy cells to be pushed together which can damage the tissue and cause the lung to collapse. Some common symptoms of lung cancer are persistent coughing without cold/ flu like symptoms, change in colour of saliva, change of voice (hoarse) and harsh sounds with each breath.
Listening to lung sounds and report abnormal findings like crackles allow the prevention of pulmonary edema and occurrence of pneumonia due to fluid
After a nosebleed: Avoid blowing or sniffing your nose for a number of hours. Resume your normal activities as you are able, but avoid straining, lifting, or bending at the waist for several days. Use saline spray or a humidifier as told by your health care provider. Aspirin and blood thinners make bleeding more likely. If you are prescribed these medicines and you suffer from
Pneumonia and asthma are two kinds of diseases that affect the airways in the lungs. Although both of them are different, they have some common denominators in the cause, symptoms, and the possibility of treating the inflammation at home. Both pneumonia and asthma make the air sacs in the lungs become tighten or blocked by an inflammation. For example, a person can obtain pneumonia or make asthma become worse after getting any upper respiratory infection such as flu or cold. Some symptoms of pneumonia and asthma are similar to each other such as chest pain, coughing, wheezing, and difficulty in breathing.
Cough is another sign of the flu. It might be accompanied by feeling of tightness in your chest. It is advisable to let your doctor know if you have any respiratory problems to prevent complications. Always cover your cough to prevent spreading the flu. Another common sign of influenza is fever.
The heart may have the sinoatrial node (SA node) to trigger contraction, but in order for us to breath our nervous system has to signal for us to begin the process of ventilation (breathing). Our brain stem has three parts to it, but only the pons and medulla oblongata play a key role in breathing. The medulla helps set the respiratory rhythm by receiving and sending impulses to a bundle of neurons called the ventral respiratory group to the phrenic nerve to bring about contraction in the diaphragm and external intercostal muscles. All this only happens though due to the sensors of the chemoreceptors. The chemoreceptors located in the medulla and carotid and aortic bodies detect a rise in carbon dioxide (CO2).