Diseases caused by Smoking * Chronic Bronchitis * Emphycema * Lung Cancer Signs and Symptoms Lung Cancer * Chronic Cough - A cough that you have had for a month is chronic. This is an important early symptom. It tells you something is wrong with your respiratory system. * Shortness of Breath - Shortness of breath that doesn’t go away after exercising, or that you have after little or no exertion, is not normal. Labored or difficult breathing – the feeling that
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Hall Bronchitis Florida Technical College Abstract Bronchitis is one of the top 10 conditions for which most patients seek medical care for. Some physicians show considerable variability in describing the signs and symptoms when it is necessary to its diagnosis. A cough is also a most common symptom bringing patients to the primary care physician’s office, and bronchitis is usually the diagnosis in these patients. However, studies have indicated that many physicians treat bronchitis with antibiotics
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Midterm Dr.Banks BRONCHITIS Bronchitis is the inflammation of the mucous membranes of the bronchi, the airways that carry airflow from the trachea into the lungs. The thin mucus lining of these airways can become irritated and swollen; the cells that make up the lining may leak fluids in response to the inflammation. Bronchitis most often occurs during the cold and flu season usually coupled with an upper respiratory infection. Bronchitis can be divided into two categories: acute
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her hands away from her face. d) Although antibiotics won’t help treat pneumonia the doctor sent her home with antibiotics to keep the flu virus from spreading in her body. e) The doctor would most likely check and see if Evelyn may have bronchitis or tuberculosis. Why he would check on theses diagnosis is because coughing up blood and a month later still having the same symptoms is not a normal thing. 2. Soccer Cough a) Symptoms Jeremy displayed were coughing, shortness of breath
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that partially block airflow in the lungs. The most common kinds of COPD include: Emphysema and Chronic bronchitis and other diseases. Emphysema can cause damage to the alveoli that cannot be cured; this is the tiny air sacs of the lungs where oxygen is put into your blood. With emphysema your lungs become less able to take in good air and get rid of carbon dioxide. Chronic bronchitis occurs when the airways in the lungs become swollen; this causes more mucus than normal to be made in the
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abuse of medications occur as a result. Medications for temporary relief of coughs caused by bronchitis, and other breathing illnesses works by thinning and loosening mucus in the airways, clearing congestion, and making breathing easier. Some side effects and adverse reactions to over the counter pulmonary medications are addressed here. For example, Musinex D is used to treat bronchitis but may cause GI problems such as upset stomach, nausea and diarrhea. Another is Guafenesin, used to
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Chronic Bronchitis HCS/245 02/01/15 Cheryl Meaux Chronic Bronchitis Chronic bronchitis is an inflammation, or irritation, of the airways in the lungs. Airways are the tubes in your lungs that air passes through. They are also called bronchial tubes. When the airways are irritated, thick mucus forms in them. The mucus plugs up the airways and makes it hard for you to get air into your lungs. Symptoms of chronic bronchitis include a cough that produces mucus or sputum, trouble breathing and
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Blaser 3. SCRAPBOOK Antibiotics works well against COPD exacerbations Nurse.com published on Sept. 5, 2011 published findings of a study funded by the National Heart and Lung Institute.(http://news.nurse.com/article/20110905/ED02/309050030) The clinical study found that
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Bronchitis (also known as a chest cold) is a disease in which the bronchial tubes leading to the lungs become inflamed, leading to coughing and shortness of breath. When learning about bronchitis, it is important to know how the lungs function. When a person breathes, the diaphragm (located between the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity) goes down, bringing air into the lungs in a vacuum. The lungs are the organ that brings oxygen into the body and send carbon dioxide out. This process is known
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Plastic Bronchitis Melanie Contreras Boise State University Abstract Plastic Bronchitis (PB) is a rare pathological disease which is characterized by the expectoration of bronchial casts. The bronchial casts obstruct the airway and cause life-threatening airway obstruction if undiagnosed and untreated. The mortality rate of plastic bronchitis is upwards of 50%. Due to its rarity, PB is hard to diagnose and has similar symptoms to other respiratory conditions. PB has been characterized
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