Chest Pain on Xray: evidence of another cause of chest pain such as air in the mediastinum (oesophageal rupture) or aortic dissection (widened mediastinum, pleural effusions).…
The fluid makes it harder to expand the lungs because the fluid makes the alveoli sticky and unable to open/expand.…
What effect does opening the valve have on the left lung? Why does this happen?…
Pneumothorax is presence of air in the pleural cavity. It prevents your lung from expanding properly when you try to breathe in, causing shortness of breath and chest pain. It is also called as Collapse lung. A primary pneumothorax occurs without an apparent cause and in the absence of significant lung disease, while a secondary pneumothorax occurs in the presence of existing lung pathology. Tension pneumothorax develops occasionally and is a medical emergency. Unless reversed by effective treatment, these sequelae can progress and cause death. Catamenial pneumothorax is a rare condition where women experience pneumothorax at the onset of menstrual period.…
Membranes of the heart and lungs, the linings of the heart and lungs may occasionally become inflamed in SLE patients leading to sharp chest pains and shortness of breath. If it involves the lung, the condition is called pleuritis. If it affects the heart, the condition is called…
Pleurisy also known as pleuritis is defined as “inflammation of the pleura which may be caused by infection, injury, or tumor” (Medicine Net, 2013). This inflammation can result in abnormal body function. This inflammation can come from several sources. The way that the infection is spread with the pleural of the lung determines how it will be diagnosed and treated .…
Abnormal permanent enlargement of lung spaces distal to terminal bronchioles accompanied by destruction of walls without obvious fibrosis. This leads to decline in alveolar surface area available for gas exchange. Loss of alveoli leads to airflow limitation in 2 ways: first, loss of the alvoelar walls results in a decrease in elastic recoil (leads to airflow limitation). Second, loss of the alveolar supporting structure leads to airway narrowing, which further limits airflow.…
Pleural Mesothelioma is the most prevalent type of mesothelioma that results the pleura of the respiration and rib cage. Due to this illness pleura gets thickened. Some of the most popular signs and signs of pleural mesothelioma are regular hacking and coughing and hacking and coughing and hacking and coughing, problems in getting, problems in respiration, problems respiration, face inflammation, and weight-loss, heated, rasping and paying blood vessels.…
Mesothelioma is often a rare cancer that is aggressive and usually develops in the lining of the lungs, heart, or abdomen. It is usually caused by exposure to asbestos. Currently mesothelioma has no known cure and has a low chance of recovery. The most common symptoms of mesothelioma is shortness of breath, chest pain, and pleural effusions. Also mesothelioma can breakdown the lung tissue between the bronchial tree and the pleural space. This can lead to pneumothorax, which is having air in the pleural space.…
Ineffective Airway Clearance r/t Pleuritic pain as evidenced by Ms. Saxon reporting that her chest is sore after coughing/ sounds heard during auscultation.…
A person with a thoracic aortic aneurysm has unexplained coughing and wheezing. Respiratory symptoms increase as the size of the aneurysm increases. An untreated thoracic aneurysm with aortic valve damage leads to heart failure, which creates shortness of breath and severe cough productive of frothy sputum.…
Chylothorax results from disruption of the thoracic duct, and can be traumatic or nontraumatic. The most common cause of nontraumatic chylothorax is malignancy, with less common causes including LAM, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, histoplasmosis, Castleman disease, Down syndrome, and venous thrombosis. The obstructive findings on spirometry, history of prior pneumothorax, and lack of known prior malignancy make LAM the most likely etiology.…
Some respiratory signs include thick salty mucus clogging the tubes that carry air in and out of our lungs. This can cause, a persistent cough that produces mucus, wheezing, breathlessness, and repeated lung infections. Respiratory complications include, bronchiectasis, chronic infections, nasal polyps, pneumothorax, collapsed lung, respiratory failure and coughing up…
* Chest pain or discomfort that worsens when you take a deep breath or when you cough…
PAST HISTORY: Patient has had previous right pneumothorax but never any on the left side. He has undergone some type of attempted pleural ablation therapy. Sputum cultures from this admission have grown Pseudomonas and Streptococcus, and he has been treated with ciprofloxacin. PHYSICAL HISTORY: HR 100,…