Food Journal
Definition: Airways leading to the lungs inflame and become narrow.
Causes: Can be inherited or this occurs if your airways are sensitive to allergens like dust, pollen, smoking, or perfume.
Symptoms: Wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightens, and coughing.
Treatment: Using an inhaler to calm the airways.
Prevention: Stay away from stimuli that trigger these symptoms, do not smoke, and always carry an inhaler.
Definition: Swelling of the pleura that cover the lungs and chest wall.
Causes: An infection in the lower respiratory system from a virus or bacteria.
Symptoms: A sudden, sharp pain in the chest and difficulty breathing.
Treatment: Antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and pain medication.
Prevention: Take immunization shots and don’t smoke!
Definition: A life-threatening condition when the lungs can’t properly move O2 in/out of the blood.
Causes: Low production of surfactant in the lungs of newborns. *Common in premature births
Symptoms: Rapid breathing, feeling like you can’t get air into your lungs, low O2 levels.
Treatment: No treatment, but breathing machines are used to heal the lungs.
Prevention: Seeing your doctor regularly during pregnancy, DON’T DO DRUGS, have a healthy diet.
Definition: Air in the pleural cavity.
Causes: Trauma to the lungs or pleural cavity such as a knife, bullet, broken rib, etc.
Symptoms: Sharp chest pain, shortness of breath, tightness in chest, rapid heartbeat.
Treatment: If the lung does not repair itself, a needle or chest tube insertion is used to remove the air in the lungs.
Prevention: STOP SMOKING, get check at the doctors regularly, and become a woman because they are less likely to develop pneumothorax.
Definition: Inflammation of the bronchial.
Causes: Cigarette smoke, pollution, infections.
Symptoms: Swelling of the mucous membrane of bronchi, excessive mucus production, or coughing.
Treatment: Antibiotics, aspirin, and vaporizers (humidifier) are used.
Prevention: Just don’t
Causes: Can be inherited or this occurs if your airways are sensitive to allergens like dust, pollen, smoking, or perfume.
Symptoms: Wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightens, and coughing.
Treatment: Using an inhaler to calm the airways.
Prevention: Stay away from stimuli that trigger these symptoms, do not smoke, and always carry an inhaler.
Definition: Swelling of the pleura that cover the lungs and chest wall.
Causes: An infection in the lower respiratory system from a virus or bacteria.
Symptoms: A sudden, sharp pain in the chest and difficulty breathing.
Treatment: Antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and pain medication.
Prevention: Take immunization shots and don’t smoke!
Definition: A life-threatening condition when the lungs can’t properly move O2 in/out of the blood.
Causes: Low production of surfactant in the lungs of newborns. *Common in premature births
Symptoms: Rapid breathing, feeling like you can’t get air into your lungs, low O2 levels.
Treatment: No treatment, but breathing machines are used to heal the lungs.
Prevention: Seeing your doctor regularly during pregnancy, DON’T DO DRUGS, have a healthy diet.
Definition: Air in the pleural cavity.
Causes: Trauma to the lungs or pleural cavity such as a knife, bullet, broken rib, etc.
Symptoms: Sharp chest pain, shortness of breath, tightness in chest, rapid heartbeat.
Treatment: If the lung does not repair itself, a needle or chest tube insertion is used to remove the air in the lungs.
Prevention: STOP SMOKING, get check at the doctors regularly, and become a woman because they are less likely to develop pneumothorax.
Definition: Inflammation of the bronchial.
Causes: Cigarette smoke, pollution, infections.
Symptoms: Swelling of the mucous membrane of bronchi, excessive mucus production, or coughing.
Treatment: Antibiotics, aspirin, and vaporizers (humidifier) are used.
Prevention: Just don’t