Respiratory System

Respiratory system
Asthma
A chronic (long term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways, asthma causes recurring periods of wheezing ( a sound when you breathe), chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing. The coughing often occurs at night or early in the morning. Asthma is characterized by inflammation of the bronchial tubes with increased production of sticky secretions inside the tubes. People with asthma experience symptoms when that airways tighten, inflame or fill with mucus. Common asthma symptoms include coughing, ( especially at night), wheezing , shortness of breath, chest tightness ( Pain or pressure). Asthma has no cure. Even when you feel fine, you still have the disease and it can flare up at anytime.
Nervous
This susceptibility is due to predisposing hereditary factors that include both HLA and non-HLA genes. More than 90% of patients with CD carry the high-risk alleles HLA-DQ2 and HLA]. Prevalence of CD depends on the population studied and varies from 1 : 70 to 1 : 500. The lifelong incidence is 1 : 100, and any age group can be affected. Population-based studies in Finland also suggest that the prevalence increases with age from 1.5% in children to 2.7% in the elderly. Women are preferentially affected by the disease with a 2 : 1 ratio. The classical symptoms of CD are chronic malabsorptive diarrhea, flatulence, iron deficiency anemia, and weight loss, but extraintestinal manifestations are also possible, such as osteopenia, aphthous stomatitis, arthritis, liver failure, and psychiatric and neurological manifestations . In fact, small bowel involvement is not a sine qua non condition to establish the diagnosis of CD. Extraintestinal manifestations may precede or even occur without overt intestinal involvement. There is no cure for celiac disease; the only treatment is a gluten-free diet. Celiac disease patients vary in their tolerance of gluten -- some patients can ingest small amounts of gluten without developing symptoms, while others experience massive diarrhea with only minute amounts of gluten. The standard treatment calls for
The white blood cells fight infection in the spleen and special vessels throughout the body called lymph nodes. If your immune system becomes compromised, the lymphatic system won’t be able to work properly, causing swelling from a buildup of fluid in parts of the body. Disorders of the lymphatic system include elephantiasis, a swelling of body parts caused by a filarial worm infestation, and lymphedema, a swelling in the arms or legs caused by lymph nodes or lymph vessels disturbed by surgery for breast or prostate cancer. Medication, massage therapy and compression garments can help. Birth defects: In rare cases, babies born to mothers with Sjogren's syndrome have been born with heart problems. Women with Sjogren's syndrome who are pregnant or plan to become pregnant should discuss the potential risks of childbirth with their healthcare providers.
Inflamed organs: Another uncommon complication of Sjogren's syndrome is inflamed organs. Sometimes internal organs, such as the kidneys, liver, or lungs, may become enlarged. When this happens, the enlarged organs may become infected or lose some functioning. For instance, if the lungs become enlarged, patients have an increased risk of developing bronchitis or pneumonia.
Lymphoma: In rare cases, patients with Sjogren's syndrome may develop cancer of the lymph