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    Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) PCD also known as immotile cilia syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by a defect in the tiny hairs (cilia) lining the respiratory tracts‚ Specifically‚ it is a defect in a gene coding for left-right dynein (LRD) a key structural protein in cilia (Chodhari et al.‚ 2004) and is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive trait‚ although other modes of inheritance have been reported (Krawczynski and Witt‚ 2004). Clinical picture of PCD PCD

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    Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome In the field of respiratory therapy‚ we are the fighters that must preserve the breath of life. The battlefield we wage war on is riddled with many diseases and hardships for us to help our patients overcome by any means necessary. One of the main heavy hitters in this battle is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This condition is very deadly and is a tough opponent that must be defeated. ARDS is a dangerous condition affecting a vast group of patients

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    to atmospheric pressure‚ this will cause atelecatasis. How is Alveolar gas exchange affected by emphysema and pneumonia? Emphysema is a respitory disorder that affects the avioli. The avioli are sacs of epithelial tissue located in the ends of the bronchi tubes. These sacs are the site of gas exchange . When emphysema occurs‚ these sacs rupture and leave them unusable. Pneumonia‚ on the other hand‚ affects the avioli in a different way. When the sacs become filled with fluid from the bacterial

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    endemic for a variety of reasons. Some reasons being‚ population swelling and the increase in tourism‚ that causes the infection to grow and manifest itself. There are various forms‚ where the infection can occur‚ such as: chronic progressive pneumonia‚ acute pneumonia‚ meningitis and extra pulmonary non-meningeal disease. The infection does not affect everyone the same and can cause only flu-like symptoms for patients‚ while others can experience the more severe side. This specific fungal infection has

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    it means that the lungs are starting to get clean and later the cough would fade. Another recommended method is to maintain a good hygiene by washing your hand correctly and frequently. Moreover it is important to get the yearly flu vaccine and pneumonia vaccine. Finally‚ we should prevent ourselves to getting expose to chemicals or fumes that are toxic to our lungs because it would make the lungs’ task of filtering pollutants

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    HAT task 3A Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by a coronavirus; initial symptoms are lethargy‚ generalized aches and fever followed by cough‚ shortness of breath and occasionally diarrhea. The virus is known to be transmitted by droplets of body fluids when the infected individual coughs or sneezes. It is also thought to possibly be transmitted via contact. The virus is known to survive for up to 3 hours after contaminated droplets have dried. Live virus has also been found in the

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    Whooping Cough Everyday parents tell their kids over and over again to “wash your hands!”‚ but how many kids do you think really listen to their parents? I know I never listened to them when it came to staying clean and keeping me healthy when I was younger and lived at home. Many people don’t understand how much washing your hands really helps prevent one from germs and catching diseases. The cleaner you try to keep yourself‚ the less likely your chances to catch a bad disease. One disease

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    1) Anatomy & Physiology 227 Spring 2012 Dr Sheila M Wicks Take Home Exam Chapters 23 & 24 100 points Due April 8 Critical Thinking Clinical Questions Sami has been hospitalized with acute gastritis. Her symptoms were epigastric pressure (just above the stomach)‚ headache‚ nausea‚ and vomiting. She revealed that she had been suffering back pain and drank four shots of gin and took three aspirin to "kill the pain." What led the physician to make this diagnosis‚ and

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    smothering‚ tightness‚ drowning‚ or suffocation. When a patient experience’s dyspnoea they commonly describe symptoms of an inability to achieve an adequate air supply and describe a feeling of suffocation‚ smothering‚ tightness and/or drowning. Pneumonia affects the movement of air and blood into and out of the lungs (Porth‚ 2011)‚ this leaves Margaret at risk of developing respiratory failure (National Institute of Health‚ 2011). The oedema in Margaret’s alveoli is restricting the flow of oxygen

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    Communicable Disease: Communicable diseases‚ also known as infectious diseases or transmissible diseases‚ are illnesses that result from the infection‚ presence and growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease) biologic agents in an individual human or other animal host. Infections may range in severity from asymptomatic (without symptoms) to severe and fatal. The term infection does not have the same meaning as infectious disease because some infections do not cause illness in a host. Disease

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