Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is the condition in which the alveolar wall is thickened by scarring‚ causes the patients to have shortness of breath‚ fatigue and lower the oxygen saturation. PF may have definable causes but in many cases‚ the causes remain unknown. Those cases with unknown causes called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Air is drawn in by the nose and mouth‚ passes through the bronchi to the bronchioles and finally reaches millions of alveoli. Around the alveolar is a group of many capillaries
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Tuberculosis: and the trials for the development of a new vaccine Elena Charalambous BHS014-6 Applied Microbiology University of Bedfordshire Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious disease and it mostly attracts the fields of immunology‚ pathology‚ radiology‚ respiratory physiology‚ and neonatology (Lawn and Zumla 2011). Tuberculosis is a very old disease it first affected the mammoths and Egyptian mummies and after that it infected a large amount of the mankind (Migliori et al.‚ 2010)
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COPD which is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is known as a condition that progressively makes it harder to breathe because the airflow into and out of the lungs is reduced. This usually occurs because the airways and air sacs lose their elastic quality‚ the walls between the air sacs are destroyed‚ the walls of the airways become swollen‚ or if the airways are clogged because they made more mucus than usual. Three main conditions of this disease are emphysema‚ chronic obstructive bronchitis
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease‚ commonly known as COPD by most people‚ disrupts the airflow going in and out of the lungs which reduces lung function. This disease was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2011. It has been expected that about 32 million people in the United States today have this disease. COPD occurs more often in men than in it does in women (COPD). Studies show that one can learn what Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is‚ understand how it disturbs
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DR F A OGUNJI‚ DIRECTOR‚ VETERINRY DEPARTMENT‚ MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE‚ AKURE‚ ONDO STATE‚ NIGERIA. FIELD SITE: VETERINRY DEPARTMENT‚ MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE‚ AKURE‚ ONDO STATE‚ NIGERIA. RETROSPETIVE STUDY OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN ONDO STATE‚ NIGERIA INTRODUCTION BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (BTB): Is a chronic infectious and contagious disease of both domestic and wild animals including human (Radostitis et al. 2002). It is characterized by the formation of granulomas in tissues and organs
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Assessment 1:Case Study 1250 words (40%) Overview You are required to complete a pathophysiological template for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in relation to a case study and answer three questions. To complete the template you must summarize the relevant information for each component. This summary may consist of a combination of sentences‚ flow diagrams and dot points where relevant. The information in the template must be accurately referenced using the APA referencing style
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common chronic inflammatory lung diseases in the world. It has been suggested that COPD cases represent 95% among all cases of chronic lower lung diseases. COPD is usually represented as several lung diseases including emphysema‚ chronic bronchitis‚ and refractory asthma. Since COPD is a chronic disease‚ it may have an effect on patients especially on their health related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL is defined as the discernments
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connects to the heart’s blood vessels called the aorta‚ vena cava‚ pulmonary trunk‚ and pulmonary veins. There are two different types of circulatory loops in the human body the Pulmonary Circulation and the Systemic Circulation. The Pulmonary arteries brings blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs where then the blood picks up oxygen and returns to the left side of the heart. The pumping chambers that support the pulmonary circulation are the right atrium and left ventricle.
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Introduction: Chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic inflammation and irreversible airflow obstruction which causes some structural changes in the lung1. It is the fourth major and leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and it will become third in all major causes of death by 20202. Since two decades‚ smoking is the major cause of COPD worldwide. This disease is rare in non-smoking person except those who will have exposure of occupational dust‚ environmental
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Avery Smith Anatomy A Mr.Tutolo 10/24/14 Why is Tuberculosis so Dangerous 1. What is Tuberculosis and what are the symptoms Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The disease can affect the lungs and can cause other problems in some parts of the body such as the brain‚ the kidney‚ and the spine. In 2013 Tuberculosis killed 9 million people The symptoms of Tuberculosis: Bad cough that can last to three days Pain in chest Coughing up blood Chills Fevers Weight
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