Immune-Compromised Host: What Can I Do to Fight Pneumonia? Pneumonia is an infection causing inflammation of the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may be filled with pus or fluid resulting to cough with phlegm or pus‚ chills‚ fever‚ and difficulty breathing. Bacteria‚ fungi‚ viruses‚ and a variety of organisms can cause pneumonia. But what if you are an immune-compromised host? When you already have a weakened immune system and you get pneumonia‚ it is called “pneumonia in an immune-compromised
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OCS (Organ Care System) What is it? The Organ Care System (or OCS for short) is a device created by TransMedics INC and allows for soon to be transplanted organs like hearts and lungs to remain outside of a host body for longer. The OCS works by transporting warm blood‚ oxygenated‚ and nutrient rich blood to the donated organ‚ thusly‚ prolonging the time the organ can remain outside of a body (1). History of transplants: The very first successful heart transplant performed in humans was in 1967
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it was apparent that the reason for Jack’s breathlessness was due to his smoking. Jack was informed by the nurse that if he were to stop smoking‚ it would prevent any further damage‚ would relieve any symptoms‚ would slow down the progression of his COPD‚ would save him money‚ would improve his breathing‚ and he would enjoy his food a lot more. The NICE guidelines (2007) state reducing levels of smoking will help reduce some illnesses and conditions (such as cardiovascular disease and respiratory
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How do people "catch pneumonia"? Some cases of pneumonia are contracted by breathing in small droplets that contain the organisms that can cause pneumonia. These droplets get into the air when a person infected with these germs coughs or sneezes. In other cases‚ pneumonia is caused when bacteria or viruses that are normally present in the mouth‚ throat‚ or nose inadvertently enter the lung. During sleep‚ it is quite common for people to aspirate secretions from the mouth‚ throat‚ or nose. Normally
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A 60-year-old patient presents for a routine checkup. He is a former cigarette smoker with a 60-pack-year smoking history‚ but he quit smoking 5 years ago. He denies any chest pain‚ cough‚ shortness of breath‚ or weight loss. Which of the following is the most appropriate screening method for lung cancer in this patient? A: 3 consecutive sputum samples for cytology B: Chest radiography • The reason this is the wrong answer is because there is no mortality benefit that is associated with the yearly
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Risk Factors of Pneumonia: * Infants who are 2 years old or younger * People who are 65 years old or older * Health problems (heart failure‚ diabetes) * People with lung diseases (COPD) * People with weak or suppressed immune system (HIV/AIDS‚ chemotherapy‚ organ transplant or blood and marrow stem cell transplant) * Smokers
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Smoking - effects on your body Summary Nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco smoke that causes smokers to continue to smoke. Addicted smokers need enough nicotine over a day to �feel normal� � to satisfy cravings or control their mood. How much nicotine a smoker needs determines how much smoke they are likely to inhale‚ no matter what type of cigarette they smoke. Along with nicotine‚ smokers also inhale about 7‚000 other chemicals in cigarette smoke. Many of these chemicals come from burning
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MANAGEMENT OF BREATHLESSNESS IN LUNG CANCER Breathlessness is one of the most common symptoms of advanced cancer‚ particularly lung cancer. Reported incidence varies between 30% - 70%(J. Carner).30% of all the patient experience it during some part of their illness and it goes as high 79% with lung cancer. (Mora Kearney). Despite being prevalent it is most of the time not recognised by the health professional‚ when it is really serious. May be due to the fact that patient sometimes do not come
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amount of Carbon tetrachloride‚ a known carcinogen. Since then clinical studies have shown that the survivors have still been suffering from debilitating conditions such as pulmonary fibrosis‚ bronchial asthma‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ emphysema‚ recurrent chest infections‚ keratopathy and corneal opacities. They also showed that the following generations were suffering from respiratory‚ neurologic‚ psychiatric and ophthalmic symptoms. Studies have found that exposure to methyl
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The respiratory system carries out gas exchange; major organs in the system include: the nose‚ pharynx‚ larynx‚ trachea‚ bronchi‚ and lungs. The major function of the respiratory system is to supply the body with oxygen and dispose of carbon dioxide. In order for this to happen‚ at least four events called respiration must occur. The first is the pulmonary ventilation. The air must move in and out of the lungs so that the gases in the alveoli are continuously refreshed. This process is better known
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