Respiratory system

Allergic rhinitis

Reaction to airborne allergens causing sneezing, profuse watery nasal discharge, and nasal congestion

Asthma

Environmental disease causing dyspnea, lack of oxygen, bronchial congestion

Atelectasis

Dyspnea due to collapse of the alveoli

Bronchitis

Bronchospasms; an allergic disorder causing wheezing, dyspnea, sputum production

COPD

A progressive complex desease with marked dyspnea, productive cough, frequent respiratory infections, barrel chest, respiratory failure

Emphysema

Inability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide, causing chronic cough, pursed-lips breating, cyanosis, weight loss

Pnemothorax

lung collapse

Tuberculosis

Nodular lesions of lung tissue with fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, night sweats

URI

Upper Respiratory Infection - nonproductive cough, nasal congestion, fever, watery eyes

Broncoscopy

To observe the trachea and broncial tree, obtain a sample, or remove a foreign body

Sputum analysis

To diagnose infectious organisms or cancer cells

Causes of altered breathing pattern

Cough, hiccough, sneezing, crying, yawning

Pathway of respiration

Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, anveoli

Mucus streaming

Propelling particles upward past the epiglottis

epiglottis

Covers the opening to the larynx when swallowing

Pulse oximeter

Measures the amount of oxygen in the blood

Emphysema causes

Enlarged alveolar spaces in the lungs

Pulmonary edema

Occurs when fluid accumulates within the tussues of the lung

Pulmonary embolus

A blood clot obstructing an arteriole in the lungs

Epitaxis

Nosebleed

Influenza

An acute illness characterized by fever, pain, coughing and general upper respiratory symptoms

Laryngitis

Inflamation of the vocal cords occurs in acute and chronic forms

Lung Cancer

Leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women, its progressive cellular degenration of lung tissue

Pneumonia

Acute infection of the tissuses of the lungs which may impair the exchange of 02 and co2

Sinusitis

Inflammation of the paranasal sinus cavities, usually results from the common cold

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Mysterious condition that kills apparently healthy infants, it's unexplainable

Tuberculosis

Acute or chronic, highly contagious infection causing nodular lesions on the lung tissue

Upper respiratory infection (URI)

Caused by several different viruses and transmitted by repiratory droplets, contaminated objects, or hands of children are main transmitters of the organism