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