Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis | Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis
What causes Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disorder with autosomal recessive transmission. All the exocrine glands in the body especially those in respiratory and gastro-intestinal systems are involved and produce viscid mucus. Hence cystic fibrosis is also called as mucoviscoidosis.
Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis
The diagnosis is suspected from the onset of diarrhea in early infancy, [...]
Cystic Fibrosis Causes | Etio-pathology of Cystic Fibrosis
What Causes Cystic Fibrosis
The cause and the nature of the disease are obscure but it is a fundamental disorder of the pancreas and respiratory tract in which abnormal muco-polysaccharide is secreted, possibly with insufficient secretion of mucolytic enzyme.
Excessive secretion and consequent pathological changes in the glands with cholinergic secreto-motor innervations are due to exhaustion of [...]
Cystic Fibrosis | Symptoms and Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis
What is Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) which is also known as mucoviscoidosis, is an autosomal recessive disorder and is major cause of pancreatic insufficiency and respiratory failure in childhood. Cystic fibrosis is characterized by generalized dysfunction of all exocrine glands, including those which secrete mucus.
Blockage by viscid secretion causes cystic changes in the pancreas and [...]
Asthma Nebulisers | Inhalation devices for Acute Asthma
What are Nebulizers
Nebulisers are inhalation devices specially used in individuals with acute asthma. Nebulisers deliver the drug directly to the lungs and cause instant relief and can be used at any age. They should produce a particle size of 2.5 microns or less.
Normally nebuliser is driven by an air compressor (nebulisation machine or automiser) but [...]
Cure Flu at Home| Symptoms of Influenza | Causes | Prevention and Home remedies for Flu
What is Flu (Influenza)?
It is a viral infection of the nose, throat and lungs. It affects the whole body, though it is a respiratory ailment. Flu viruses are highly contagious and every year, new variations can arise. It is impossible to differentiate between cold and a mild flu. People experience discomfort for 10days and then [...]
Home Remedies for Coughs: Prevent Coughs Naturally, Symptoms, Causes
What are Coughs?
Cough is an important reflex in response to any obstruction or irritation in the throat, larynx, bronchial tubes or lungs. Coughing keeps our lungs and airways free of secretions or foreign objects that may interfere with normal breathing. Coughing once or twice in an hour clears the throat, and is normal. But dry [...]
Atelectasis: Imperfect Expansion of Lungs, Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What is Atelectasis?
Atelectasis is also called as collapse of lung. It is an imperfect expansion of the lung. It may be confined to a segment, a lobe or the whole lung.
What are the Causes of Atelectasis?
Congenital causes of Atelectasis
It is also referred to as neonatal collapse. Non-aeration of lung at birth or developing soon after [...]
Aspiration Pneumonia: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Aspiration pneumonia
Aspiration pneumonia is a type of secondary pneumonia or pneumonia due to weak host defenses. Aspiration pneumonia is caused by aspiration of organisms (usually anaerobes) into to lower respiratory tract.
Benign aspiration pneumonia
In this type of aspiration pneumonia the cause is due to aspiration of infected nasal secretions into lower respiratory tract
due to coryza or [...]
Aspergillosis: A lung fungi infection, Treatment and Symptoms
What is Aspergillosis?
Aspergillosis is a disease caused due to filamentous fungi.
Causes of Aspergillosis
Predisposing factors for fungal infection of lung are usually apportunistic in nature.
States of general debility such as malnutrition, diabetes, cachexia of malignant disease, blood dyscrasias and lymphomas.
Local damage to respiratory tract due to previous inflammatory, neoplastic or allergic disease.
Iatrogenic factors are broad spectrum [...]
Asbestosis: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Diagnosis
What is Asbestosis?
Asbestosis is the pulmonary parenchymal fibrosis resulting from exposure to asbestos. This condition usually develops nearly 20 years after first exposure to a large amount of exposure of asbestos. Asbestosis is rare in the absence of asbestos related pleural changes.
What are Causes of Asbestosis?
Asbestos fibers get deposited at the branch points of respiratory [...]
Asthma Types: Cardiac or Acute Pulmonary Edema, Bronchial Asthma, Treatment
What are the different type of Asthma?
Cardiac Asthma or Acute Pulmonary Edema and
Bronchial asthma.
What is Cardiac asthma? What are the symptoms of Cardiac Asthma?
Cardiac Asthma is a synonym used for acute left heart failure or acute pulmonary edema. It is a condition characterized by transudation of fluid from pulmonary capillaries into the alveoli.
What are the [...]
Bronchitis: Acute, Chronic Bronchitis Symptoms, Treatment, Herbal Remedies
What is Bronchitis?
Bronchitis is classified as acute and chronic bronchitis.
Acute bronchitis
Acute Bronchitis is defined as acute infection of mucous membrane of trachea and bronchi by virus, bacteria or irritants.
Causes of Acute Bronchitis
The precipitating factors are
Infections from throat or sinuses which can be viral or bacterial.
Complications of other diseases like measles, whooping cough etc.
Physical and chemical [...]
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