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Common Respiratory Disorders

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COMMON RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

Asthma

RESPIRATORY PATHWAYS BECOME IRRITATED AND BRONCHIOLES CONSTRICT

Bronchitis

RESPIRATORY PATHWAYS BECOME INFECTED RESULTING IN COUGHING AND PRODUCTION OF MUCUS

Emphysema

ALVEOLI BREAKDOWN RESULTING IN REDUCED SURFACE AREA NEEDED FOR GAS EXCHANGE WITH ALVEOLI'S BLOOD CAPILLARIES

PNEUMONIA

INFECTION OF THE LUNGS THAT CAUSES ALVEOLI TO COLLECT MUCUS MATERIAL

PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

A SPECIFIC BACTERIA INFECTS THE LUNGS, RESULTING IN LESS ELASTICITY OF THE BLOOD CAPILLARIES SURROUNDING ALVEOLI, THUS DECREASING EFFECTIVE GAS EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE AIR AND BLOOD

LUNG CANCER

UNCONTROLLED CELL GROWTH IN LUNG TISSUE CAN LEAD TO A PERSISTENT COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, BRONCHITIS, OR PNEUMONIA, AND CAN LEAD TO DEATH