The simple act of breathing is often taken for granted. As an automated function sustaining life, most of us do not have to think about the act of breathing. However, for many others, respiratory diseases make this simple act thought consuming. Emphysema is one such disease taking away the ease, but instead inflicting labored breathing and a hope for a cure. Healthy lung tissue is predominately soft, elastic connective tissue, designed to slide easily over the thorax with each breath. The lungs
The Respiratory System A Review of the System, Its Components, and Diseases That Can Affect It What is the respiratory system? Why do we need to breathe? Can the process be changed or altered? The information in this paper will help you find out how the respiratory system works, what the components are that make the system work, and the many diseases that can change or alter the process. The respiratory system is made up of the organs and tissues in your body that help you breathe. The goal of breathing
Respiratory disease is a major health problem and had become control of epidemic and pandemic disease in health care. (WHO, 2007). Nowadays, respiratory disease is global problem that occur in both developed and developing countries. Over 50 million of world population suffers from respiratory diseases. Respiratory system is very essential for human beings to live as this exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide for respiration. Respiratory disease is a pathologic condition that affects all the parts
a danger in the way it impairs the way your mind creates memories. When driving your judgment is altered and not many would appreciate if someone under the influence is on the road. Another way is the effects it has on a person’s lungs causing respiratory illnesses. Not only that, but Smoking marijuana is a factor to poor education outcomes from that smoker. Marijuana can be a very unpleasant thing to think about especially when you start to think about what it does to your mind. One of the many
Epidemiology: RSV plays a major role in respiratory infection among the childhood population, especially infants and younger children. It is the leading viral agent respiratory tract disease worldwide, causing bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants and young children. There are about 100,000 cases and 4,500 deaths yearly of RSV infections in the United States (1). Typically, all children are infected with RSV by age 2 to 3; however, the infections can reemerge up to 5 to 6 per year. RSV was first
gas chambers and there is even a type of rocket fuel found in cigarettes (http://ash.org/additives.html). Cigarettes not only contain harmful substances, but they also can cause erectile dysfunction in men and illnesses such as cancer and lung disease (http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3009767). Cigarettes are full of substances that are harmful not only to the smoker, but also to those around him or her. Smoking not only harms the smoker, but also those around them.
The respiratory system has six major areas that works together that allows the body to breathe, prevent choking, and not to allow harmful debris to enter the respiratory system are some of the functions that the respiratory system does. The respiratory system is divided into two regions, the upper and lower respiratory. The upper respiratory consists of the Nose (nasal) and Pharynx while the lower respiratory embodies the rest of the system which includes the Larynx, Trachea, Bronchioles and Lungs
The respiratory system is a complex organ structure of the human body anatomy, and the primary purpose of this system is to supply the blood with oxygen in order for the blood vessels to carry the precious gaseous element to all parts of the body to accomplish cell respiration. The respiratory system completes this important function of breathing throughout inspiration. In the breathing process inhaling oxygen is essential for cells to metabolize nutrients and carry out some other tasks, but it must
still is to young people in the developing world. It’s in the developed world, but at a time before antibiotics, at a time when acute respiratory ailments posed an even greater but still preventable threat to the younger set that concerns us here and that inspires a deeper look at the full implications of respiratory disease. The WHO goes on to say that acute respiratory infection (ARI) “is one of five conditions which account for more than 70% of child mortality in Africa.” So not only is pneumonia
ACLS Guide to the Human Respiratory System The human respiratory system consists of organs responsible for taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide gas. Oxygen in air enters through the upper respiratory tract, which begins with the nose and the mouth, and is carried into the pharynx, the trachea, and into the lungs, where the exchange of gases occurs. The Human Respiratory System Human life depends on the presence of food, water and oxygen in order to sustain the body’s various functions. Every
mind. This can be just one scenario to children who are stricken with a Respiratory syncytial viral infection. Definition and Epidemiology Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV is “a virus that causes infection in the respiratory tract” (“Diseases and Conditions, 2013”). Normal healthy infants and children can tolerate respiratory syncytial virus, however, many cannot, and need to be hospitalized to receive treatment. Respiratory syncytial virus is very common in young children, so common that most children
period of time can increase the risk of obesity related diseases including diabetes, heart disease and certain types of cancers (colon cancer, bowel or breast cancer) and even a greater risk of strokes (NHS, 2012). The World Health Organisation (Who) (2013) states that obesity can have a range of long term issues on the body and its organs which can cause preventable illnesses and diseases. Specifically being obese can affect the respiratory (breathing) system. Weight can put people at a greater
capacity. My research is as follows: To begin with, Medical Ventilator can deal with some tissue or systems’ problem, like the muscle tissue or respiratory system. The Respiratory system is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for the process of respiration. It has two functions: breathing, and exchanges gases. The respiratory system aids in breathing, and air is inhaled through the nasal and oral cavities. It moves through the pharynx, larynx, trachea and bronchi into
While cystic fibrosis (CF) is not a new disease, there is still a lot to learn about it. In 1938 a pathologist, Dr Dorothy Andersen, provided the first clear description of cystic fibrosis. Before this time there had been reports of people that had the symptoms of someone with CF. During the seventeenth century children with the symptoms of CF were thought to be bewitched and their life expectancy was very short. Dr Dorothy Andersen gave this disease its name because cystic fibrosis refers to the
Whooping cough is a highly contagious and acute respiratory disease caused by an aerobic Gram negative encapsulated coco-bacillus bacterium, Bordetella pertussis. It is a strict human pathogen with no known animal or environmental reservoirs and an air-borne disease. On inhalation, Bordetella pertussis colonizes the ciliated cells of the bronchio-epithelium to cause disease characterised by; epithelial damage, hyper mucus secretion, pulmonary edema and paroxysmal coughing. It is often accompanied
6. Respiratory Monitoring and Instrumentation In the assessment of a disease or an anesthetic regimen, respiratory monitoring plays an essential role. It adds to the clinical evaluation by the anesthesiologist and helps with the risk stratification of the disease or assessment of the response to treatment. In the case of a mechanically ventilated patient during anesthesia or in the ICU, monitoring of respiratory function helps with better adjustment of the ventilator parameters, with the aim of
The purpose of the respiratory system is breathing which is also known as ventilation. The process of cyclically moving air in and out of the lungs so alveolar air that has given up oxygen and picked up carbon dioxide can be exchanged for fresh air from the atmosphere. Ventilation is accomplished from the system alternately shifting the direction of the pressure gradient for airflow between the atmosphere and the alveoli through the expansion and recoiling of the lungs. Contraction of the inspiratory
The respiratory system works in a way that organs in the body are responsible for taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide. One major organ is the lungs; it carries out the exchange of gas as we breathe. During the process of breathing, the mechanism can be obstructed in different ways and that can result in inflammation of the lungs. Different diseases are being generated due to inflammation of the lungs but my case study is on Asthma. Based on the summary of Urata Yoshida, “Asthma is a disease
recovering from disease and invasive medical procedures. Respiration is contingent on how much pressure is exerted on the internal organs and how much resistance these organs meet when trying to relieve this pressure. In this regard, posture has a great influence on how well the respiratory system functions. It has been found that standing and lying in an augmented prone position are the best postures for promotion of respiratory function, as these positions allow more room for respiratory muscles to
Bird Fancier’s Lung is a disease that affects mostly pigeon breeders but also can be linked to chickens, turkeys, parakeets, feather duvets, moldy hay, sawdust, grain, or excessive fungal growth on walls (Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis, n.d.). Diagnosis of the disease can be a difficult task. Patients suffering from the disease will develop influenza-like symptoms, cough, and shortness of breath. Crackles may be heard over the lungs, and respiratory function tests show a restrictive abnormality