Respiratory Diseases
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- Created on: 20-04-13 23:14
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- Respiratory Diseases
- Diseases that influence the mechanics of breathing
- Asthma
- The bronchioles constrict
- Flow of air reduced
- Respiratory muscles must work harder
- Emphysema
- Lungs become stiff with fibers and are less elastic
- Respiratory muscles must work harder
- Bronchitis
- Airways become inflamed and narrower
- This restricts the flow of air
- Respiratory muscles must work harder
- Pneumothorax
- Air in chest cavity equalizes pressure with outside air
- Lungs collapse
- Usually caused by trauma or injury
- Apnea
- Breathing slows or stops
- Usually caused by problems in the respiratory centers of the brain
- Asthma
- Diseases that minimize or prevent gas exchange
- Pulmonary edema
- Fluid between the alveolus and pulmonary capillary builds up
- Increases distance that gases must exchange and slows down exchange
- Smoke inhalation
- Smoke particles coat the alveoli
- Prevent the exchange of gases
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin tighter than oxygen or carbon dioxide
- Minimizes delivery of oxygen to all tissues of body
- Fatal if not caught soon
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Family of diseases that leads to reduction in airflow through respiratory system
- Pulmonary edema
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