Sometimes long – term smoking, has long term has long term effects on your body. Including Lung cancer and other horrible illnesses. Sometimes you could get Lung Cancer and other times you could even die. Which is why you should be prepared. In order to, you should know : The Respiratory System is affected by […]
Cancer is a disease caused by out of control abnormal cell divisions. Cancer harms the body and its organ systems when abnormal cells divide in an uncontrolled way to form tumors and lumps that affect the tissues in the body. There are many different types of cancers such as lung cancer, breast cancer, blood cancer. […]
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Get startedAsthma is a persistent disease involving the airway in the lungs making it difficult for someone to breath. It is the most common respiratory condition in the United States that over 22 million people have. There are a few people out there that might come to believe that asthma is contagious but it is not. […]
The Cardiovascular System consists of two components which are the heart and the blood vessels. The heart performs the function of pumping blood while the blood vessels act as the channels through which blood is transported to various parts of the body. The process of blood circulation to different parts of the body is divided […]
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is pneumonia that develops forty-eight hours or more after intubation. When a patient has to be mechanically ventilated with an endotracheal or tracheostomy tube, they are at a higher risk of developing pneumonia because the tube bypasses their normal upper airway defenses. Their underlying disease process, depressed immune system, immobility, and […]
For this week’s Assignment we were asked to choose a respiratory disease and discuss its overall impact on our bodies and lives. My topic of choice I am deciding to go with is Pneumonia. Pneumonia is characterized as an illness consisting of an inflammation of one or both of the air sacs in the lungs. […]
The pathophysiology of pneumonia according to Ignatavicius and Workman (2016) “Is excess fluid in the lungs resulting from an inflammatory process. The inflammation is triggered by many infectious organisms and by inhalation of irritating agents. The inflammation occurs in the interstitial space, the alveoli, and often the bronchioles” (Ignatavicius and Workman, 206 p.590). When infectious […]
