RISK OF BREATHING Risk Of Breathing Belinda Jones University of Phoenix Passive Smoke Smokers may never realize the harm they do to those around them. A smoker knows the risks they pose to
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airway destruction. The term COPD includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Although asthma also involves airway inflammation and periodic narrowing of the airway lumina (hyperreactivity), the condition is the result of individual response to a wide variety of stimuli/triggers and is therefore episodic in nature with fluctuations/exacerbations of symptoms. Asthma: Also known as chronic reactive airway disease, asthma is characterized by reversible inflammation and constriction of bronchial smooth muscle
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Place the statements/comments in the correct order when undertaking an A-E Assessment on a patientThink about the “task” or “observation” that is being undertaken within the following statement/comment , and place it in the correct order(Some Trusts may want to undertake F and G, so there are statements relevant to these ) | Gold Standard | Goals | Set time parameters for review | Temperature | Pain Assessment | Level of Consciousness | Heart Rate | Respiratory Rate | Patient airway | Obstructed
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Epidemiology of Asthma: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways which causes episodic wheezing, shortness of breath ,chest tightness, and coughing. Asthma effects people of all ages, backgrounds , religion and gender. According to one article no one risk factor is responsible for asthma morbidity; rather asthma risk factors include living in poverty, in the inner city being uninsured or Medicaid enrolled and being African American. (Kimberly P Toole, 2013) Asthma is a significant
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exacerbation of asthma. My client’s mother brought her to the Emergency Room January 14th at 9:30 am due to respiratory distress. My client was running a fever of 101.8 and had been coughing and wheezing for two days and was not showing any signs of improvement. According to Moby’s Pediatric Reference, asthma is a lung disease where there is an obstruction, or inflammation in the airway, airway hyperresponsiveness, or spasm of the bronchial smooth muscle. A flare up, or exacerbation of asthma can be precipitated
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and sleep apnea. For the last week, she has been coughing and bringing up yellow mucus. She also noticed edema in her ankles so she decided to visit a physician about her condition. Jessica's family and medical history include a negative history of asthma or allergies, lack of occupational or home exposure to asbestos, a previous smoking history (one package of cigarettes per day between the ages of 16 and 52), episodes of bronchitis and bronchopneumonitis, treated with antibiotics on an outpatient
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Megan MacNeal ENG 023/ Hines 3/6/2013 Giving Up My First Dog The hour and a half car ride that day was one of the worst car rides ever. I was in fifth grade at the time and summer was coming to an end. A few days prior my parents decided that keeping our dog just wasn’t an option. They had put an ad on the Internet to search to find him a new home. Soon enough there we were. My mom, dad, older sister Alyssa and I sitting in our car outside of these peoples house whom we were about to meet for
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Food allergies affect around 4% of adults and 4-6% of children in the United States. The most common allergic reactions to food are cough, runny nose, sneezing, dizziness, chest pain, rashes, itching, hives, swelling, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Factors that influence food allergies include exposure as a child and breast feeding. Allergic responses can arise from a number of proteins found within any given food. There are thought to be two types of allergic reactions, immune reactions and
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Asthma is a lung disease that is chronic and it aggravates and tightens the airways of a person. Asthma cause recurring periods of wheezing, which is a whistling sound when a person breathes, tightness in the chest area, a shortness of breath, and coughing (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011). Coughing mostly happens at night time or either early in the morning. The airways are the tubes that carries air in and out of the lungs, so it is difficult for a person who has asthma because
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Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is a condition presenting with certain symptoms and a positive respiratory specimen or Acid Fast Bacillus (AFB) smear showing the presence of mycobacterium tuberculosis. The inflammatory response is our body’s way to fight bacterial infection. The immune response is the body’s defense against viruses. Our body's defense system discerns the type of enemy trying to invade, and launches the appropriate response, be it inflammatory or an immune response. Tuberculosis
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