COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Angelia Alleyne HCS/245 May 4, 2015 Professor Lori Olson COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a long-term disease that causes breathing problems. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide. COPD, however, is a heterogeneous collection of diseases with differing causes, pathogenic mechanisms, and physiological effects. Therefore a comprehensive
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Chronic Bronchitis HCS/245 02/01/15 Cheryl Meaux Chronic Bronchitis Chronic bronchitis is an inflammation, or irritation, of the airways in the lungs. Airways are the tubes in your lungs that air passes through. They are also called bronchial tubes. When the airways are irritated, thick mucus forms in them. The mucus plugs up the airways and makes it hard for you to get air into your lungs. Symptoms of chronic bronchitis include a cough that produces mucus or sputum, trouble breathing and
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however its manifestations (symptoms) might be controlled. it's necessary that you work with your specialist or doctor to track your causes and manifestations and change treatment as required because asthma frequently alters over time. Asthma is a chronic illness has a condition that your airways swell and narrow, moreover, produce more mucus. This condition might make your breath very difficult and hard, chest tightness, shortness and wheezing of breath, and coughing might happen early in the morning
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Asthma is a disorder that is characterized for its hyper-reactive airways component. It is also another type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as many would prefer to classify it, but I would say is rather a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. It is a disorder in which the patients require not only medications to expand the airways to facilitate gas exchange, but also of anti-inflammatory medications. During an asthma attack, the patient’s physiology undergoes through several
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Asthma is one of the most common, persistent diseases in the world. Asthma affects people all over the world, and can make life miserable for many individuals. The growing numbers of this disease needs to make us more aware, and add more policies about how we will treat emergency situations and keep the air clean. Asthma can be triggered by many factors in thre community. Breathing in polluted air, such as cigarette smoke, is an example of how asthma can be triggered. Exercise can also cause
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Durstine, Moore, Painter, and Roberts (2009) stated, “Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder. It is a reversible obstruction to air flow and increase bronchial responsiveness to a variety of stimuli, both allergic and environmental” (p. 143). Also, Durstine et. al noted “this disorder has affected 22.2 million people in America and 6.5 million are children. Asthma is one of the leading chronic childhood diseases” (p. 143). My brother Darius Quinn has been living with Asthma since birth. As a
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Asthma is a noncommunicable chronic lung disease that I have had since I was a baby. It is a disease that I cannot pass on to anyone else. It is controllable and anyone who has asthma can live a very normal life while maintaining their Asthma with medications. It can be deadly, however, if it is not treated on a regular basis. Asthma is a disease that inflames and narrows the airways. It causes wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing. More than 25 million people in the United
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EMT Basic Academy Chronic Bronchitis Chronic bronchitis is a long term productive cough and is labeled under COPD. The cough is persistent and is actually a defense mechanism by the body in an attempt to keep airway free from mucus and other obstructions. It can usually be caused by an infection in the lungs or by outside irritants such as cigarette smoke or air pollution. If you are called to a patient who has chronic bronchitis you will be able to tell they have this disease just by looking at
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Asthma Attack Prevention, Adult While you may not be able to control the fact that you have asthma, you can take actions to prevent episodes of asthma (asthma attacks). These actions include: Creating a written plan for managing and treating your asthma attacks (asthma action plan). Monitoring your asthma. Avoiding things that can irritate your airways or make your asthma symptoms worse (asthma triggers). Taking your medicines as directed. Acting quickly if you have signs
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Asthma is a chronic syndrome related to the inflamed airways of the lungs (Rogers 2010). This is due to the constriction of the airways from an exaggerated response to triggers that lead to episodes of wheezing, chest tightness, dyspnea and coughing (Rogers 2010). Asthma can start at any age. Atopic asthma, in most cases starts in childhood, and often related to an inherited predisposition to identifiable allergens, for example dust mites, pollen and grass which can lead to an allergic reaction (Rogers
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