OTHER RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
Pharyngitis ::
It is the inflammation of pharynx it may be due to infection by bacteria of virus or some allergic condition
Laryngitis ::
it is the inflammation of larynx Causes are similar to those of pharyngitis
Pneumonia :::
it is an acute infection of the alveolar spaces of lungs infection with several kinds of microbes and viruses may cause such a condition which results in reversible solidification of the lungs preventing aeration Involvement of an entire lobe is called lobar pneumonia and of part of the lobe Segmental or Lobular pneumonia and of alveoli continuous to bronchi it is named as Brochapneumonia
Asthma::
It is a spasmodic contraction of bronchi and bronchioles when there is interference with passage of air through the membrane linked tubes that aerate the lungs Here the mucous membrane of bronchi become congested and swollen and an unusual amount of muscous is secreted within these tubes The patient has more difficulty in expiration than inspiration if it remains continuous for hours it is called statusion asthmaticus
Bronchiectasis ::
it is the condition when the medium sized and smaller bronchioles dilate and become pockets in which chronic infection tend to persist with formation of large amounts of more or less pussy purulent sputum
Bronchitis ::
it is an acute or chronic inflammation of bronchi induced by microbial infection and chemical or mechanical causes generally with fever cough and sputum
Emphysema ::
it is a disease of lungs where some of the walls which separate the thin walled airsacs from each other are broken down creating large than normal air spaces within the lung the vital capacity is decreased in an emphysematous chest
Pneumothorax ::
it is the condition in which there is free air in pleural cavity between the visceral and parietal pleurae it may lead to collapse of the lung
Pleurisy ::
it is a condition of inflammation of the pleura which if dry is called dry pleurisy and if fluid accumulates in the cavity named as wet pleurisy or pleurisy with effusion it arises as a consequence of lung disease or directly due to infection in the pleura often it is pre tubercular in nature
Tuberculosis of the lung ::
A chronic dangerous infections disease often of the lungs with low fever cough with blood in sputum and wasting it is caused by the bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis
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