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Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting, such as the common cold, influenza, and pharyngitis to life-threatening diseases such as bacterial pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, tuberculosis, acute asthma, lung cancer, and severe acute respiratory syndromes, such as COVID-19.
- What are the diseases in the respiratory system?
- What is the most common disease in the respiratory system?
- What are the 5 most common respiratory diseases in the world?
- Is TB a respiratory disease?
- Is asthma a disease?
- What are 4 respiratory diseases that are caused by smoking?
- What are examples of chronic respiratory diseases?
- What are the three main disorders of respiratory system?
- Can you get TB from kissing?
- What is TB mean on Instagram?
- What are the 3 stages of TB?
- Can babies have asthma?
- What disease is pneumonia?
- Is bronchitis viral?
What are the diseases in the respiratory system?
Respiratory diseases include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia, and lung cancer. Also called lung disorder and pulmonary disease.
What is the most common disease in the respiratory system?
The most common lung diseases include: Asthma. Collapse of part or all of the lung (pneumothorax or atelectasis) Swelling and inflammation in the main passages (bronchial tubes) that carry air to the lungs (bronchitis)
What are the 5 most common respiratory diseases in the world?
THE BIG FIVE
COPD, asthma, acute lower respiratory tract infections, TB and lung cancer are among most common causes of severe illness and death worldwide.
Is TB a respiratory disease?
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious disease caused by breathing in a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB usually infects the lungs. TB can also infect other parts of the body, including the kidneys, spine and brain.
Is asthma a disease?
Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children, but adults can have asthma, too. Asthma causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing at night or early in the morning.
What are 4 respiratory diseases that are caused by smoking?
The principal nonmalignant respiratory diseases caused by cigarette smoking—COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and asthma—are defined in Table 7.2.
What are examples of chronic respiratory diseases?
Chronic respiratory disease (CRD) is an umbrella term to describe diseases that affect the lungs and airways. Common types include: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), cystic fibrosis, lung cancer and sleep apnea.
What are the three main disorders of respiratory system?
There are three main types of respiratory disease: airway diseases, lung tissue diseases and lung circulation diseases.
Can you get TB from kissing?
You cannot get TB germs from:
Saliva shared from kissing. TB is NOT spread through shaking someone's hand, sharing food, touching bed linens or toilet seats, or sharing toothbrushes.
What is TB mean on Instagram?
Tb means throw back just think tbt is throw back Thursday.
What are the 3 stages of TB?
There are 3 stages of TB—exposure, latent, and active disease.
Can babies have asthma?
A baby has much smaller airways than an adult, so even minor inflammation can cause breathing troubles. The main symptoms of asthma in babies include: Labored breathing. You may notice your baby's belly moving more than normal while breathing, and their nostrils may flare.
What disease is pneumonia?
Pneumonia is an infection that inflames your lungs' air sacs (alveoli). The air sacs may fill up with fluid or pus, causing symptoms such as a cough, fever, chills and trouble breathing.
Is bronchitis viral?
Acute bronchitis is usually caused by viruses, typically the same viruses that cause colds and flu (influenza). Antibiotics don't kill viruses, so this type of medication isn't useful in most cases of bronchitis. The most common cause of chronic bronchitis is cigarette smoking.
