Posts Tagged ‘lung’
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Psittacosis in humans
Psittacosis – an acute infectious disease of the groups of influenza. Characterized by fever, general intoxication, lung damage, nervous system, increased liver and spleen. Reservoir and source of infection – domestic and wild birds. Currently ornithosis agent isolated from more than 140 species of birds. Most epidemiological significance have pets and pet bird, especially the urban pigeons. The share of occupational diseases have 2-5% of the total number of cases. Infection occurs through the air, but in 10% of patients indicated food infection. Pathogen ornithosis related to chlamydia, in the external environment remains up to 2-3 weeks. Resistant to sulfanilamides, sensitive to the antibiotics Noroxin,
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Tags: acute, birds, blood, clinical, disease, epidemiological, Infection, intoxication, lung, ornithosis, patients, pigeons, signs, symptoms, tetracycline
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
Congenital lobar emphysema
What is congenital lobar emphysema?
Malformation of the bronchial cartilage, leading to hyperventilation of the lungs buy Keftab.
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
Emphysema
Emphysema is a persistent change in the structure of the alveolar tissue in contrast to acute swelling with intact parenchyma (eg, obstruction) buy Noroxin. In emphysema decreases the elasticity of the lungs, atrophy mezhalveolyarnye walls, broken capillary blood flow.
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Chronic bronchitis
Bronchitis – inflammation in the bronchial mucosa. Often combined with inflammation of the nose, throat, larynx, trachea. And the process begins with the nasopharynx and down the airway. The development of the disease contributes to exhaustion, fatigue, neuro-physical overexertion, hypothermia, exposure to dust, gas content. Alcoholism, smoking, contact with patients in the family and at work, the street, in the subway.
Chronic bronchitis
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Goodpasture’s syndrome
Goodpasture's syndrome
Rare disease similar to idiopathic hemosiderosis, but flowing with the defeat of the renal glomeruli, leading to kidney failure. Sick more often adolescents. The pulmonary changes are usually in the large-focal hemorrhages buy Mevacor.
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Tags: bones, bronchial, clinical, disease, fibrosis, focal, interstitial, lung, lungs, lymph, mediastinal, mucous, pulmonary, respiratory, sarcoidosis, skin, spleen, subfebrile
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Lung cancer
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Treatment of lung abscess
With the development of acute lung abscess shows a complex therapy, consisting of general and local events. General activities are similar to those used in acute bacterial degradation of light and of suppurative-septic processes, which were the source of metastatic abscesses (acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, abscess of soft tissue, etc.).
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Lung abscess
Lung abscess – a limited purulent destructive process in the lung tissue with the presence of one or more cavities filled with pus and pronounced perifocal inflammatory infiltration.
Etiology.
The causative pathogen is often golden hemolytic staphylococcus, which in recent years, often combined with other pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms (Escherichia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella, viruses).
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