respiratory
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Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
 Laryngitis symptoms | loss of voice, pain when speaking |
| Laryngitis cause | viruses, bacteria, overuse tumors, anything that causes vocal cord swelling |
| Laryngitis treatments | antibiotics if bacteria are present and antihistamines to reduce swelling |
| Asthma symptoms | sob, coughing, wheezing |
| Asthma cause | 90% allergic reaction, 10% lung infection |
| Asthma treatments | Bronchodilators (inhalers) used to open constricted airways |
| Pneumonia symptoms | fever, chills, coughing with sputum |
| Pneumonia cause | viruses such as the flu and bacteria such as pneumococcus |
| Pneumonia treatments | bed rest, productive coughing, penicillin |
| Emphysema symptoms | sob, cough, distended, "barrel-shaped" chest |
| Emphysema cause | heavy long term smoking, alveoli lose their elasticity |
| Emphysema treatments | NONE to restore lung sto a healthy state however, at home oxygen therapy will help |
| Cystic Fibrosis symptoms | coughing with sputum, difficulty breathing |
| Cystic Fibrosis cause | genetic disease inherited at birth |
| Cystic Fibrosis treatments | back thrusts to induce productive coughing |
| Lung Cancer symptoms | recurring respiratory infections and chronic coughing |
| Lung Cancer cause | tumors that bein in the bronchi may be due to smoking, carcinogen exposure such as abestos, and genetic predisposition |
| Lung Cancer treatments | surgery, radiation and chemotherapy |
| Tuberculosis symptoms | mild cough with occasional bloody sputum, pain in chest, fatigue, only 10% of infected people come down with the active disease |
| Tuberculosis cause | bacteria, tubercle bacillus (contagious) |
| Tuberculosis treatments | antibiotics, diagnosis involves the Mantour skin test |
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