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Sunday, December 9, 2007

RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS

Respiratory Conditions

Pulmonary Valve Stenosis - Pulmonary valve stenosis is a narrowing of the pulmonary valve, the flap that separates the lower right chamber (right ventricle) of your heart from the pulmonary artery. If the pulmonary valve is constricted (stenosed), your heart has to pump harder to push blood through the valve and into the pulmonary artery.

ARDS- low oxygen levels caused by a build up of fluid in the lungs and inflammation of lung tissue.

Respiratory Acidosis- Build-up of Carbon Dioxide in the lungs that causes acid-base imbalances and the body becomes acidic.

Respiratory Alkalosis - CO2 levels are reduced and pH is high.

RSV (Respiratory synctial virus) - spread by contact, virus can survive for various time periods on different surfaces.

Hyperventilation - or overbreathing is the state of breathing faster and/or deeper than necessary, thereby reducing the carbon dioxide concentration of the blood below normal.

Apnea - no spontaneous breathing.

Lung surgery

Causes:

Cancer

Lung abscesses

Atelectasis

Emphysema

Pneumothorax

Tumors

Bronchiectasis

Pneumonia - viruses the primary cause in young children, bacteria the primary cause in adults. Bacteria: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumoniae (pneumococcus).

Pulmonary actinomycosis – bacteria infection of the lungs caused by (propionibacteria or actinomyces)

Alveolar proteinosis - A build-up of a phospholipid in the lungs were carbon dioxide and oxygen are transferred.

Pulmonary hypertension - elevated BP in the lung arteries

Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas - a congenital defect were lung arteries and veins form improperly, and a fistula is formed creating poor oxygenation of blood.

Pulmonary aspergilloma - fungal infection of the lung cavities causing abscesses.

Pulmonary edema - most commonly caused by Heart Failure, but may be due to lung disorders.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - Thickening of lung tissue in the lower aspects of the lungs.

Pulmonary emboli - Blood clot of the pulmonary vessels or blockage due to fat droplets, tumors or parasites.

Tuberculosis - infection caused by Mycobaterium tuberculosis.

Cytomegalovirus – can cause lung infections and is a herpes-type virus.

Pneumothorax - a build-up of a gas in the pleural cavities.

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