Respiratory Diseases

Cessation of breathing due to blocked airway because the soft tissue collapsing at the back of the throat during sleep.

Brain fails to send impulses to lung muscles

Chronic obstructive lung disease characterized by inflammation of the lung passages.

Inflammation of the Bronchi, the 2 different types

When this compound attaches to hemoglobin it reduces or eliminates oxygen being transported in the body

Combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis

Faulty gene that prevents the normal transport of chloride ions and results in thick mucus production that obstructs intestinal glands, the pancreas, and bronchi

Long term, progressive obstructive disease that because of the alveoli losing their elacticity, less oxygen moves into the blood and less carbon dioxide moving out

Infection affecting one or both lungs

Collection of fluid in the lungs

Increase in concentration of CO2 and H- in the blood

Decrease in concentration of CO2 and H- in the blood

Infectious bacteria that produces nodular lesions in the lungs

Inflammation of the nasal mucosa (allergies/hay fever)

A sudden, forceful expiration of air often in effort to clear the airway of an obstruction or irritant