RESPIRATORY DISEASE

• ANATOMY: SINUSES, NASAL CAVITY, LARYNX, PHARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHI AND LUNGS
LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
ACUTE DISEASE: NOSE, SINUSES, PHARYNX, OR LARYNX
• RHINITIS (COMMON COLD)
• SINUSITIS
• PHARYNGITIS/TONSILLITIS
• INFLUENZA (FLU)

CHRONIC DISEASE:
• ALLERGIC RHINITIS (HAY FEVER)
LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES

ACUTE BRONCHITIS
 SHORT TERM INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHI
 “CHEST COLD”
PNEUMONIA
 INFECTION AND SUBSEQUANT INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS CAUSED BY EITHER
VIRUSES, BACTERIA, FUNGI, MYCOPLASMA, OR PARASITES

TUBERCULOSIS
 CHRONIC, INFECTIOUS, AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASE WITH WORLDWIDE PUBLIC
HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE AS A CAUSE OF DISABILITY AND DEATH

ASTHMA
 Chronic, respiratory disease consisting of recurrent episodes or dyspnea, coughing,
wheezing, leading to bronchial inflammation and muscle contraction

COPD
• CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
• PROGRESSIVE LUNG DISEASE INCLUDING EMPYSEMA, BRONCHITIS, AND REFRACTORY
ASTHMA
• RESULTS FROM LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO LUNG IRRITANTS
EMPHYSEMA
• ACCUMULATION OF AIR TISSUES IN ORGANS- TERMINAL BRONCHIOLES BECOME
PLUGGED WITH MUCOUS
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
• FORM OF COPD
• INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES- THE AIRWAYS THAT CARRY OXYGEN TO THE
LUNGS
• THE BRONCHIAL TUBES PRODUCE MUCOUS
• THE MUCOUS PRODUCTION IS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CAUSE A COUGH WITH
EXPECTORATION FOR AT LEAST 3 MONTHS OF THE YEAR FOR 2 OR MORE YEARS

CYSTIC FIBROSIS
• AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE GENE DISORDER THAT AFFECTS MOVEMENT OF SALT AND
WATER IN AND OUT OF EPITHELIAL CELLS IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT

SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME

• REPETITIVE NARROWING AND CLOSURE OF THE UPPER AIRWAY DURING SLEEP

RESPIRATORY DISEASE QUESTIONS

1. WHAT POSITION IS RECOMMENDED FOR PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY

DISEASE?
A. TRENDELENBURG
B. SUPINE
C. SEMI-SUPINE
2. THE CLINICIAN SHOULD USE THE ULTRASONIC ON A PATIENT WITH A
RESPIRATORY DISEASE.
TRUE
FALSE

3. LOCAL ANESTHSIA SHOULD BE USED____________IN PATIENT’S WITH A

RESPIRATORY DISEASE.
A. WITH EPINEPHRINE
B. WITHOUT EPINEPHRINE