Respiratory
Infection causes swelling of the larynx, supraglottic area, and epiglottis, which appears as a round, red ball obstructing the airway.
What is epiglottitis?
Infarction of brain tissue that results from lack of blood
What is Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)?
Recurrent or continuous seizures without recovery of consciousness
What is Status Epilepticus?
Disease that involves periodic episodes of severe but reversible bronchial obstruction in persons with hypersensitive or hyperresponsive airways.
What is Asthma?
Partial occlusion of an artery, caused by atherosclerosis, or from a small embolus, a vascular spasm, or local loss of autoregulation.
In the young child, the larynx and trachea become inflamed with swelling and exudate, leading to obstruction and a characteristic barking cough, hoarse voice, and inspiratory stridor
Destruction of the alveolar walls and septae, which leads to large, permanently inflated alveolar air spaces.
What is emphysema?
Loss of myelin interferes with the conduction of impulses in the affected fibers. It affects all types of nerve fibers—motor, sensory, and autonomic—and occurs in diffuse patches throughout the nervous system
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
Autoimmune disorder that impairs the receptors for acetylcholine (ACh) at the neuromuscular junction. This change leads to skeletal muscle weakness and rapid fatigue of the affected muscles. The facial and ocular muscles are usually affected initially, followed by the arm and trunk muscles.
What is Myasthenia Gravis?
Nonaeration or collapse of a lung or part of a lung leading to decreased gas exchange and hypoxia. Alveoli become airless.
What is Atelectasis?
Progressive loss of intellectual function that eventually interferes with work, relationships, and personal hygiene. Personality changes, lack of initiative, and repetitive behavior and impairments in judgment, abstract thinking, and problem-solving abilities are characteristic of the disease.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Viral infection causing inflammation of mucosa of bronchioles that obstructs small passages
What is Bronchiolitis/RSV?
Occurs when air can enter the pleural cavity through an opening directly from the internal airways. There is no opening in the chest wall.
What is closed pneumothorax?
Dysfunction of the extrapyramidal motor system occurs because of progressive degenerative changes in the basal nuclei, principally in the substantia nigra.
Inherited disorder that does not manifest until midlife. Progressive atrophy of the brain occurs, with degeneration of neurons, particularly in the basal ganglia and the frontal cortex. This leads to motor dysfunction, cognitive decline, and psychiatric symptoms.
What is Huntington's Disease?