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the presence of cough and sputum production for at least 3 months in each of 2 consecutive years.
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| abnormal distention of the airspaces beyond the terminal bronchioles and destruction of the walls of the alveoli |
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· destruction in the BRONCHIOLE, ALVEOLAR DUCT, AND ALVEOLUS; typically results in:
o hyperinflated chest
o marked dyspnea on exertion
o weight loss |
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· pathologic changes occur in the LOBULE; causes chronic
o hypoxemia,
o hypercapnia
o polycythemia (abnormally increased concentration of hemoglobin in the blood)
o episode of right-sided heart failure (this leads to central cyanosis and resp failure) |
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· chronic, irreversible dilation of the bronchi and bronchioles that is usually localized, affecting a segment or lobe of a lung.
· It can be caused by a variety of conditions: airway obstruction, diffuse airway injury, pulmonary infections, genetic disorders (such as cystic fibrosis), abnormal host defense, idiopathic causes.
· Characteristic symptoms include chronic cough and the production of purulent sputum in copious amounts. Patients usually have repeated episodes of pulmonary infection |
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| infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions |
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obliterative bronchiolitis |
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| rare and life-threatening form of non-reversible obstructive lung disease in which the bronchioles are compressed and narrowed by fibrosis |
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| an inflammatory lung disease of unknown cause; It is a severe, progressive; lesions appear throughout both lungs, while inflammation is found in all layers of the respiratory bronchioles |
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· chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that causes airway hyperresponsiveness, musical edema, and mucus production. It is largely reversible, either spontaneously or by treatment.
· Symptoms include: cough, chest tightness, wheezing, and dyspnea |
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| severe and persistent asthma that does not respond to conventional therapy. The attacks can occur with little or no warning and can progress rapidly to asphyxiation |
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· The hallmark pathology is bronchial mucus plugging, inflammation, and eventual bronchiectasis.
· Pulmonary manifestations include productive cough, wheezing, hyperinflation of the lungs. Chronic respiratory inflammation and infection are caused by impaired mucus clearance.
· Nonpulmonary manifestations include GI problems, related diabetes, GU problems, and clubbing of digits. |
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