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Med Term Ch4
pulmonary disease
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Undergraduate 4
10/25/2011
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asthma
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bronchitis
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acute of chronic inflammation or infection of the bronchi
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COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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combo of chronic bronchitis and emphesema casued by chronic exposure to pollution or smoking
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CF cystic fibrosis
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caused by a recessive gene-fatal excessively thick mucus
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lung cancer
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tumor in lungs destroys helathy lung
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double pneumonia
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infection of lobes of both lungs, fluid, micro organisms and white blood cells fill aveoli and air passages
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pulmonary edema
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fluid (Edema) collect sin alveoli, result of failur eto pump blood
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TB tuberculosis
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lung infection caused by bacterium, spread through air
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hemothorax
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presence of blood in thoratic cavity, usually form trauma
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pluerisy
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inflamatin or infection of the pluera due to pneumonia, trauma or tumor, inflamed pleura rub against each other and cause pain during breathing
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apnea
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breif or spontaneus absence of respirations
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dyspnea
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difficult, painful breathing
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anoxia
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complete lack of oxygen in the artierial blood and body tissus
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cyanosis
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bluisg gray discoloration of skin due to lox oxtgen and high corbon dioxide
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