BIOS 10106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mucokinetics, Cervical Cancer, Enterobacteria Phage T4
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Common human diseases: notes 2: common cold, sinusitis, nasal polyps, snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, hay fever (seasonal allergic rhinitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, influenza. Lower respiratory diseases: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, pneumonia, pleurisy, pulmonary tuberculosis, cancer, cystic fibrosis. Bronchopneumonia: obstruction of the small bronchi, due to infection or by aspirated gastric contents, diffuse pattern of inflammation on x-ray, this type of pneumonia is more common in debilitated patients who are bedridden from other pathology. Legionnaires" disease: caused by the bacterium: legionella pneumophila, characterized by flu-like symptoms, which sets it apart from other pneumonias. Secondary pneumonia: can develop as a secondary disorder from other diseases that weaken the lungs or the body"s immune system, graft recipients and immunocompromised people, especially. It was responsible for many of the 20 million deaths in the spanish flu epidemic of 1918-1919. This was a devastating disease that apparently started in the us.
