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Respiratory Path.
Respiratory Pathology Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| COMMON COLD | AN ACUTE INFLAMMATION JOF THE MUCOSA OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT, CONFINED TO THE NOSE,THROAT, AND SOMETIMES LARYNX |
| SINUSITIS | AN ACUTE OR CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF MUCOSAL LINING OF THE PARANASAL SINUSES |
| PHARYNGITIS | ACUTE OR CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION OF THE PHARYNX |
| LARYNGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX |
| INFLUENZA | ACUTE, HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRAL INFECTION OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT |
| INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS(KISSING DISEASE) | ACUTE,CONTAGIOUS,VIRAL INFECTION CAUSED BY CYTOMEGALOVIRUS. TRANSMITTED BY CONTAMINATED SALIVA |
| PLEURITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PLEURAL MEMBRANES |
| TUBERCULOSIS | CONTAGIOUS LUNG INFECTION |
| PNEUMONIA | INFECTION OR INFLAMMATIOIN OF THE LUNGS |
| ASTHMA | CHRONIC INFLAMMATION DISORDER OF THE AIRWAYS CHARACTERIZED BY BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION |
| BRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIAL MUCOSA WITH RESULTANT SWELLING AND MUCUS HYPERSECRETION |
| ENPHYSEMA | PERMANENT ENLARGEMENT OF THE LOWER AIRWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY DESTRUCTION OF THE ALVEOLAR WALLS |
| PNEUMOCONIOSIS | LUNG DISEASE CAUSED BY LONG-TERM DUST INHALATION |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS | GENETIC DISORDER CAUSING HYPERSECRETION OF CELLS THAT PRODUCE MUCUS, SALIVA AND DIGESTIVE JUICES |
| OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA | TEMPORARY CESSATION OF BREATHING OR ABSENCE OF SPONTANEOUS BREATHING |
| PULMONARY EDEMA | EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF FLUID IN THE LUNGS |
| ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME | FLUID BUILD UP IN THE LUNGS |
| HAY FEVER | HYPERSENSITIVITY OF THE NASAL MUCOSA TO ALLERGENS |