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Respiration

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Asphyxia   Oxegen Starvation  
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Aspiration   Inhalation of foreign substance  
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Bronchiectasis   Chronic dilation of the bronchi  
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Cheyne-Stokes Respiration   Repeated cycle of shallow breathes that increase in depth and rapitidy, the decrease and cease altogether for 10 - 15 sec  
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Diptheria   Bacterial infection of mucous membranes/ oropharynx and larynx enlarge and become leathery  
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Dyspnea   painful or labored breathing  
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Epistaxis   loss of blood from the nose  
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Orthopnea   dyspnea that occurs in the horizontal position  
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Rhinitis   Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose  
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Tachypnea   Rapid breathing  
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Hypoxia   a deficiency of Oxygen at the tissue level  
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Hypoxic hypoxia   low oxygen in the blood from high altitude  
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Anemic hypoxia   Reduced hemogloblin in blood from blood loss/anemia/Hgb combinrd to CO  
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Ischemic hypoxia   blodd flow to tissue is reduced from infart or cut vessel to organ  
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Copd   general term for any disease that blocks the airway  
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Asthma   inflammation of the airway producing sporadic narrowing of the airway by smooth muscle contraction  
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Bronchitis   increased mucus production from underlying irritaition/ smoking or allerigies  
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Emphysemia   aveoli wall disinterate/ large air space/ air trapped in aveoli/ loss of elastic fibers  
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Pneumonia   infection of the aveoli  
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Tuberculosis   Infection by mycobaterium tuberculosis  
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Coryza   common cold or flu  
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Pulmonary embolism   blood cot or foreign substance in pulmonary arterial vessel  
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Pulmonary edema   accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces and alveoli  
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Cystic fibrosis   increased abnormal secretions of respiratory system, pancreas, salivary glands and sweat glands  
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