Circulatory and Respiratory Diseases Flashcards
Rhinovirus. Sneezing, runny nose because of excessive nasal secretions, nasal congestion, and mild fever. Preschool children.
Common Cold.
Myxovirus. Chills, fever, severe headache, muscular pains, runny nose, and general discomfort. Symtpoms similar with C.C., it is a more severe disease.
Influenza or Flu.
Infection of the lungs caused by bacteria, virus, fungi, or protozoa in rare conditions. Inflammation of alveoli, pus or fluid. Mistaken as C.C. or Flu.
Pneumonia.
9th leading cause of death worldwide. Spreads through respiration droplets by coughing, sneezing, or spitting phlegm. Long exposure to be infected. Pain when breathing or coughing.
Tuberculosis.
Chronic allergic condition that makes the breathing airways narrow and swollen. Breathing difficulties, wheezing while exhaling and inhaling, shortness of breath, and coughing. Cause is unknown.
Asthma.
Inflammation or swelling of the breathing passages, the pathway between the nose and the lungs.
Bronchitis.
Damages alveoli as well as breathing passageways. Air sacs expand, break, and get damaged, forming a scar tissue. Alveoli has large irregular packets of holes.
Emphysma.
Associated with a group of lung diseases.
COPD.
Leading causes of cancer-related deaths among men and women. Uncontrolled growth and proliferation of cells. Carcinogens.
Lung Cancer.
Tuberculosis bacteria.
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
Disease of the arteries, cholesterol buildup called plaque. Hardening of arteries.
Atherosclerosis.
Result from blockage brought by the hardening of arteries in the brain.
Stroke.
Inability of the blood to reach the coronary arteries.
Coronary Heart Disease.
The technical term for a heart attack associated with damage to a large part of the heart.
Myocardial Infarction.
Tightening of the arterioles, smallest arteries in the body. In this situation, heart must work harder.
Hypertensive heart disease.
Usually occurs in children. Untreated bacterial infection. Inflammation of the innermost layer of the heart know as endocarditis.
Rheumatic Heart Disease.
Blood does not clot properly. X chromo.
Hemophilia.
Rheumatic Heart Disease caused by what bacteria?
Streptococcus Pyogenes.
Blood cell count stays persistently low.
Anemia.
Crowding out of other blood cells, due to abnormal increase in WBC.
Leukemia.
