Respiratory 2 Flashcards
what is obstructive sleep apnea ?
- happens during sleep
- obstruction in upper oropharyngeal airway
- leads to cease in breathing, hypoxia will wake person up
what does OSA cause?
- tiredness and ^ risk cardiovascular disease
what is the cause of sleep apnea?
obesity
enlarged tonsils
microbes
smoking
oedema
hypertension
what is the tx for OSA?
CPAP machine at night
continuous positive airway pressure
mandibular advancement prothesis = hold mandible and tongue forward and upon up upper airway - occlusion needs too be monitored
what is fibrotic lung disease ?
lung tissue becomes scarred and fibrous
cannot be reversed and is progressive
what are the causes of fibrotic Lung disease ?
drugs
autoimmune disease = rheumatic arthritis
what is the management of FLD?
- long term 02
- lifestyle modifications
what is sarcoidosis ?
- an eg of FLD
- Systemic disease causes granulomas throughout whole body
- breathlessness
what areas in the body does sarcoidosis affect?
kidney - can affect drug metabolism
liver
eyes
gingival enlargement
cranial neuropathy (cranial nerves)
what can respiratory tract infections be divided into?
upper and lower RTI
- depending on where the infection is ie. above or below the larynx
what can happen if someone has URTI?
can progress and descend to LRTI if not managed properly
how does one get RTI?
Viral, common cold or flu, covid or bacterial or fungal
what are the dental links to RTI?
- a pt with poor OH likely to have colonisation oropharynx with bacteria and cause infection
- aspiration of a foreign body during a dental procedure can travel to lungs and cause aspiration pneumonia or abscess
- if foreign body remains higher up in respiratory tract = BLS choking
what is pneumonia ?
infection of lung parenchyma itself (multiple bacterial/ viral infections)
what are the symptoms of pneumonia?
- cough - with green yellow sputum
- chest pain - sharp pain when breathing in
- pleuritic pain (pleura around lungs are inflamed, they rub together when lungs expand on inhalation)
- purulent sputum
- fever
- breathlessness
- pleurisy
- hypoxia
how do we treat bacterial pneumonia ?
antibiotics
some severe cases - hospital admissions
pts may become hypoxic due to reduction in surface of alveoli available for gas exchange as they’re blocked up with bacteria and inflammatory cells
what is strep throat caused by?
streptococcus pyogenes
who usually gets strep throat
children
what is strep throat an eg of ?
upper respiratory tract infection