Respiratory Diseases

Question 1

What are the respiratory diseases?

Answer 1

COPD
Tuberculosis
Pneumonia 
Lung Cancer
Seasonal Flu

Question 2

What age group commonly suffers from COPD

Answer 2

Men: 65-74

Question 3

What is COPD

Answer 3

Obstructive pulmonary disorder-asthma

Question 4

What can cause COPD

Answer 4

Tobacco smoke, genetics, dust exposure, air pollution, chemical fumes.

Question 5

Symptoms of COPD

Answer 5

Chronic cough w mucus, tight chest, heart disease, lung damage, wheezing

Question 6

Treatments for COPD

Answer 6

Smoking cessation
Lung transplant
Oxygen therapy

Question 7

What is tuberculosis

Answer 7

Bacterial infection

Question 8

What are the risk factors of tuberculosis

Answer 8

Contagious, drug and alcohol abuse, travel where tuberculosis is most common, weak immune system

Question 9

Swollen lymph nodes and tachycardia are symptoms for what disease

Answer 9

Tuberculosis

Question 10

Treatments for tuberculosis

Answer 10

Long term antibiotics, surgery

Question 11

What is pneumonia

Answer 11

Bacterial infection or viral infection of lungs

Question 12

Causes or risk factors for pneumonia

Answer 12

Aspiration, exposure to infected ppl.

Question 13

Symptoms for pneumonia

Answer 13

Diarrhea, chest pain, cough w mucus, tachycardia

Question 14

Treatments for pneumonia

Answer 14

Over the counter meds, antibiotics, oxygen therapy

Question 15

Risk factors or causes of lung cancer

Answer 15

Smoking (90%), air pollution, genetics

Question 16

Symptoms of lung cancer

Answer 16

Chest pain, large mass on x Ray, weight loss, chronic infection.

Question 17

Lung cancer treatments

Answer 17

Radiation, Chemo, surgery

Question 18

What area has highest lung cancer cases

Answer 18

Southeast, higher air pollution, tornados or sandstorms as well

Question 19

What is the seasonal flu

Answer 19

A viral infection, changes year to year.

Question 20

Causes or risk factors of the flu

Answer 20

Inhaled thru droplets, age, chronic illness, pregnancy

Question 21

Symptoms of flu

Answer 21

Congestion, dry cough, headache, fatigue, chills

Question 22

Treatments for the flu

Answer 22

Vaccination, over the counter meds, hydration and rest

Question 23

What causes cyclones in pneumonia

Answer 23

Germ that normally lives in the upper respiratory tract.

Question 24

Why does bronchitis cause shortness of breath

Answer 24

Because

Your bronchial tubes deliver air from tracea to the lungs. When tubes are inflamed, mucus can build up.

Question 25

Why does pneumonia use antibiotics for treatment?

Answer 25

Pneumonia are due to the spread of bacteria, which responds to antibiotics. Poem often develops after a person has had a different infection such as a head cold.

Question 26

Why does tuberculosis use antibiotics for treatments

Answer 26

Treatments last at least six months because antibiotics work on,y when bacteria is actively dividing and bacteria in TB grows slow.

Question 27

antibiotics only treat what??

Answer 27

Bacterial infections, NOT viral infections like the flu

Question 28

What is decompression sickness

Answer 28

disorder in which nitrogen is dissolved in the blood&tissues by high pressure
which form bubbles in the body as pressure decreases.

Question 29

What causes decompression sickness

Answer 29

caused by nitrogen bubbles forming in the bloodstream and tissues of the body.

Question 30

Treatments of decompression sickness

Answer 30

Recompression therapy or hyperbaric chambers- restores normal blood flow and oxygen to affected tissues. Need high pressure

Question 31

Symptoms decompression sickness

Answer 31

Dizzy, fatigue, joint pain, weakness, can’t think clear