Archive for April, 2010
What Is: Respiratory Disease Part 2
April 26th, 2010 | 
Author: What symptoms does respiratory disease show?
The usual symptoms of the disease are shortness of breath. This medical condition is referred as dyspnea. Persistence of cough is also a symptom. Sometimes there may be sputum production with cough. Loss of appetite, chest pain, breathing with noise, loss of weight, coughing blood, and cyanosis are the common symptoms of respiratory disease.
How diagnosis of the disease is performed?
Diagnosis of the disease involves the tests mentioned as follows. CT scan and x ray of the chest serves as one of the major tools of diagnosis. The pulmonary function test, biopsies of the pleura or the lung also serves our purpose. Ultrasound scanning and perfusion scanning is also used in diagnosis of respiratory diseases.
Common treatment procedures
The administration of vaccines is the preventive measure of the disease. The treatment involves medication of inhalation type like antibiotics, corticosteroids, anti coagulants, immune suppressants etc. the treatment method also includes surfactant replacement therapy, physiotherapy, chemotherapy, liquid and also mechanical ventilation, radiotherapy, surgery etc.
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