Category: Lungs & Respiratory-System

Bronchopulmonary Dysplagia: Meaning, Diagnosis and Overview

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Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic respiratory disease that most often occurs in low-weight or premature infants (more than 10 weeks before their due date) who have received supplemental oxygen or have spent long periods of time on a breathing machine (mechanical ventilation), such as infants who have acute respiratory distress syndrome..

Pulmonary Embolism: Symptom and Causes

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Pulmonary Embolism – Symptoms – Sudden shortness of breath , Unexplained sharp pain in your chest, arm, shoulder, neck or jaw. , Irregular heartbeat (pulse) , Cough, Wheezing. Pulmonary Embolism – Causes – Any condition that makes your blood sticky or slows down circulation in the veins of your legs may lead to pulmonary embolism..

Pulmonary Embolism: Treatment, Diet and Home Remedies

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Pulmonary Embolism – Treatment Using Home Remedies, Yoga, And Diet – A variety foods such as lean proteins like chicken, fatty fish, whole grains such as oats, fruits such as apples and a variety of vegetables to ensure proper nutrition.
, Cranberry products such as juice can increase the potency of warfarin (a drug commonly prescribed to treat pulmonary embolism), which can lead to bleeding problems. If you have a pulmonary embolism and are prescribed warfarin you should avoid eating cranberries and drinking cranberry juice.
, Alcohol and liquorice also decrease the effectiveness of warfarin.
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Atelactasis: Treatment, Diet and Home Remedies

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Atelactasis Treatment Using Home Remedies, Yoga, And Diet – Foods to be taken Foods to be avoided: Drinking at least 8 glasses of water or other fluids daily may help to thin lung secretions making them easier to cough up, Garlic has anti-inflammatory as well as antibiotic properties which can be made use of in healing the lungs, Consume 3 to 4 dried figs every day in the mornings as dried figs are good to strengthen the immune system,

Atelactasis: Meaning, Diagnosis and Overview

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Atelectasis is a complete or partial collapse of the air sacs in the lungs called alveoli. It may occur in a portion of the lung, or in the entire lung preventing the respiratory exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen. Normally, oxygen enters the body through the lungs and is exchanged with carbon dioxide in the alveoli. The lungs expand and contract to create the exchange of these gases.Atelectasis is not a disease, but a condition or sign that results from disease or abnormalities in the lungs.

Atelactasis: Symptom and Causes

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Atelactasis Symptoms – Rapid breathing                                             , Shortness of breath (dyspnea), Taking shallow breaths, Coughing. Atelactasis Causes – Atelectasis is caused by a blockage of the air passages (bronchus or bronchioles) or by pressure on the outside of the lung. It is common after surgery, or in patients who were in the hospital..