Children and adults both suffer from upper and lower respiratory diseases and disorders. Pick 3 respiratory diseases or disorders and explain their etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic measures needed, and treatment options. You may also want to include likely recovery prognosis should a patient be diagnosed with the disease or illness you selected (Ex: most patients make a full recovery without any lingering side effects). Your paper must be at least 1 page in length, 12-pt Times New Roman font with proper spelling, grammar, and formatting. Your paper must also include APA style in-text citations and references. Submit this assignment to the dropbox "LP07 Assignment: Respiratory Diseases and Disorders." You can navigate to this dropbox by clicking the “next” arrow at the top right of your screen. This assignment is worth 45 points and will be graded according to the scoring guide below.
EPIGLOTTITIS:::
It is a croup disorder occurs by heamophilus influenza or streptococcus pneumoniae.this leads to inflammation in epiglottittis.this is mainly occurs in 3 to 5 years of age especially during winter season
High grade fever,sore throat,drooling,dysphagia,muffled voice,stridor,tachycardia,tachypnoea,tripoid position are the sign and symptoms.
Diagnosistic evaluvation includes throatcultur and oral temperature
Treatment:::maintain NPO
Maintain airway
Iv fluid as prescribed
Iv antibiotics
Analgesics
Anti pyrectics
Corticosteroids
Cool or moist oxygen therapy
Vaccination for influenza
Resuccitation article kept ready in bedside
BROCHIOLITTIS::;Inflammation of bronchus
Thick mucus is produced that obstructs broncheole tubez and small bronchi.most common cause of broncholittis is respiratory syncytial virus.
Peak rate is at the agw of six months mainly in winter or spring
Manifestations are Rhinorrhoea,pharayngittis,wheezing and coughing,fever,air hunger signs,chest retractions,tachypnoea,cyanosis
Treatments::
Isolate the child
Effective handwashing techniques
Wear PPE
Administer anti viral medicines
Prepare to administer immune globulin for respiratory synvial virus
ASTHMA::::Chronic inflammation in airways.
This is mainly caused by physical and chemical irritants such as foods,dust,pollens,smoke,animal dander,temperature changes,respiratory infection,activity and stress.bronchial obstruction occurs after some hours of first exposures
Signs and symptoms include dyspnoea,wheezing,night cough or in early morning,prodromal itching,chest tightness,mucosal odema,irritabilitty,restlessness,headache,tiredness,chest retractions,frothy sputum,coarse and loud breath sou d,using accessory muscles to breath.asphyxia
Treatme ts::::
Humidified oxygen tberapy
Administer rescue medicines
Short acting B 2agonists fo be administered
Corticosteroids
Anti allergic medicines
NSAID
LEUKOTRIENE modifiers to tackle bronchospasam.
Administration of long acting bronchodilators
Children and adults both suffer from upper and lower respiratory diseases and disorders. Pick 3 respiratory...
Children and adults both suffer from upper and lower respiratory diseases and disorders. Pick 3 respiratory diseases or disorders and explain their etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic measures needed, and treatment options. You may also want to include likely recovery prognosis should a patient be diagnosed with the disease or illness you selected (Ex: most patients make a full recovery without any lingering side effects). Your paper must be at least 1 page in length, 12-pt Times New Roman font...
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In this learning plan you explored diseases and disorders of the both the eye and ear. You were asked to attempt to understand life as visually impaired or hearing impaired person would. Write a paper that addresses at least two diseases or disorders that would cause visual impairment and at least two diseases or disorders that would cause hearing impairment. Include how these four total diseases or disorders are contracted (age related, genetic, infection, etc) and what treatment options would...
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