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Causes of Asthma Attack and Symptoms

The exact causes of asthma are still unknown. Firstly, genetic factors and environmental influences in the development of athma disease play a role. In addition, include allergic respiratory symptoms such as hay fever among the strongest risk factors for asthma development.

The exact interaction between genetic factors and various risk factors in the first years of life, which eventually leads to the development of asthma, but is known only in its infancy.

When asthma attack the bronchial inflammation irritated swells considerably. An increased production of tenacious mucus narrows the airways further. In addition, stretches muscles of the smaller airways (bronchi and bronchioles), together spasmodically. These processes complicate breathing, especially exhaling, and worsen the oxygenation of the body.

Asthma causes because various stimuli can trigger acute asthma attack :

• Non-specific stimuli: All asthmatics are a number of stimuli (triggering stimuli affected). These include physical exertion, cold, cigarette smoke, perfumes and air pollution.
• Specific stimuli are mainly pollen, dust, animal dander, mold and some foods. These attractions are called allergens.
• Other factors include inflammation respiratory tract, caused by viruses or bacteria, or certain pain killers (e.g. acetylsalicylic acid / aspirin).

We must distinguish between bronchial asthma disease and acute asthma attack. The symptoms of asthma depend Read more…

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Acute Bronchitis Symptoms and Diagnosis

Acute Bronchitis Typical Symptoms

Acute bronchitis symptoms is associated with the following complaints :
- Hypersensitivity of the respiratory system with frequently painful cough stimulus.
- Increased mucus production : For viral infection often associated with slight whitish mucous discharge in bacterial infections with a yellowish-greenish discharge.
- The inflammation is often associated with fever, fatigue, headache and general malaise.
Of chest pain are rare, usually only in connection with a violent, long-lasting cough or a simultaneous disease of the pleura.
- Lung “rattles” when breathing.

Other acute bronchitis symptoms like inflammatory swelling of the bronchial mucosa and increased mucus production can occur , the airways and cause embarrassment to increased cough and possibly a respiratory disability. It is also called spastic bronchitis or obstructive bronchitis.

When go to physician doctor to check symptoms of acute bronchitis ?

In acute bronchitis, you should consult with a physician necessarily following Read more…

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Usually Signs of Hepatitis A Symptoms

The Hepatitis A symptoms and signs usually appear from 15 to 50 days (2 to 7 weeks) after exposure to hepatitis A virus (HAV), and the average time HAV symptoms appears is 4 weeks. The hepatitis A symptoms and signs are usually mild and can not be observed in children under 6 years. Among older children and adults, early symptoms are similar to those of a stomach virus.

Possible hepatitis A symptoms and signs include:
- Extreme fatigue (tiredness).
- Fever.
- Sore muscles.
- Headaches.
- Pain in the right side of the abdomen below the ribs (when the liver is located).
- Nausea.
- Loss of appetite and weight loss.
- Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice), sometimes accompanied by dark urine and clay-colored (whitish) stools. Jaundice is less common in children and young adults.

About 15% of people with signs of hepatitis A have symptoms of infection with HAV that performance or the last 6 to 9 months after the first infection occurred.1 The infection of hepatitis A is usually more severe than the first time, but the Arthritis can occur with it. After the infection goes away, the person usually returns to normal health. Rarely, cholestatic hepatitis occurs, which can cause itching and can last throughout the infection.

In general, when signs of hepatitis A symptoms occur, the amount of virus is shed in the feces is in decline. You can still spread the virus, but is less likely to do so after symptoms appear. The symptoms of hepatitis A signs usually last less than 2 months. In other countries, hepatitis A also called as l’hépatite A, la hepatitis A, epatite A, WZW typu A, hepatitt A.

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Pneumonia Symptoms, How to Diagnose Pneumonia

Pneumonia in the world can be individually expressed very differently, but pneumonia symptoms can be detected early. It depends on the general health and pathogens. Symptoms of a classical (bacterial) pneumonia are:
- Sudden chills,
- High fever,
- Cough and difficulty in breathing, chest pain with respiration if necessary,
- The cough is initially dry and after a while mucus is coughed up, the green, yellow, brown or rust-colored.

People with severe pneumonia, shortness of breath due to very fast (tachypnea) and strained. Lips and nails may be a sign of lack of oxygen bluish discoloration (cyanosis). Deep breathing or coughing, often prepares pain.

Pneumonia caused by viruses or parasites, most start slowly with mild fever without chills vibration frost. The cough is dry and there is hardly coughed up phlegm. This pneumonia is also known as atypical pneumonia. We can discuss about causes of atypical pneumonia and atypical pneumonia symptoms later. Other pneumonia symptoms, if different lung illnesses already exist such as  asthma or chronic bronchitis worse, they often through Read more…

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Signs of Emphysema Symptoms and Types

Beginning Emphysema Symptoms

The following Emphysema symptoms are typical of an incipient pulmonary emphysema :

• Shortness of breath (dyspnea) is the most important symptom of emphysema. At first it only occurs during exercise and is dependent on external factors such as season or climate.
• Cough may or may not occur.
• Lips and fingers are stained blue (cyanosis), this is due because oxygen deficiency in the blood.
• Affected are tired and worn, the drive decreases.
• The rising emphysema disease to infections. When infection is often an increase in air emergency

Advanced Emphysema Signs

In advanced illness, the following emphysema signs are added :

• The shortness of breath becomes the continuous symptoms of emphysema, associated with increasing achievement weakness.
• Cough and sputum become constant companions.
• The thorax is barrel-shaped, because the chest muscles will remain in inhalation position.
• Degradation of general condition with weight loss and muscle loss.
• Due to the change in the lung tissue of the right heart is more contaminated, and it comes to right heart failure.

In severe cases, emphysema people can not alone cope with their daily lives and need help from outside, which means they are Read more…

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