Symptoms and Complications of Pulmonary Embolism
An embolus is a particle that travels in the blood vessels, includig veins or arteries. Most emboli are clots of blood cells. A blood clot that travels in the blood stream is called a thromboembolus. When an embolus travels through the blood vessels, it lodges there, blocking up the blood that ...
- Bronchiectasis - Causes and Complications
Bronchiectasis is a condition resulting from damage to the bronchi and bronchial tubes. These segments of the airway at the top level of the chest carry air into the lungs after it has passed down the throat through the windpipe. Bronchiectasis is bronchial damage that prevents them from delive ...
- Who Can Get Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and How?
Anyone can get TB. However, there are some people who are at an increased risk of getting infected with TB. This includes people who: have lived, worked or traveled in countries where TB is prevalent have been in close contact with a person with active TB (eg., family member or someone who s ...
- Tuberculosis - How Can You Get Active or Latent TB
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious disease caused by a germ - a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually affects the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body such as the kidneys, spine and brain. The main symptoms of TB include severe coughing, fever, weight loss and wea ...
- Tuberculosis - How Can You Get Active or Latent TB
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious disease caused by a germ - a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually affects the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body such as the kidneys, spine and brain. The main symptoms of TB include severe coughing, fever, weight loss and wea ...
- Asthma Attacks, Causes and Complications
Asthma is a disease characterized by a moderate to severe inflammation of the airways, and especially of the bronchi and bronchioles. It results in difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, wheezing or tightness in the chest. Asthma is a chronic disease, manifested most often by crisis inte ...
- Pneumonia - Types and Causes
Pneumonia is an umbrella term used to describe several diseases in which infection or a chemical cause inflammation of the alveoli. These cavities fill with fluid or pus, which prevents the lungs from transferring oxygen efficiently in the blood. Before the advent of antibiotics in the 1930s ...
- Pneumonia - Types and Causes
Pneumonia is an umbrella term used to describe several diseases in which infection or a chemical cause inflammation of the alveoli. These cavities fill with fluid or pus, which prevents the lungs from transferring oxygen efficiently in the blood. Before the advent of antibiotics in the 1930s ...
