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Symptoms of Pulmonary Embolism
What are the symptoms of a pulmonary embolism?
If the thrombus is small:
- The most important symptom is breathlessness, which usually occur acutely.
- A sudden chest pain, usually on the tip side.
- Cough and sputum with some blood.
- General feeling of discomfort.
- In the days of thromboembolism may be some fever and feeling unwell, with shortness of breath, symptoms may disappear within a couple of weeks.
- As there is increased risk of having a new piston in the following days, it is essential to seek medical attention immediately. Read the rest of this entry »
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Complications and Prevention
What complications can result in respiratory syncytial virus infection?
Complications of this pathogen infection occur especially in infants suffering from congenital or cardiopulmonary disorders in premature infants of very low birth weight.
The short-term complications include apnea (breathing very space in which the child spends seconds without breathing), respiratory failure (the amount of blood carrying oxygen is much lower than it should go) and, more unusually, infections associated bacteria.
What is the treatment of infection with respiratory syncytial virus?
Infants infected with this organism require hospitalization to ensure good supportive care. This aspect is of utmost importance as requiring monitoring of respiratory and blood oxygen level. Among the pharmacological treatment used there are some highly effective antiviral drugs such as the ribavirin. Read the rest of this entry »
Symptoms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
When the respiratory syncytial virus enters the body produces an activation of the immune system produces antibodies, ie, defenses directed against a specific pathogen, but because the virus has antigenic variation (has small mutations that allow escape recognition of our immune system) recurrent infection by the respiratory syncytial virus are common, and no group seems to be fully protected.
What are the main symptoms of the disease?
Infection with this virus, unlike others, rarely is asymptomatic. In most cases, is manifested by a lower respiratory tract disease in the form of pneumonia (lung infection), tracheobronchitis (inflammation affecting the bronchi and trachea) or bronchiolitis, it can also cause fever or otitis media, as Now we’ll see. Read the rest of this entry »
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus: The Main Factors
Is it a common infection?
The number of cases identified as being caused by respiratory syncytial virus varies with the population studied and the methods used, it is estimated that during the peak of an epidemic can be isolated in up to 85% of children admitted to hospital with chronic Acute lower respiratory tract. In contrast, this virus is rarely isolated in children without respiratory disease.
It is estimated that between 11% and 19% of children under one year sick with bronchiolitis and 15% of them required hospitalization. Spain has estimated that the respiratory syncytial virus drives 15,000 to 20,000 emergency visits/year and 7000 to 14,000 hospitalizations per year. The number of deaths due to RSV can range between 70 and 250 per year. These figures indicate that the disease usually occurs in infants, decreasing the frequency of new cases as the child grows older. Read the rest of this entry »
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
What is respiratory syncytial virus?
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract disease in young children is a virus of the paramyxovirus family and was first discovered in 1965.
What regions of the world affected by this infection?
The distribution of the virus is universal and has been detected in geographic regions with different climates. In all communities is reflected in a rise in the number of cases of bronchiolitis (inflammation of the bronchioles, ie, terminal areas and smaller caliber of the bronchi) and pneumonia in childhood and a parallel increase in the number of hospital admissions of children with acute lower respiratory tract. Read the rest of this entry »
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Pulmonary Embolism
What is a pulmonary embolism?
A pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood vessel leading to the lung suffers an occlusion of a blood clot.
The clot may have traveled into the general circulation from a vein in the pelvic area, abdomen or, more commonly, from a vein in the legs.
Who can have a pulmonary embolism?
There are situations that favor a pulmonary embolism, the most important are:
- Elderly people who spend most of the day in bed.
- Patients suffering from cancer. However, having a pulmonary embolism does not mean cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
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