Asthmatic bronchitis is a respiratory allergy that occurs with a predominant lesion of the bronchi of medium and large caliber. Manifestations are paroxysmal cough with difficult forced, noisy exhalation; shortness of breath of expiratory type. Diagnosis includes consultation of a pulmonologist and allergist, auscultation and percussion of the lungs, lung radiography, skin allergy tests, immunoglobulin…
Aspiration pneumonia is an infectious and toxic damage to the pulmonary parenchyma that develops as a result of the contents of the oral cavity, nasopharynx, and stomach entering the lower respiratory tract. Aspiration pneumonia is manifested by cough, tachypnea, cyanosis, tachycardia, chest pain, fever, and the appearance of fetid sputum. The diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia…
Asbestos is a form of pneumoconiosis that develops as a result of prolonged inhalation of asbestos–containing dust and is characterized by diffuse fibrosis of the lung tissue. The symptoms consists of general somatic disorders (malaise, fatigue, anorexia), signs of respiratory insufficiency (shortness of breath, cyanosis, deformation of the terminal phalanges of the fingers), symptoms of…
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation is a congenital vascular anomaly characterized by the presence of direct communication between the branches of the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary veins and the discharge of non–oxygenated blood into the arterial bed. In the clinic of PAVM, signs of arterial hypoxemia prevail: cyanosis, shortness of breath, weakness, deformation of the distal…
Anthracosis is a lung lesion caused by inhalation of coal dust particles and characterized by the development of pulmonary fibrosis. Symptoms of anthracosis (cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, fatigue) are progressive. When making a diagnosis, professional anamnesis, data from radiography and computed tomography of the lungs, spirometry, analysis of blood gas composition are taken…
Pulmonary artery aneurysm is a pathological local expansion of a large vessel exiting the right ventricle of the heart and delivering venous blood to the small circulatory circle, or its branches. Usually the disease is asymptomatic, sometimes patients experience chest pain, shortness of breath, hoarseness of voice, hemoptysis and pulmonary bleeding. It is diagnosed using…
