Dust bronchitis is an occupational disease of the respiratory tract that occurs with prolonged inhalation of industrial dust and leads to atrophic and sclerotic changes in the wall of the trachea and bronchi. The main clinical manifestations include cough, shortness of breath, bronchial obstruction syndrome. To confirm the diagnosis, the connection of bronchitis with professional…
Occupational asthma is a respiratory allergy that occurs with an obstruction of the respiratory tract, developing against the background of exposure to industrial allergens. Professional bronchial asthma is manifested by attacks of suffocation, coughing, expiratory shortness of breath, wheezing, which occur directly upon contact with trigger substances at work. To confirm the diagnosis, it is…
Radiation pneumonitis is damage to the lung tissue that develops under the influence of high doses of ionizing radiation. It is manifested by shortness of breath, dry or productive cough, pleural pains, accompanied by an increase in body temperature. The diagnosis is made on the basis of anamnestic data and clinical symptoms, confirmed by the…
Pneumocystis pneumonia is a severe form of interstitial pulmonary inflammation caused by pneumocysts and developing against the background of severe immunodeficiency conditions. The clinical course is characterized by increasing shortness of breath, unproductive cough, febrile fever, chest pain, and the development of cardiopulmonary insufficiency. The diagnosis is made on the basis of radiological signs, the…
Pneumothorax is the accumulation of gas in the pleural cavity, leading to the collapse of lung tissue, displacement of the mediastinum to the healthy side, compression of the mediastinal blood vessels, lowering of the diaphragm dome, which ultimately causes a disorder of respiratory function and blood circulation. With disease, air can penetrate between the leaves of…
Pneumosclerosis is a pathological replacement of connective lung tissue as a consequence of inflammatory or dystrophic processes in the lungs, accompanied by a violation of elasticity and gas exchange in the affected areas. Local changes are asymptomatic, diffuse – accompanied by progressive shortness of breath, cough, chest pain, fatigue. Radiography and computed/multispiral CT of the…
Pneumomediastinum is the presence in the soft tissues of the mediastinum of air or gas coming from the trachea, bronchi, lungs, abdominal cavity, esophagus when they are damaged. It is accompanied by chest pains, shortness of breath, subcutaneous emphysema of the neck, face, chest. A significant amount of air in the mediastinum leads to a…
Pneumoconiosis are a number of chronic lung diseases resulting from prolonged inhalation of industrial dust and characterized by the development of diffuse fibrosis of the lung tissue. The course of pneumoconiosis is accompanied by a dry cough, progressive shortness of breath, chest pain, the development of deforming bronchitis, and an increase in respiratory failure. When…
Pneumococcal pneumonia is an etiological type of bacterial pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pneumococcus). The clinic of pneumococcal pneumonia is dominated by feverish intoxication (pronounced weakness, anorexia, febrile fever, chills) and bronchopulmonary (cough with sputum, shortness of breath, pain in the side) syndromes. Diagnosis is facilitated by a comprehensive assessment of physical, radiological, and laboratory…
Squamous cell lung cancer is a histological type of bronchopulmonary cancer resulting from squamous metaplasia of the bronchial epithelium. Clinical manifestations depend on the location of the tumor (central or peripheral lung cancer). The disease can occur with cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, shortness of breath, pneumonia, pleurisy, general weakness, metastasis. Lung cancer is diagnosed according…