Respiratory tract disorders and diseases Medical Answers

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disorder that characteristically affects the mucus-producing glands of the body. Sweat and saliva-producing glands may also be affected by the disorder. This condition is detected...

Doxycycline is a drug from the family of tetracycline drugs and is commonly prescribed in the treatment of urinary tract infections, recurrent bouts of acne, eye infections, sexually transmitted diseases...

Hiccups are involuntary in nature and are caused by contractions of the diaphragm, the muscle at the base of the lungs. These contractions are also accompanied by a sharp closure of the vocal...

Agent Orange is one of the herbicides that was used during the Vietnam war by the American forces to clear away the thick vegetation they encountered during operations. This was...

The Mantoux test, also known as the tuberculin skin test (TST), is carried out to detect exposure to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for causing tuberculosis. This test is performed...

Bronchitis Acute bronchitis is a common respiratory disorder, characterized by inflammation of the air passages in the lungs, known as the trachea-bronchial tree. It affects both adults and children, and...

Emphysema is a disease of the respiratory system, arising from a slow, progressive damage of the walls of air passages of the lungs. It is part of a disease entity...

Asthma is a respiratory disease that affects millions of people worldwide. People who suffer from asthma experience three main symptoms:   Recurrent episodes of coughing Wheezing (a whistling sound produced by...

Bronchial asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways which causes their narrowing with consequent breathing difficulties (dyspnea). It is usually a progressive disease occurring in the childhood, but it...

People sometimes breathe more rapidly or deeper than they normally do, often not in a conscious manner, as when they are tense, nervous or scared. This act of hyperventilation is acute or sudden and may last only for a brief period until one is able to relax. Prolonged hyperventilation, however