Respiratory disorders (17 contents)
Suffocation (24 contents)
Are e-cigarettes bad for your health?
While young people are turning to traditional cigarettes less frequently, more and more young people are using e-cigarettes. It was originally thought that so-called 'vaping' was much healthier than...
Cystic fibrosis - a dangerous genetic disease
Cystic fibrosis is a progressive genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections, restricts the ability to breathe and causes dysfunction in other internal organs. The disease is one of the...
Laryngeal dyspnoea - can we help?
Shortness of breath is a condition of airway constriction that can be a life-threatening condition if a situation of complete airway obstruction develops. Dyspnoea can have various causes, one of...
Dyspnoea in children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention
Dyspnoea is defined as a sensation of lack of air/problem taking in air, resulting in difficulty breathing. Children who have experienced dyspnoea describe it as a problem taking in air,...
Dyspnoea - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Dyspnoea is one of the more common symptoms that patients complain about during medical appointments. This is because the feeling of being short of breath is an unpleasant and distressing...
Myocardial infarction pain - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Chest pain is a symptom that worries most of us because of its easy association with a heart attack or other serious heart disease. However, is every pain or unpleasant discomfort felt in the chest...
Heart failure - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, cause of breathlessness
Heart failure is a condition in which the heart is unable to deliver sufficient blood and oxygen to the organs, resulting in reduced exercise capacity. The incidence increases with age and rises...
Contact eczema
Contact eczema is an inflammatory reaction of the skin. In allergic eczema, the patient becomes sensitised to one or more chemicals and develops a typical type IV allergic reaction (according to Gell...
Contact eczema
Contact eczema is an inflammatory reaction of the skin. In allergic eczema, the patient becomes sensitised to one or more chemicals and develops a typical type IV allergic reaction (according to Gell...
Bronchial asthma - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Severe exacerbations, which are sometimes life-threatening conditions, can occur in the course of asthma in children. Exacerbations can occur unexpectedly and develop very rapidly.
Bronchial asthma - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Severe exacerbations, which are sometimes life-threatening conditions, can occur in the course of asthma in children. Exacerbations can occur unexpectedly and develop very rapidly.
Shortness of breath in bronchitis and pneumonia
Lower respiratory tract infections (bronchitis and pneumonia) are often accompanied by dyspnoea. It is evidence of large changes in the airways obstructing the passage of air into the alveolar lumen.
Allergic reaction to preservatives - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
In Western countries, the food industry uses at least 1,500 different substances - both synthetic and of natural origin - as food additives. Many of these can cause allergic or pseudoallergic...
Allergic reaction to preservatives - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
In Western countries, the food industry uses at least 1,500 different substances - both synthetic and of natural origin - as food additives. Many of these can cause allergic or pseudoallergic...
Urticaria - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
It is a syndrome in which pink or porcelain-white blisters appear on the skin surface with swelling and usually significant itching. The name comes from the fact that the skin lesions resemble the...
Urticaria - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
It is a syndrome in which pink or porcelain-white blisters appear on the skin surface with swelling and usually significant itching. The name comes from the fact that the skin lesions resemble the...
Breathing difficulties during pregnancy
Respiratory problems usually appearing from the second trimester of pregnancy and worsening in the third trimester of pregnancy.
Solid body ingestion - what to do
This is the entry of a solid object into the airways with obstruction of the airways leading to an immediate danger to life. It most often happens while eating or, in the case of the youngest...
