Question 1

what are common respiratory problems?

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Lot of them: Cough, dyspnea, wheezing, chest tightness, chest heaviness, chest pain, gasping, snoring, stridor, sputum production, heartburn, hemoptysis, fever, cachexia, nausea, vomiting are some of the symptoms associated directly with myriad of pulm issues. And there are a lot of symptoms that overlap with other systems like rash, edema, abd pain sleepiness, htn, headaches, migraines, memory issues, fatigue.

Question 2

whats respiratory system what does it do?

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Give you O2: Without oxygen you are dead in 40 secunds.

Question 3

what does the respiratory system do for you?

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Exchange gases: The lungs are the major organs of your respiratory system. When you breath in, you take oxygen in through your lungs and when you breath out, you expel carbon dioxide.

Question 4

what to do about respiratory insufficiencies?

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Multiple causes: Respiratory insufficiency is a broad diagnosis covering
dozens of disorders. The more common disorders are pneumonia, emphysema, bronchitis, heart failure, pulmonary emboli and asthma. The lung malfunctions causing hypoxia or low Oxygen levels. This is a life threatening condition that usually needs hospitalization.
The treatment depends on the specific diagnosis. Hope this helps.

Question 5

i have respiratory problems help, what to do?

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Please explain more: respiratory problem of what kind?, cough chest pain or shortness of breath Etc?ou should see a Dr and get chest xray or PFT done at least.

Question 6

what do the organs in the respiratory system do?

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Get oxygen to blood: Respiration is the process of bringing oxygen into the lungs and exhaling carbon dioxide out of them. Once inside the lungs, the oxygen crosses cell membranes to get into the blood stream. The blood circulates the oxygen to the rest of the body including the brain which cannot function without it. Carbon dioxide is the waste product of well functioning cells and is also carried back by the blood.

Question 7

is there any secretion  in the respiratory system?

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Mucus: Mucus secretion coats the passages keeping them moist, facilitating gas exchange and removal of debris.

Question 8

how frequent is severe acute respiratory syndrome?

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See below: In february 2003, the who reported about 300 cases of a rapidly progressive respiratory illness in the guangdong province of china with five deaths. Over the next month, similar cases were reported from hong kong, vietnam, singapore, and canada. The outbreak resulted in a total of 8096 cases with 774 deaths and a case-fatality rate of 9 to 12 percent.

Question 9

how many organs are part of the respiratory system?

Accepted Answer

Hmm. Are you talking: ventilation or respiration? systemic or cellular? You've got the airway &amp; lungs. But you need the diaphragm to create negative pressure to inhale air. Plus, you need the brain to provide the drive to breath. &amp; you need the heart to move the blood through the lungs and enough red blood cells to switch out the CO2 for the O2. So is it: moving air, exchanging gases, or breaking glucose into H2O+CO2?

Question 10

what is the definition or description of: respiratory?

Accepted Answer

Breathing: Pertaining to the work of breathing done by the chest wall, diaphram and lungs.

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