Question 1

is it possible to live on a ventilator forever with respiratory failure?

Accepted Answer

No one lives forever: One could live many years on a ventilator with a tracheostomy (hole in the neck) depending on the cause and other factors, but its not without its complications, and quality of life must come into play.

Question 2

can it be possible for you to live on a ventilator with respiratory failure forever?

Accepted Answer

Long term...: There are patients who do live on ventilators for prolonged periods of time, even many years! The length of time a patient can live on a ventilator depends on many factors including the reason for the ventilator, diseases in other organs besides the lungs, etc. There are places that care for patients on ventilators long-term. Hope this answers your question!!

Question 3

how painful is death from respiratory failure?

Accepted Answer

It varies: If you see people who are drowning, they really struggle at the beginning. People who develop resp failure from sepsis or copd, they suffer initially, but as the co2 rises it serves as a narcotic and we see them gasping but probably not suffering once consciousness wanes. But acute resp failure from any cause makes someone struggle. So please don't do anything bad.

Question 4

what number of people on average die of respiratory failure?

Accepted Answer

RESP Failure: If you're referring to Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome or ARDS, there are about 200,000 cases with 75,000 deaths annually

Question 5

how are respiratory failure and respiratory arrest different?

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Respiration: Respiratory failure means the inability to breath enough to take adequate amount of oxygen and get rid of co2 and could be due to lung diseases. Respiratory arrest simply means a person stops breathing, no effort seen.

Question 6

how does respiratory failure lead to papilledema?

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papilledema: A difficult question !
papilledema is swelling of  optic disc:a sign of raised intracranial pressure from many causes. Respiratory failure increases co2 levels, stimulating  cerebral vasodilation with increased cerebral blood flow ; raised cerebral venous pressure causing elevated intracranial pressure ; other neurological signs,  which may overshadow underlying pulmonary  failure.

Question 7

what is the cause of death for respiratory failure?

Accepted Answer

Lack of oxygen: Respiratory failure means that the respiratory system which is made up of the oral aiway, trachea, bronchus and lungs and also involves the diaphragm and the breathing (respiratory) center in the brain (stem).  If any of these parts fail or become impaired then the body cannot deliver enough o2 to the brain or heart and death ensues.

Question 8

is respiratory failure curable, or is the person doomed?

Accepted Answer

Respiratory Failure: Can occur for with a number of conditions that are reversible, so depending on the source for the respiratory failure, it may not be fatal.  Those with end stage emphysema or copd, once they go into respiratory failure, are at a much higher risk of dying from respiratory failure.

Question 9

if you had to boil it down, what is respiratory failure?

Accepted Answer

Lungs dont work: The respiratory system is made up of the lungs and the breathing muscles including the large breathing muscle the diaphragm separating the chest and abdomen. Its job is to allow the lungs to inflate with air so oxygen and be obtained and carbon dioxide, your bodies waste gas expelled. When something damages this system, to the point it doesn't work you have respiratory failure.

Question 10

what is the disease from pine tree sap that causes respiratory failure?

Accepted Answer

Asthma or fibrosis: Plicatic and abietic acids from cedar and pine resin cause direct damage to human epithelial cells and chronic exposure can lead to either occupational asthma or (if the worker's response is worse) can lead to pulmonary fibrosis.  Woodworker's lung is the name for the fibrosis associated with the chronic inhalation of pine or cedar dust.

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