Name
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : COULD BE DUE TO * LARYNX - FOREIGN BODY, LARYNGEAL EDEMA, LARYNGITIS LIKE DIPHTHERIC, BILATERAL ABDUCTOR PARALYSIS OF VOCAL CORDS & RARELY DUE TO TABES, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS OF CRICO-ARETENOID JT. * TRACHEAL - OUTSIDE OBSTRUCTION BY THYROID, GLANDS, AORTIC ANEURYSM OR ANY TUMOR. * LUNGS - CHR. BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, BRONCHIACTESIS & EMPHYSEMA.OTHER TESTS - ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES
TYPENOTES
TREATMENT DEPENDS ON INDIVIDUAL CAUSE OF OBSTRUCTION.
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
X-RAY CHEST P.A. VIEW( NORMAL ), X-RAY CHEST LAT. VIEW, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST, SPUTUM FOR CULTURE & SENSTIVITY TEST, BRONCHOSCOPY, BRONCHOGRAPHY, THROAT SWAB FOR C / S TEST