Name
DYSPNOEA
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED CHEMICAL OR NEUROLOGICAL DRIVE TO BREATHE - PUL EDEMA - PUL EMBOLISM - PNEUMOTHORAX - PNEUMONIA - LOBAR COLLAPSE - PUL FIBROSIS - ANAEMIA - ACIDOSIS - PREGNANCY - CYANOTIC CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE - HIGH ALTITUDE - ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA 2. CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED WORK OF BREATHING - COPD - EMPHYSEMA - ASTHMA - BRONCHIACTESIS - CYSTIC FIBROSIS - BYSSINOSIS - UPPER AIRWAYS OBSTRUCTION - SARCOIDOSIS - FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS - EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS - PNEUMOCONIOSES - LARGE PLEURAL EFFUSION - EXTENSIVE LUNG RESECTION - CHEST WALL DEFORMITY - PUL EDEMA - LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION - LARGE TUMORS - LARGE HIATUS HERNIA - LYMPHANGITIS CARCINOMATOSA - CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES - ASPIRATION PNEUMONITIS - INFECTIONS 3. CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED NEUROMUSCULAR POWER - MYASTHENIA GRAVIS - POLYNEURITIS - POLIOMYELITIS - MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE - MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
X-RAY CHEST P.A. VIEW( NORMAL ), COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, ECG, PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST, CT SCAN THORAX, SPUTUM FOR GRAM STAINING, SPUTUM FOR CULTURE & SENSTIVITY TEST, BRONCHOSCOPY, BRONCHOGRAPHY, MRI