Sentences with phrase «lung infection at»

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Infants below six months are at the risks of being attacked by this malady because their lungs have not been fully developed to handle the strenuous impact of the infection and they can not manage the whooping effect in their body systems.

Some babies will have signs of toxoplasmosis at birth, which may include an enlarged liver and jaundice, an enlarged spleen, a low platelet count, a rash, a heart or lung infection, and enlarged lymph nodes.

This includes essential care during childbirth and in the postnatal period for every mother and baby, including antenatal steroid injections (given to pregnant women at risk of preterm labour to strengthen the babies» lungs), kangaroo mother care (when the baby is carried by the mother with skin - to - skin contact and frequent breastfeeding), and antibiotics to treat newborn infections.

Also, if some of the stomach contents get into the nose or lungs, a baby with GERD might develop respiratory problems like pneumonia, a cough at night, or sinus or ear infections.

«It is clear that antibiotics are not an effective treatment for these infections once established in the lung, so something else needs to be developed urgently, and targeting the infection at the site of entry before chronic infection develops is one way forward.»

«The news is more that we should not only look at lung functionality after the flu, but also cognitive effects, weeks and months after infection.»

The researchers also employed a cutting - edge technology developed by their collaborators at Columbia University to reprogram the child's skin cells into early progenitor cells, then differentiate those into lung cells, the front lines of influenza infections.

Research has already shown that immune response provided by nasal mucous membranes is compromised in cigarette smokers, which causes them to be more susceptible to the outcomes of a viral infection, said Ilona Jaspers, deputy director of the Center for Environmental Medicine Asthma and Lung Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but her new research revealed even more immune suppression effects in e-cigarette users than in smokers of traditional cigarettes.

Unbeknownst to Knight's team at the time, the infant staying in that room had had a lung infection with that bacterium.

«Mucosal surfaces, such as the lung, gastrointestinal tract, or female reproductive tract, are where most infections take place,» says Sam Lai, assistant professor of pharmacy and engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and senior author on the study.

Then they studied the mice's lungs microscopically and, using microarrays, measured the expression of many dozens of genes in their lung tissue at 1, 3, and 5 days after infection.

«Infections with progressively resistant bacteria in the lung shorten the lives of people with cystic fibrosis,» said Joseph M. Pilewski, M.D., co-director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center at UPMC.

They announced that they had used exome sequencing to identify people with cystic fibrosis who are at high risk of infection with the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa — associated with worse lung health and survival (Nature Genetics, DOI: 10.1038 / ng.2344).

Lung infections land him for weeks at a stretch here at Sasan Hospital, Iran's premier facility for chemical weapons victims, which treats as many as 150 such patients on any given day.

In multiple trials of mice with both active and chronic TB infections, researchers report that one version of the new drug — an analog known as 1599 — was as good as or better than current TB drugs at reducing levels of the bacteria in the lungs of mice.

Dao Nguyen, a microbiologist at McGill University in Montreal, and her colleagues investigated the behavior of strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a relatively common bug that can cause infections in the urinary tract, kidneys or lungs, that were isolated from patients who had chronic infections.

Dolly died on February 14, 2003, at age six from a lung infection common among animals who are not given access to the outdoors.

At one end of the spectrum, thick mucus derailed the function of the body: It blocked the pancreas from delivering enzymes needed for food digestion and absorption, resulting in malnutrition, and also caused severe lung infections, often killing children by age 5.

Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a single - dose, needleless Ebola vaccine given to primates through their noses and lungs protected them against infection for at least 21 weeks.

According to Earl Brown, professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa, the more limited ability of the avian flu virus to infect cells in the human airway thus also appears to be associated with infection of the deep areas of the lung where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.

Older adults over age 65 are at high risk for developing pneumonia, an inflammation of the lungs typically caused by infection.

«Earlier studies have shown that vitamin E can help regulate the aging body's immune system, but our present research is the first study to demonstrate that dietary vitamin E regulates neutrophil entry into the lungs in mice, and so dramatically reduces inflammation, and helps fight off infection by this common type of bacteria,» said first author Elsa N. Bou Ghanem, Ph.D., postdoctoral scholar in the department of molecular biology and microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM).

Respiratory tract infections in young children are linked to an increased risk of asthma and worse lung function in later life, according to new research to be presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress today (Sunday).

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

However, lower respiratory tract infections at almost all ages were associated with worse lung function as indicated by lower scores for FVC, FEV1 and FEF75.

Results presented at the Federation of Infections Societies Conference in Cardiff highlighted the dangers posed by particular strains of MRSA which are spread outside of hospitals and can lead to a serious lung condition called necrotising pneumonia.

Some patients also develop scarring or fibrosis at the top of the lungs, thus making it harder to ward off viruses and infections.

Lung infections respond very slowly to colloidal silver as used orally, if they respond at all.

Protect your pets from flying debris, ear damage and exposure to lung infections by keeping their paws, tails and heads inside the vehicle at all times.

«Without these drugs, the whales were at risk of dying from severe lung infection,» said Micah Brodsky, VMD, the veterinarian at the Marine Mammal Conservancy who requested the antibiotics.

Fat pets are at a greater risk during anesthesia and surgery since they have reduced lung function, decreased liver and kidney function, greater risk of wound infection, and require more anesthetic than normal pets.

Dr. Jones said he would like to see further investigation into the pathology of heartworm infection, particularly into why the disease manifests in various clinical signs in dogs, which can have coughing, lung inflammation, or congestive heart failure, or why they can have no clinical signs at all.

About two months after initial infection, the larvae develop into juvenile worms and enter your dog's blood.2 Immature adult worms that range from 1 - 1.5 inches in length arrive at your dog's heart and lungs as early as 67 days after initial infection.2 After arriving, they continue to mature into adulthood.

ringworm, Malassezia dermatitis), or more serious infections affecting organ systems (bone, lungs, nervous system) Treatment of Cushing's disease Sometimes used at the same time as the expensive drug Cyclosporine.

It is important to stabilize or treat any disorder present at the time of the physical examination, such as dehydration, infections, liver or kidney disorders, heart or lung disease or breathing difficulties prior to the administration of the anesthetic.

A paved road would be good for business and even better for her boyfriend, whom she said has suffered lung infections from the dust, but she would rather see the municipality follow through on a proposal raised at a recent community meeting to put melted sugar cane, or some type of emulsion, on the road to control the dust.

These weakened viruses are designed to cause mild infection at the cooler temperatures found within the nose, but they can not infect the lungs or other warmer areas of the body.