"Airway passages" refer to the tubes or passages in our bodies that allow air to move in and out of our lungs. These passages include the nose, mouth, throat, windpipe, and bronchial tubes.
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When breathed in by a susceptible dog, the viruses attach to the lining of
upper airway passages where the warm, moist conditions allow them to reproduce and sicken the pet.
In some cases, night terrors can be triggered by sleep apnea, a serious but correctable disorder in which enlarged tonsils and adenoids (normal tissue in the throat)
block airway passages during sleep, making it difficult to breathe and disrupting a child's sleep throughout the night.
A humidifier or vaporizer can add moisture to a room and aid in relieving
dry airway passages making breathing more comfortable, thus relieving the cough.
Bronchodilators that work to open up
inflamed airway passages, and cough suppressants are often the best medicine for combating mild kennel cough infections.
The airborne organisms, if inhaled by a susceptible dog, can attatch to the lining of the trachea and
upper airway passages, find a warm, moist surface on which to reside and replicate, and eventually damage the cells they infect.
However, the downstream effects of aflatoxins on
the airway passage is less studied and understood.
If your friends hiccup with a bit of flame out of
any airway passage, they're probably burning down villages and village carts for Gold on the side.
The airborne organisms are inhaled by a susceptible dog and attach to the lining of the trachea and upper
airway passages.
If your horse has primary or secondary problems with smoke - induced respiratory injury, you should contact your veterinarian who can prescribe specific treatments such as intravenous fluids, bronchodilator drugs, nebulization, or other measures to facilitate hydration of
the airway passages.
Once the aerosolized organisms are inhaled, they adhere to the lining of your dog's upper
airway passages to fester and affect the cells of those lining tissues, prompting your dog to cough.
But that is because it is having difficulty breathing, not because
its airway passage is obstructed by its tongue.
Medical injuries caused by collars constricting
the airway passages are well - documented.