Sentences with phrase «cause inflammation of the lungs»

As the worms live out their lives in the cat and start to die, the worms can cause inflammation of the lungs and become lodged in vessels which can lead to sudden death of the cat.

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Inflammation of the lining of the lungs that causes spasms, resulting in shortness of breath.

There's also less risk of reflex which is when acid from the stomach comes back up the baby's throat and that acid can also be inhaled into the lungs and cause the same problem with inflammation in the lungs.

This infection can cause inflammation of the baby's lungs, spinal cord, or brain.

Other red flags are the presence of esophagitis (an inflammation in the esophagus that can result in blood in the spit - up) and respiratory or pulmonary problems, such as coughing, wheezing, asthma, or recurring pneumonia, caused by stomach contents that enter the nose, windpipe, or lungs.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that occurs when the immune system attacks the body instead of defending it, causing inflammation that often results in serious damage to bones, joints and tendons, and can also affect internal organs like the heart, eyes and lungs.

They discovered that in the young, more immune cells called monocytes were recruited to the lungs, and that the gene expression profiles of these cells had more inflammatory features, causing greater inflammation and more severe lung injury.

Community - acquired pneumonia, a type of lung inflammation contracted outside of a hospital or nursing - home setting, is most often caused by infections with bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.

They found that infection of the narrowest airways of the lung by PIV3 alone caused moderate levels of inflammation, but after infection by PIV3 expressing RSV NS2, the epithelial cells lining the narrow airways were shed rapidly into the airway lumen.

Produced by tasks such as grinding concrete and sandblasting, used in the construction and other industries, crystalline silica dust can cause silicosis — an incurable disease involving inflammation of the lungs — and lung cancer.

Kheradmand and her graduate student Ms. Ran You found that this form of carbon black caused double - stranded breaks in the cell's DNA, a state that is very difficult to repair, and activates T helper 17 cells, inducing chronic inflammation in the lungs.

The structure and composition of the erionite from both regions is practically identical, and samples from each place cause mesothelioma - associated changes and inflammation in cell culture and mouse lungs.

The microscopic, needle - like fibers of asbestos penetrate the lungs and get stuck in the surrounding mesothelial tissues, causing inflammation, scarring and, eventually, cancer.

If the numbers of neutrophils in the lungs are not well regulated, however, they can cause inflammation and damage.

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

Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause serious inflammations of the skin and the lung in patients with a weakened immune system, particularly in those suffering from the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis.

Rarely, immunotherapy will trigger a severe autoimmune response that can cause inflammation of the liver, lungs, or colon.

Patients with COPD have airflow obstruction that is caused either by destruction of the air sacs that exchange gas in the lungs (emphysema) and / or inflammation of the airways (chronic bronchitis).

The authors report that e-cig vapor at some level of exposure may not only cause lung inflammation but reduces anti-bacterial and anti-viral defenses.

Over time, rheumatoid arthritis can affect other parts of the body, such as the lungs (scarring can cause shortness of breath) and blood vessels (inflammation can reduce blood flow).

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the inner mucus lining of the bronchial tubes in the lungs, which is often caused by a respiratory infection.

Another more common example is cigarette smoke, which causes chronic inflammation in the lungs, producing oxidation (and free - radicals) and leads to DNA damage and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as well as lung cancer.6 A hallmark of both of these processes in the activation of nuclear factor - Kappa B (NF - KB), which is a protein complex that the body produces in response to inflammation, free radicals, cytokines, all hallmarks of stress.

Symptoms are caused by chronic inflammation and narrowing of the airways going into and out of the lungs.

Kearstin, silicosis is caused by the inhalation of silica particles in the lungs, it is not a cancer, this is from Wikipedia «Silicosis (previously miner's phthisis, grinder's asthma, potter's rot and other occupation - related names)[1] is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.

Asthma is caused by similar conditions to acne; this time inflammation of the lungs.

Inflammation in and around the lungs (pleuritis) causes shortness of breath and severe chest pain, especially with deep breathing.

However, the disease can also cause inflammation and injury to other organs of the body such as the skin, lungs, eyes, and blood vessels, hence, rheumatoid arthritis is sometimes called rheumatoid disease.

One possible explanation is that the allergic inflammation that causes atopic dermatitis may make the airways of the lungs more prone to inflammation as well.

The presence of the parasites inside the heart and lungs causes a large degree of inflammation, and can severely interfere with blood flow.

Most of them will die in the lungs and cause sudden inflammation leading to the following symptoms:

When a living heartworm and the inflammation it causes blocks one of these pulmonary arteries, the lung tissue downstream from the blockage is injured and the cat's ability to breath is affected.

They have the potential to cause pneumonitis, or inflammation of lung tissue, which interferes with the dog's ability to have a normal exchange of oxygen.

Inflammation becomes generalized and can cause lung damage, kidney damage, inflammation of the heart muscle, organ failure, shocInflammation becomes generalized and can cause lung damage, kidney damage, inflammation of the heart muscle, organ failure, shocinflammation of the heart muscle, organ failure, shock and death.

It is defined as vascular, airway and interstitial lung lesions caused by the death of immature adult worms, and the inflammation may last up to eight months.

The report mentioned that the gene could even «shed light on the causes of lung injuries» but turned out they were talking about «injuries» like pneumonia, inflammation or pulmonary fibrosis.

The virus and bacteria responsible for kennel cough cause inflammation of your pets wind pipe (trachea) and its branches, the bronchi, that lead to the small passages of the lungs.

Sometimes it prefers to cause inflammation of the cat's chest and lungs, other times it causes chronic inflammation of its other body organs, sometimes it causes a little of all of these problems and sometimes (most of the time) it causes no serious health problems at all in your cat.

They can cause pneumonitis, inflammation of lung tissue, that interferes with the dog's ability to breath and with the normal exchange of oxygen.

Having said this, in rare cases, serious damage to the organs like the lungs, liver and brain can occur as a result of the inflammation caused by infected larvae circulating around the body.

Cough Suppressants Chronic airway inflammation causes production of lots of thick mucus, probably as a protective mechanism to trap the offending irritant from reaching the lung.

Additionally, the presence of the heartworms irritates the body and the lungs, causing inflammation and damage to the tissues.

Despite its name, Heartworm Disease is primarily a lung disease in cats causing cough, chronic inflammation, and even scarring within the lungs due to the presence of 2» long immature larval worms.

The adult worms cause inflammation of the blood vessels and can block blood flow leading to pulmonary thrombosis (clots in the lungs) and heart failure.

Left untreated, heartworms infect the right side of the heart and the major vessels that distribute blood to and from the lungs, causing inflammation and interfering with blood flow.

Another main trigger is the involuntary movement of the hairlike cilia in the respiratory tract which remove foreign matter from the air before it gets into the lungs, but other underlying causes can include mucous irritation, obstruction of the nasal passage, inflammation, excess nasal discharge or secretion, pneumonia, chronic vomiting, GI disease, and nasal tumors and dental diseases in older dogs.

Peritonitis, or inflammation of the abdominal cavity, is only one feature of this systemic disease, which can cause ocular inflammation, neurological signs, liver problems, and fluid around the lungs.

The primary sign of kennel cough is a dry - sounding, spasmodic cough caused by pathogens that induce inflammation of the trachea (windpipe) and bronchi (air passages into the lungs).

However, it is suspected that inflammation, physical pressure and other as yet unknown forces cause disruption and breakdown of essential lung tissues, which in turn causes inhaled air to be diverted to and accumulate in abnormal places.

When the adult worms live in the lung blood vessels, they can cause a local inflammation of the vessels, but some cats never show signs of illness.

Not - quite - full - grown microfilaria can get stuck in the capillary beds of the lungs and cause significant inflammation and damage.