Sentences with phrase «cause of airway obstruction»
Tracheal collapse is a common cause of airway obstruction in dogs.
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Top series: Images show the elongated shape of cells transforming into a ball shape before they shed from the lining of the airway to cause obstruction, a key reason why RSV leads to bronchiolitis.
This can be done using a procedure called «drug - induced sleep endoscopy» (DISE), in which stepwise doses of anesthetic doses are given to put the patient to sleep and reproduce the airway obstruction causing apnea.
Airway obstruction was caused by congenital tracheobronchomalacia (cartilage weakening) in 52 cases, by vascular compression in 43 cases, and a combination of both in three cases.
While the small conducting airways less than 2 mm in diameter are the major site of resistance to airflow in COPD, collapse greater than 50 percent of the larger central airway during exhalation has been hypothesized to cause additional airflow obstruction and respiratory morbidity.
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).
This could a an allergic reaction, with the speed of the swelling and that it is causing coughing; I would recommend visiting your Veterinarian as swelling may cause airway obstruction.
Without examining Patch I can not listen to his lungs and the rest of his airway to determine what the underlying cause may be; infections, obstructions, heart disease, poisoning, allergies among other causes may be the cause.
«These dogs often have a combination of upper - airway obstruction, which makes it hard to breathe, and a hiatal herniation, which causes reflux disease,» says Dr. Philipp Mayhew.
Large pieces of rawhide have been known to cause obstructions of the airway and intestines.
Avoiding Respiratory Problems in the Barn By Wendy Harless Mollat, DVM, DACVIM Inflammatory airway disease (IAD) and recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), often called «heaves» or «COPD,» are common causes of poor performance, increased respiratory effort...