Sentences with phrase «causing upper airway»

The pathogens attack the cilia protecting your dog's respiratory tract and cause his upper airway to become inflamed.

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Sleep apnea is characterized by disrupted sleep, caused when the upper airway becomes obstructed by soft tissue, cutting off oxygen.

Before diagnosis and treatment, Borelli was forced to give up many of his professional and personal interests because of the health problems caused by upper - airway resistance syndrome.

This relaxation of the upper airway muscles during sleep may decrease the size of the airway space and cause airflow limitation and turbulence.

Our finding of sinusitis, bronchial hyperreactivity, and bronchial responsiveness in firefighters with World Trade Center cough is important but not surprising.17 - 20 An unexpected finding was that 87 percent of such firefighters reported symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease; such symptoms are generally reported by less than 25 percent of patients with chronic cough.1, 21,22 Despite the strong associations between gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic cough17 - 20 and between gastroesophageal reflux disease and asthma,23 - 25 it remains unclear whether gastroesophageal reflux disease causes either condition.26 The causative mechanism may be repeated aspiration of minute amounts of refluxed material; vagally mediated esophageal, tracheobronchial, or laryngobronchial cough reflexes; or neurally mediated bronchial inflammation.23, 24,26 Involvement of the posterior nasopharynx is common in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, 27 whereas bronchial hyperreactivity may not be present.25, 26 For these reasons, we classified gastroesophageal reflux disease as an upper - airway symptom (Figure 2).

Unlike the flu, colds are not caused a single type of virus but any one of hundreds of different types of virus that can infect the upper airways.

Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when there is a blockage of the upper airway that causes a lack of oxygen during sleep.

«Infectious tracheobronchitis is a mild self - limiting disease that results in inflammation of the upper airways transmitted by air and caused possibly but not surely by several different viruses, mainly Parainfluenza virus and also by a bacteria — Bordetella Bronchiseptica, however, the exact cause may vary.»

The veterinarian will also want to rule other other causes of breathing difficulties such as an upper respiratory infection or allergy that can cause a dog's airways to swell.

«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.

These pathogens attack the cilia lining of the respiratory tract and cause inflammation of the upper airway.

Canine kennel cough, also known as canine infectious tracheobronchitis, causes irritation and inflammation of the upper airway, including the trachea and bronchi.

These pods contain detergents that can cause significant stomach upset and irritation to an animal's upper airway if ingested.

Other common causes of heat stroke include: a previous episode of heat stroke, leaving a dog in a parked car, excessive exercise in hot, humid weather (this may be exercise that your dog can usually handle but not in warmer weather), lack of appropriate shelter outdoors, thicker - coated dogs in warm weather and underlying disease such as upper airway, heart of lung disease.

Genetic predisposition, nutritional deficiencies including Glucosamine / Chondroitin, excessive barking, other systemic or upper airway disease, and even prior trauma or smoke inhalation are proposed causes.

Each episode lasts for at least 10 seconds and is caused by the collapse of the upper airways during sleep.