Sentences with phrase «common chronic lung diseases»

Bhandari studies Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD), the most common chronic lung disease in premature infants.

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The most common complications that lead to ongoing disability include intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) or bleeding in the brain, asphyxia or a lack of oxygen to the brain, severe jaundice, hypoglycemia or a low blood sugar level, severe infections, long - term use of ventilation, and chronic lung disease known as bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)

Common causes of pulmonary hypertension include congestive heart failure, other heart diseases, birth defects of the heart, chronic lung disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and certain autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis.

The most common causes of deaths related to smoking among people in prison were lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, and chronic lung disease.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), lung diseases are the third most common cause of death worldwide: toxic particles, infections, and chronic inflammatory responses pose a permanent threat to our lungs.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease which makes it difficult to breathe and is the third commonest cause of death worldwide.

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a common preventable and treatable disease of the lungs.

Healthy eating is particularly important if you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a common lung condition that includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

It is the most common type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a term used to describe progressive lung conditions (another type of COPD is emphysema) that make it hard to breathe.

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.

I would speculate that an important reason kidney failure and respiratory conditions are so common in chronic disease at large is because the systems that buffer and maintain pH (kidneys, lungs, etc.) have been chronically stressed, overtaxed, and have begun to fail.