Sentences with phrase «of lung infection»

There are many different types of pneumonia and many symptoms that may go along with this type of lung infection.

One is presumed dead, another appears to have been eaten by a predator, and a third was euthanized because of a lung infection.

Your veterinarian will perform a physical and may check blood, mucus, and may take x-rays to check for signs of lung infection.

Further research will be needed to better understand the potential role of lung infection in Ebola and whether it may be a factor in transmission of the virus from one human to another.

But they are staying free of lung infections and gaining weight.

While the life expectancy for children with cystic fibrosis has increased over the past few decades, many lives are still shortened in young adulthood by the ravages of lung infections.

However, colloidal silver used via a nebulizer is reported to be extremely effective against many different types of lung infections; the colloidal silver is delivered directly to the site of the infection where bacterial counts are rapidly reduced.

Not exact matches

I won't reveal yet who my favorites are, but I will say that these young scientist - founders came up with very creative solutions for preventing infections in some common surgeries, tackling resistance in targeted antibody drugs, improving gene vectors for cell therapies, helping the vision - impaired «see» faces and better read their environments, imaging hard - to - see spots in the lungs and other organs, improving genetic risk analysis, and expediting the logistical operations of hospitals.

But with the exception (perhaps) of some infections, human disease, including lung cancer, is rarely «caused» by one (and only one) thing.

Four years ago, Strisower's daughter Jessica almost died of a bacterial lung infection that was resistant to antibiotics.

In addition, the buildup of mucous in the lungs, as a result of this immune response to infection, induces coughing as a reflex to try to clear the airways.

For instance, Gupta wondered if a chest x-ray had been performed on Clinton to see how much of her lungs had been affected by the infection.

One flavonoid in lemongrass called luteolin has such strong anti-inflammatory abilities that it may be able to treat some symptoms of multiple sclerosis, as well as lung infections or acute lung injury.

There Jill received a blur of diagnoses, each more frightening than the next: First she was told she had a serious infection, then grapefruit - sized cysts on her ovaries and, a few hours later and most ominously, masses in her lung, liver, clavicle and one breast.

He made a name for himself in Super Bowl IX: After losing 18 pounds while fighting pneumonia and a lung infection, he left the hospital the morning of the game and starred in Pittsburgh's 16 — 6 win over the Vikings.

Secondhand smoke can be extremely dangerous for your baby — it weakens the lungs, makes babies more prone to ear infections, increases snoring and sleep - disordered breathing (a proven cause of health, behavior, and learning problems), and doubles the risk of SIDS.

In addition to the improved lung function, aerobic training may improve recovery following lung infections and improve clearance of lower airway secretions.

Infants below six months are at the risks of being attacked by this malady because their lungs have not been fully developed to handle the strenuous impact of the infection and they can not manage the whooping effect in their body systems.

She could have an ear, throat, or lung infection that you weren't aware of.

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

Multiple factors play an important role in how well a baby will do including birth weight, complications of pregnancy such as placental abruption, infection, and immature lung development to name just a few.

With preterm PROM before 34 weeks, the doctor will usually hospitalize the mother and then try to postpone labor until the baby's lungs are mature, giving steroids to boost lung development, along with antibiotics and monitoring for signs of infection.

Some babies will have signs of toxoplasmosis at birth, which may include an enlarged liver and jaundice, an enlarged spleen, a low platelet count, a rash, a heart or lung infection, and enlarged lymph nodes.

Some babies with BPD outgrow all symptoms of the disease by the time they go to preschool, while others will have lifelong lung problems such as asthma or frequent lung infections.

The condition may irritate the lung tissue of your baby and cause an infection in the airways.

This includes essential care during childbirth and in the postnatal period for every mother and baby, including antenatal steroid injections (given to pregnant women at risk of preterm labour to strengthen the babies» lungs), kangaroo mother care (when the baby is carried by the mother with skin - to - skin contact and frequent breastfeeding), and antibiotics to treat newborn infections.

Also, if some of the stomach contents get into the nose or lungs, a baby with GERD might develop respiratory problems like pneumonia, a cough at night, or sinus or ear infections.

The AAP Committee on Environmental Health has identified these problems with secondhand smoke exposure: decreased lung growth, decreased lung function, and increased frequency of lower respiratory tract infections and respiratory symptoms.

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)

Influenza is a type of viral infection that affects your child's respiratory system including his nose, throat and lungs.

They will help prevent some of the complications, such as bacterial infections of the ears or lungs.

The ill effects of smoking are known to all — lung cancer, bronchial infections, heart diseases, reproductive troubles etc..

Your doctor will first check for signs of infection; if none are present, then they may attempt to hold off your labor, and supply your baby with steroidal medicines to help their lungs grow quicker.

One person who donates organs (hearts, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and intestines) can save up to eight lives, while a tissue or eye donor (corneas, bone, skin, heart valves, tendons, veins, etc.) can improve more tha 75 lives by restoring eyesight, helping fight infections in burn patients and preventing the loss of mobility and disability.

MAS can affect the baby in a number of ways, including chemical irritation to the lung tissue, airway obstruction by a meconium plug, infection, and the inactivation of surfactant by the meconium.

Joint first author of the study, microbiologist Dr Jo Fothergill said: «We have discovered that the nasopharynx acts as a silent reservoir for bacteria from which more serious infections in the lungs can develop.»

One mystery of cystic fibrosis is why most children suffer chronic and often deadly lung infections from a bug that rarely harms healthy individuals.

«It is clear that antibiotics are not an effective treatment for these infections once established in the lung, so something else needs to be developed urgently, and targeting the infection at the site of entry before chronic infection develops is one way forward.»

By using this model, they showed for the first time that Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonised the nasopharynx — the part of the body which connects the back of the nose to the back of the mouth — long term and then subsequently migrated down into the lungs to cause chronic infection.

«P. aeruginosa biofilm infections are a leading cause of death for people suffering from cystic fibrosis, a genetic condition that affects the lungs and the digestive system,» said Principal Investigator Lars Dietrich, an associate professor of biological sciences.

Immunologist Dr Dan Neill, who is the other first author added: «This finding may explain why patients often suffer from recurrent infections with the same bacterial strain as continual re-infection of the lungs from the upper airways can take place.»

Out with the old Pertussis is a bacterial infection of the lungs that leads to uncontrollable, deep coughs.

Working in human lung epithelial cells, researchers used a variety of techniques to show that flu infection increased activity of the PI3K and mTOR pathways and that BEZ235 restored PI3K and mTOR activity to pre-infection levels.

PET scans showed dramatically increased glucose metabolism in the lungs of 20 immune - compromised pediatric cancer patients with flu and other respiratory infections compared to patients without infections.

Gram negative pathogens constitute a big group of different species; amongst others pseudomonas, which can cause lung and urinary tract infections.

Researchers showed that flu infection changed the metabolism of human lung epithelial cells, the prime location for replication of flu virus.

The influenza virus turns infected lung cells into factories that churn out thousands of copies of the virus to spread the infection.

Researchers only discovered this process in the late 1990s, but they've already begun dozens of clinical trials to gauge whether infusing patients with these small RNAs works against a range of diseases, from lung infections to liver cancer to age - related macular degeneration, a sight - stealing condition that mainly affects people over the age of 50.

Originally, researchers thought Th2 response had evolved to promote tissue repair; however, in the context of lung virus infections, Th2 cells appear to contribute to the overactive immune responses that endanger patients.

The researchers also employed a cutting - edge technology developed by their collaborators at Columbia University to reprogram the child's skin cells into early progenitor cells, then differentiate those into lung cells, the front lines of influenza infections.