Sentences with phrase «of severe lung disease»

Interestingly, many that did not have adult heartworms present had signs of severe lung disease.

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They are not recommended for teens between the ages of 12 and 18 who are obese or have breathing problems such as sleep apnea or severe lung disease.

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)

severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia, also known as chronic lung disease, resulting in prolonged ventilation and use of supplementary oxygen

There is a special injection for RSV called palivizumab but it is only given to children at risk of severe RSV (mainly babies with heart or lung disease or those who were born very early).

«If we can find biomarkers informing us that the most vulnerable parts of the lung have already been infected by RSV, then it could be possible to identify much more quickly the children at more risk for developing severe lung disease and to get those babies in a treatment protocol at an earlier time,» Pickles said.

«We compared the ability of RSV and parainfluenza virus (PIV3)-- another common virus in children that causes much less severe airway disease — to infect and cause inflammatory responses in a cell culture model of human epithelial cells, which compose the lining of the lung airway.

When the researchers did sub-group analyses, they found that participants with severe periodontal disease had more than double the risk of developing lung cancer, compared with no / mild periodontitis.

«When we looked at data for the people who had never smoked, we also found evidence that having severe periodontal disease was related to an increased risk of lung cancer and colorectal cancer,» said Elizabeth Platz, Sc.D., deputy chair of the department of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

The infantile onset form of the disease is the most severe, with untreated patients experiencing significant heart and lung failure by the second year of life.

The use of immune suppression in the treatment of autoimmune disorders and other diseases needs to be better individualised to prevent undue impairment of lung defences and severe secondary infections.

People fighting severe chronic diseases (like lung fibrosis, cancer, diabetes, severe obesity, arthritis) will benefit a lot to having at least one of the following exercise equipments at home:

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is one of these lung conditions may be aided by amino acid supplements; in particular, those with even severe COPD.

Radiographs (x-rays) of the heart are not useful, as severe heart disease can be present while the heart looks normal, but x-rays are needed to check the lungs.

It is a severe and potentially fatal disease caused by parasitic worms that like to live in the heart and the arteries of the lungs of many types of mammals.

This is a common finding in dogs with severe heart disease as a result of fluid building up in or around the lungs (see Congestive Heart Failure).

This may occur in dogs with severe heart disease as a result of fluid building up in or around the lungs (a condition known as Congestive Heart Failure).

Heartworm can cause devastating disease, their presence in the heart and arteries of the lungs can result in coughing, decreased exercise and in severe cases, congestive heart failure.

Cats with severe manifestations of feline heartworm disease may require additional supportive therapy, and may benefit from intravenous fluids, oxygen therapy, cage confinement, bronchodilators (which expand the air passages of the lungs), cardiovascular drugs, antibiotics and nursing care.

Heartworm disease is an infestation of a parasitic worm (Dirofilaria immitus) that initially lodges in the lungs but with severe enough infections can back - up through the heart, where it gets it's name.

Heartworms live in the heart, lungs and blood vessels of affected animals, causing severe lung disease, heart failure and damage to other organs.

The clinical presentation of feline heartworm disease has recently been redefined as Heartworm Associated Respiratory Disease (HARD), an infection that can often lead to severe lung disease and suddendisease has recently been redefined as Heartworm Associated Respiratory Disease (HARD), an infection that can often lead to severe lung disease and suddenDisease (HARD), an infection that can often lead to severe lung disease and suddendisease and sudden death.

Adult worms live in the vessels of the lungs surrounding the heart and can cause severe disease in the lungs leading to coughing, exercise intolerance, weight loss, collapse, or congestive heart failure.

It is a severe and potentially fatal disease caused by parasitic worms that like to live in the heart and lungs of many types of mammals.

Heartworm disease involves severe damage to the lungs and heart and causes a variety of consequences including pulmonary emboli (clots that cutoff blood flow to the lungs), heart failure, pulmonary hypertension (elevated blood pressure of the lung vessels), multiple organ system failure, and even death.

It is a self limiting, mild condition, but in chronic cases the disease may progress to a fatal bronchopneumonia (Inflammation involving the lungs and bronchus) in young dogs to severe bronchitis (Inflammation of Bronchi) in adult dogs or aged dogs.

Do you have a history of respiratory problems, severe attacks of hayfever or allergies, or lung disease?

When asked if specific health problems will become more or less common over the next 10 years in their community due to global warming, more than one third of Americans think the following conditions will become more common: air pollution, including smog (38 %); pollen - related allergies (38 %); asthma / other lung diseases (37 %); heat stroke (36 %); and bodily harm from severe storms and / or hurricanes (34 %).

• people aged six months and over with medical conditions such as severe asthma, lung or heart disease, low immunity or diabetes (58 % of these adults are vaccinated, and 27 % of these children).

Second, I'm thankful for the «breath of life» as I have a severe lung disease that keeps me house - bound, and by God's grace, mercy, and love; He fills my lungs with His breath of life each new day to experience more of His love, mercy, and grace.