(4) A review paper found that probiotic supplementation was able to significantly reduce the number of
upper respiratory tract infections as well as reduce antibiotic prescription rates.
That is despite the fact that the AAP, in their clinical report on the «Principles of Judicious Antibiotic Prescribing for
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Pediatrics» states that «antibiotics should not be prescribed for» acute bronchitis or acute cough illnesses.
Together, these communication and defense capabilities allow P. aeruginosa to form tightly packed layers called biofilms, which can
cause respiratory tract infections in humans and are particularly dangerous to cystic fibrosis patients.
The researchers estimated that if an average - sized GP practice with 7,000 patients reduced its antibiotic prescribing to people
with respiratory tract infections by 10 per cent, there could be one extra case of pneumonia each year.
In fact, mycoplasma is not only responsible
for respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia in children and adults, it can also trigger Guillain - Barré syndrome (GBS) in infected individuals.
Abdulhamid, I., Beck, F. W., Millard, S., Chen, X., and Prasad, A. Effect of zinc supplementation
on respiratory tract infections in children with cystic fibrosis.
Introduction: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), previously called immotile cilia syndrome (ICS), is a divers group of inherited structural and functional abnormalities affecting the cilia of the respiratory tract mucosa and other organs which results mainly in
recurrent respiratory tract infections.
However, lower
respiratory tract infections at almost all ages were associated with worse lung function as indicated by lower scores for FVC, FEV1 and FEF75.
General practices with lower rates of antibiotic prescribing for
respiratory tract infections did not have higher rates of serious bacterial complications, including: meningitis, mastoiditis (infection of the mastoid bone behind the ear), empyema (infection of the lining of the lungs), brain abscess or Lemierre's syndrome (an infection of the jugular vein in the neck).
Lead author Dr Lorcan Ruane, who conducted the work at University of Sydney said: «For those participants who reported milder upper
respiratory tract infection symptoms the risk increase was less, but was still elevated by 13 fold.»
The normal temperature of a cats and dogs is about 101.5 - 102.5 F (38.6 - 39C) If the pet's temperature is over 102.7 it might indicate that the problem will develop into a more
serious respiratory tract infection.
The UK Millennium Cohort Study estimated that exclusive and sustained breastfeeding could prevent 53 % and 27 % of hospitalizations each month due to diarrhoeal and lower
respiratory tract infections while partial breastfeeding could prevent 31 % and 25 % each month, respectively.
For the study, the investigators calculated the current costs of 10 pediatric diseases for which there is evidence of a protective effect of breastfeeding — including eczema, middle - ear infections, lower
respiratory tract infections like pneumonia, asthma, type 1 diabetes and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Dr Evelien van Meel (MD), from the Generation R Study Group at Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, The Netherlands, will tell the congress: «These findings support the hypothesis that early -
life respiratory tract infections may influence the development of respiratory illnesses in the longer term.
This virus is responsible for
many respiratory tract infections, for example the common cold, but can also underlie asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease attacks, severe bronchiolitis and pneumonia.
Endurance athletes are more susceptible to upper -
respiratory tract infections due to their heavy training loads, and this is a problem for them as infections can mean competition under - performing or missing out on training sessions.
With an estimated 50 percent of antibiotic prescriptions for acute
respiratory tract infections unnecessary1, True Health's program is built to identify the specific cause of the infection so clinicians can prescribe an effective treatment.
Salicylic acid, a popular topical acne treatment and active component in willow bark extract and Aspirin, may lead to upper
respiratory tract infections according to researchers at the Institute of Microbiology, Vetmeduni Vienna, and the University of Buenos Aires.
Phrases with «respiratory tract infections»