Sentences with phrase «with upper respiratory tract infections»

Some of the students fell ill with upper respiratory tract infections and one resident developed a skin infection.

A new study tested the effects of probiotics and xylitol chewing gum — which has been shown to prevent bacteria overgrowth and help with upper respiratory tract infections — on the seasonal sore throats of 689 patients.

In fact, in one study, more than 100 children with upper respiratory tract infections were given either a honey flavored cough suppressant, nothing, or up to two teaspoons of pure honey before bed.

There are many potential benefits to adding probiotics to our kids» diets such as decreasing the severity and duration of diarrhea cause by gastroenteritis, preventing antibiotic - induced diarrhea, easing colic in babies, and boosting immunity, especially with upper respiratory tract infections.

Our observations of reduced fever at 1 month and reduced stuffy nose at 6 months associated with nonprone sleep positions are consistent with this hypothesis, as is the reported observation that adults with upper respiratory tract infections have lower nasal bacterial counts after lying supine for 1 hour vs lying prone for 1 hour.11 Also, infants sleeping supine swallow more frequently than infants sleeping prone in response to a pharyngeal fluid stimulus, suggesting more effective clearing of nasopharyngeal secretions in the supine position and, hence, less potential for eustachian tube obstruction and fewer ear infections.12

These symptoms are common in children with upper respiratory tract infections, such as a cold.

About 15 percent of patients with an upper respiratory tract infection — the type of infection we typically think of as a «common cold» — went on to develop pneumonia, or an infection of the lower respiratory tract.

Unfortunately, our daughter became very ill with an upper respiratory tract infection, purulent rhinitis, sinusitis, and an ear infection which was close to perforation, and an asthma exacerbation 2 days before we were supposed to leave.

My family had scheduled a family vacation to Orlando this past April and we purchased travel insurance with Allianz in case of unforeseen medical emergencies since our daughter is prone to severe medical illness due to bilateral vesicoureteral reflux causing recurrent kidney infections and asthma which abruptly flares with any upper respiratory tract infection.

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Compared with never - breastfed infants, those who were breastfed for 6 months or longer had lower risks of upper respiratory tract infections (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 0.62 [95 % CI: 0.49 — 0.78]-RRB-, lower respiratory tract infections (aOR: 0.61 [95 % CI: 0.40 — 0.92]-RRB-, and gastrointestinal tract infections (aOR: 0.45 [95 % CI: 0.30 — 0.69]-RRB-.

No associations were found with upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tract infections.

Infants who were breastfed for 4 months or 4 to 6 months did not have lower risks of upper and lower respiratory or gastrointestinal tract infections in the first 6 months compared with never - breastfed infants (all P >.05)(Fig 1).

Adjustment for family history of asthma, house dust mite allergy, and hay fever did not materially change the effect sizes for the duration of exclusive breastfeeding with upper and lower respiratory tract infections.

No other associations of the various breastfeeding categories with upper and lower respiratory and gastrointestinal tract infections between the ages of 7 and 12 months were observed.

Respiratory illness and infection were grouped as upper respiratory tract infection (unspecified upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, otitis media, otitis media with effusion), wheezing lower respiratory tract illness (wheezing associated respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,Respiratory illness and infection were grouped as upper respiratory tract infection (unspecified upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, otitis media, otitis media with effusion), wheezing lower respiratory tract illness (wheezing associated respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,respiratory tract infection (unspecified upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, otitis media, otitis media with effusion), wheezing lower respiratory tract illness (wheezing associated respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, otitis media, otitis media with effusion), wheezing lower respiratory tract illness (wheezing associated respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,respiratory tract illness (wheezing associated respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough, or croup).

The Duke team has previously explored blood tests to examine a patient's RNA for gene signatures to distinguish bacterial and viral infections in the upper respiratory tract and is working with a private company to develop potential diagnostics.

They found that upper respiratory tract infections were not associated with worse lung function in later life.

Oftentimes an upper respiratory tract infection can mimic asthma, so it's important to remember that «acute asthmalike symptoms» do not necessarily mean asthma — which must be diagnosed with a breathing test and the presence of chronic symptoms.

For those individuals reporting symptoms of milder upper respiratory tract infection, the increase in risk was less, but still with a 13 times greater risk.

In one study children who were given the strain vs those who were given a placebo had a significantly reduced risk of upper respiratory tract infections, a reduced risk of respiratory tract infections lasting longer than 3 days, and a significantly lower number of days with respiratory symptoms.

This was soon coupled with chronic hip tendonitis and nagging recurrent upper respiratory tract infections.

He was very sick when we brought him into our care with an upper respiratory infection and a severe urinary tract infection so he spent quite a bit of time at the vets and is finally able to be a spoiled little puppy!

Just as with the human common cold, the virus that causes this upper respiratory - tract infection (cat «flu») is easily transmitted from one cat to another, so vaccination is imperative if your pet will come in contact with other cats.

Feline calicivirus infection is usually associated with upper respiratory tract and oral symptoms.

We also vaccinate animals with certain conditions — like an upper respiratory tract infection or even pregnancy — that might make us otherwise delay vaccines.

Dogs with infection in their sinuses or their upper respiratory tract, whether from viruses, bacteria, foreign material (such as grass seeds), or even cancer can present with fetid breath.

In one study, 41 dogs with chronic upper respiratory tract infection were examined before and after an eight week oral treatment with Echinacea (21).

Increased psychosocial stress and decreased mucosal immunity in children with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections