This schematic diagram outlines the predisposing and precipitating factors, pathophysiological process, and symptoms of bronchial asthma and hospital-acquired pneumonia. For asthma, it shows that factors like family history, age, gender, and allergies can predispose individuals, while air pollution, stress, cold air, and smoking can precipitate an attack. This leads to an immunological response where IgE antibodies attach to cells in the lungs, causing them to degranulate and induce inflammation, difficulty breathing, and other symptoms. For pneumonia, it outlines how stasis of secretions and inhalation of microorganisms can lead to their invasion of the lungs and multiplication, causing symptoms like fever, sputum
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Schematic diagram/pathophysiology of asthma and pneumonia
This schematic diagram outlines the predisposing and precipitating factors, pathophysiological process, and symptoms of bronchial asthma and hospital-acquired pneumonia. For asthma, it shows that factors like family history, age, gender, and allergies can predispose individuals, while air pollution, stress, cold air, and smoking can precipitate an attack. This leads to an immunological response where IgE antibodies attach to cells in the lungs, causing them to degranulate and induce inflammation, difficulty breathing, and other symptoms. For pneumonia, it outlines how stasis of secretions and inhalation of microorganisms can lead to their invasion of the lungs and multiplication, causing symptoms like fever, sputum
This schematic diagram outlines the predisposing and precipitating factors, pathophysiological process, and symptoms of bronchial asthma and hospital-acquired pneumonia. For asthma, it shows that factors like family history, age, gender, and allergies can predispose individuals, while air pollution, stress, cold air, and smoking can precipitate an attack. This leads to an immunological response where IgE antibodies attach to cells in the lungs, causing them to degranulate and induce inflammation, difficulty breathing, and other symptoms. For pneumonia, it outlines how stasis of secretions and inhalation of microorganisms can lead to their invasion of the lungs and multiplication, causing symptoms like fever, sputum