Bronchiolitis Research Paper
Abstract
This paper investigates the effects of bronchiolitis and the many ways in which it can do a lot of damage to a human’s body. This type of condition is also known as inflammation of the bronchioles in which it mainly affects with a person’s lungs. With that being said, that leads us to the purpose of identification and treatment in this paper.
Keywords: Bronchiolitis, Viral Bronchiolitis, Bronchiolitis Obliterans Bronchiolitis and Its Description (Introduction)
Bronchiolitis is an inflammatory respiratory condition. It is damaged by a virus in the lungs (bronchioles) in which it affects the small air passages. The bronchioles responsibility is to control the airflow through the lungs and once it is damaged or becomes infected, …show more content…
RSV is a common virus that infects just about every child by the age of 2. Outbreaks of the RSV infection occur every winter. Bronchiolitis can also be caused by other viruses, including those that cause the flu or the common cold. Infants can be reinfected with RSV because at least two strains exist (Guichard, 2015).”
The viruses that cause bronchiolitis are easily spread. You can contract them through droplets in the air when someone who is sick coughs, sneezes or talks. You can also get them by touching shared objects such as utensils, towels or toys and then touching your eyes, nose or mouth.
Pathophysiology
Bronchioles are small airways (< 2 mm in diameter) and lack cartilage and submucosal glands. The terminal bronchiole, a 16th-generation airway, is the final conducting airway that terminates in the respiratory bronchioles. The acinus (ie, the gas exchange unit of the lung) consists of respiratory bronchioles, the alveolar duct, and alveoli. The bronchiolar lining consists of surfactant-secreting Clara cells and neuroendocrine cells, which are the source of bioactive products such as somatostatin, endothelin, and
This paper investigates the effects of bronchiolitis and the many ways in which it can do a lot of damage to a human’s body. This type of condition is also known as inflammation of the bronchioles in which it mainly affects with a person’s lungs. With that being said, that leads us to the purpose of identification and treatment in this paper.
Keywords: Bronchiolitis, Viral Bronchiolitis, Bronchiolitis Obliterans Bronchiolitis and Its Description (Introduction)
Bronchiolitis is an inflammatory respiratory condition. It is damaged by a virus in the lungs (bronchioles) in which it affects the small air passages. The bronchioles responsibility is to control the airflow through the lungs and once it is damaged or becomes infected, …show more content…
RSV is a common virus that infects just about every child by the age of 2. Outbreaks of the RSV infection occur every winter. Bronchiolitis can also be caused by other viruses, including those that cause the flu or the common cold. Infants can be reinfected with RSV because at least two strains exist (Guichard, 2015).”
The viruses that cause bronchiolitis are easily spread. You can contract them through droplets in the air when someone who is sick coughs, sneezes or talks. You can also get them by touching shared objects such as utensils, towels or toys and then touching your eyes, nose or mouth.
Pathophysiology
Bronchioles are small airways (< 2 mm in diameter) and lack cartilage and submucosal glands. The terminal bronchiole, a 16th-generation airway, is the final conducting airway that terminates in the respiratory bronchioles. The acinus (ie, the gas exchange unit of the lung) consists of respiratory bronchioles, the alveolar duct, and alveoli. The bronchiolar lining consists of surfactant-secreting Clara cells and neuroendocrine cells, which are the source of bioactive products such as somatostatin, endothelin, and