Respiratory Diseases

• Respiratory Diseases

  Asthma

  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD )

  Lung cancer

  Laryngeal cancer
• Circulatory Diseases

  Atherosclerosis

  Heart attack

  Hypertension \ High Blood Pressure

  Leukemia

  Aneurysm
• Asthma


  it affects 25 million people in the USA. it is a chronic inflammatory disease that causes breathing problems when the airways become narrowed and inflamed or blocked by mucus
• Wheezing

  Coughing

  Tightness of chest

  Shortness of breath
• What does COPD means
• 1. Emphysema


  Occurs when tiny air sacs in the alveoli becomes damaged and less elastic, that reduce the ability to move oxygen or gases that can lead to hypoxia
• Chronic Bronchitis is a chronic inflammation of the bronchi and bronchioles
• Chronic bronchitis

  • Frequent chronic cough
  • cough that produces a lot of mucus
  • shortness of breath that is worse while in activity
  • tightness in the chest
  • weakness
• Lung cancer is the most common cancer in men and women in the UK
• Lung cancer


  most common type of cancer
• Laryngeal cancer is a malignant tumour of the larynx, it happens when you used tobacco products and drink a lot of alcohols
• Atherosclerosis: a disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of fatty material on their inner walls.
• Most frequent artery diseases

  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
  • Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.
  • Coronary Artery Disease.
  • Carotid Artery Disease.
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease.
  • Vertebrobasilar Disease.
  • Renal Vascular Disease.
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.
• Atherosclerosis is a specific type of arteriosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on the artery walls
• Heart attack is a blockage in the coronary arteries that supply the heart with oxygenated blood
• myocardial infarction is the death of cardiac muscle tissue due to a lack of oxygen that will lead to heart attack
• is a common chronic condition where your resting blood pressure is persistently higher than what is considered a normal reading
• Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.
• leukemia most often occur in adults age of 55 and children younger than the age of 15
• aneurysm: an excessive localized swelling of the wall of an artery.
• aneurysm can occur anywhere throughout the circulatory system but most commonly develop along the aorta