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Bronchiolitis is inflammation of the small airways in the lungs. Acute bronchiolitis is due to a viral infection usually affecting children younger than two years of age. [5] Symptoms may include fever, cough, runny nose, wheezing, and breathing problems. [1] More severe cases may be associated with nasal flaring, grunting, or the skin between ...
Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), also known as obliterative bronchiolitis, constrictive bronchiolitis and popcorn lung, is a disease that results in obstruction of the smallest airways of the lungs (bronchioles) due to inflammation. [1][6] Symptoms include a dry cough, shortness of breath, wheezing and feeling tired. [1]
Video: Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Bronchiolitis. Bronchiolitis is a common lower respiratory tract infection characterized by inflammation and obstruction of the small airways in the lungs. [20] While several viruses can cause bronchiolitis, RSV is responsible for about 70% of cases. [4]
This is a shortened version of the eighth chapter of the ICD-9: Diseases of the Respiratory System.It covers ICD codes 460 to 519.The full chapter can be found on pages 283 to 300 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
A "smoker's macrophage", with yellow to light brown and finely granular cytoplasmic pigment. Respiratory bronchiolitis is a lung disease associated with tobacco smoking. [1] In pathology, it is defined by the presence of "smoker's macrophages". [1] When manifesting significant clinical symptoms it is referred to as respiratory bronchiolitis ...
Human metapneumovirus (HMPV or hMPV) is a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Pneumoviridae [ 1 ] and is closely related to the Avian metapneumovirus (AMPV) subgroup C. It was isolated for the first time in 2001 in the Netherlands by using the RAP-PCR (RNA arbitrarily primed PCR) technique for identification of unknown ...
By the age of 10, the majority of children are seropositive for HPIV-4 infection—this may be indicative of a large proportion of asymptomatic or mild infections. [ 3 ] Those with compromised immunity have a higher risk of infection and mortality and may fall ill with more extreme forms of LRI. [ 13 ]
Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is an inflammatory lung disease of unknown cause. It is a severe, progressive form of bronchiolitis, an inflammatory condition of the bronchioles (small air passages in the lungs). The term diffuse signifies that lesions appear throughout both lungs, while panbronchiolitis refers to inflammation found in all ...