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Airborne transmission is complex, and hard to demonstrate unequivocally [20] but the Wells-Riley model can be used to make simple estimates of infection probability. [21] Some airborne diseases can affect non-humans. For example, Newcastle disease is an avian disease that affects many types of domestic poultry worldwide that is airborne.
An aerosol-generating procedure (AGP) is a medical or health-care procedure that a public health agency such as the World Health Organization or the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has designated as creating an increased risk of transmission of an aerosol borne contagious disease, [1] such as COVID-19.
Management of tuberculosis refers to techniques and procedures utilized for treating tuberculosis (TB), or simply a treatment plan for TB.. The medical standard for active TB is a short course treatment involving a combination of isoniazid, rifampicin (also known as Rifampin), pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for the first two months.
Many textile mills and fiber producing factories located in LMICs have high rates of chronic respiratory disease caused by byssinosis. [3] The term "brown lung" is a misnomer, as the lungs of affected individuals are not brown. [8] Byssinosis is also referred to as cotton worker's lung, mill fever, brown lung disease, and Monday fever. [4]
Airborne viruses travel much like cigarette smoke, he explained. The scent will be strongest beside a smoker, but those farther away will inhale more and more smoke if they remain in the room ...
Mucolytics such as acetylcysteine and carbocystine are widely prescribed for upper and lower respiratory tract infection without chronic broncho-pulmonary disease. However, in 2013 a Cochrane review reported their efficacy to be limited. [28] Acetylcysteine is considered to be safe for the children older than 2 years. [28]
Treatments for influenza include a range of medications and therapies that are used in response to disease influenza. Treatments may either directly target the influenza virus itself; or instead they may just offer relief to symptoms of the disease, while the body's own immune system works to recover from infection.
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