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11-year-old boy complains of wheezing and difficulty “getting enough air.” Notices it more when he is...

11-year-old boy complains of wheezing and difficulty “getting enough air.” Notices it more when he is playing baseball and symptoms improve when exercise activity stops. He says that the symptoms are getting worse and the symptoms are even occurring at rest. Mother says the child is allergic to cat dander and his next-door neighbor in their apartment building recently began sheltering cats for the local humane society. Auscultation demonstrates wheezes on forced expiration throughout all lung fields.

Be sure that you are addressing the following within the body of your paper:

  • Analyze processes related to cardiovascular and respiratory disorders
  • Analyze alterations in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and the resultant disease processes
  • Analyze racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning
  • Evaluate the impact of patient characteristics on disorders and altered physiology

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Answer #1

1.    process related to respirtaory system   

due to any etoiological factors

swelling of the membrane due to inflamamtion

   it causes narrowing of airway

further narrowing of airway is occurs by contracttion of smooth muscle

it leads to   again airway obstruction

causes mucus secretion obstruct airway

  pulmonary artery pressure become higher due to long standing respiratory problem

right atrium pressure become higher

causes right ventricular hypertrophy to compensate

signs and symptoms occur.

process related to cardiovasculated problem:

due to any etiological factor

fluid become stagnated in the left ventricle

causes hypertrophy of left ventricle to compensate higher volume of fluid

it causes higher pressure in the pulmonary vein due to fluid collection

it causes fluid stagnation in the lungs

displays signs and symptoms

  

2. cardiac system and respirtory system are interconnected. if any system get affected, it affects another system.cardiac disorders causes respirtaory disease again, respirtory disease causes cardiac disease.if respiratory failure occurs, then chances of occurence of cardiac failure.

alteranations in respirtaory system like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respirtory failure, pulmonary heart hypertension, pulmonary embolism causes increased pressure in the pulmonary artery causes right ventricular hypertrophy.

alternation in cardiac system like mitral valve prolapse, rheumatic heart disease, left heart failure, cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction that fluid accumulation causes respirtory symptoms

3.racial/ethnicity: white americans of european has higher lung volumes compared to  black americans of european. and whites has higher lung capacity than black, chinese or indians in a study. race has impact lung volumes

4.

the boy has shortness of breath. his symptoms even present at rest and wheeze was heard in forced expiration on auscultation through out all lung field. he has allergy of cat dander. it shows that he is suffering from asthma

due to allergens

it causes inflammation

vascular congestion due to inflammatory mediators

then it causes   mucosal edema formation

  airway diameter is reduced

it causes further narrrowing of the airway

contraction of bronchial walls

the broncial muscles and mucus glands become enlarge

mucus production become increased

   further narrowng of the airway by mucus plugging in the airway

signs and symptoms

  

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