Problem
Investigating Respiratory System Diseases & Disorders
In this chapter we learned about the structures and function of the respiratory system. A variety of respiratory related diseases exist. Pick one of the respiratory system related diseases on the list below or research a different one that interests you. Find a website on the disease that you choose and complete the following questions:
A. Which respiratory system disease or disorder did you choose?
B. Briefly, summarize this respiratory system disease or disorder. (One paragraph)
C. What website did you find provided the best information?
D. What organization or business runs this site?
E. pick any of theseGeneralizes Upper Respiratory Infections (URIs)
• Laryngitis
• Nasopharyngitis
• Otitis media
• Rhinitis
• Sinusitis
• Tonsillitis
Lung Diseases
• Acute Bronchitis
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
• Asbestosis
• Asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchiolitis
• Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP)
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
• Byssinosis
• Chronic Bronchitis
• Coccidioidomycosis (Cocci)
• COPD
• Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Emphysema
• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
• Histoplasmosis
• Human Metapneumovirus
• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• Influenza
• Lung Cancer
• Lymphangiomatosis
• Mesothelioma
• Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome
• Nontuberculosis Mycobacterium
• Pertussis
• Pneumoconiosis (Black Lung Disease)
• Pneumonia
• Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
• Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Pulmonary Vascular Disease
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus
• Sarcoidosis
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Silicosis
• Sleep Apnea
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Tuberculosis
Pleural Cavity Diseases
• Pleural mesothelioma
• Pleural effusion
• Pneumothorax.