Some people suffer from sleep disorders for which no exact cause can be diagnosed during normal medical examinations. In such cases, sufferers are sent to a sleep laboratory for polysomnography. What is polysomnography? Polysomnography is a comprehensive examination of all body functions during sleep. Polysomnography is the term used to describe a comprehensive examination of … Polysomnography: Treatment, Effects & Risks
The respiratory center is that part of the brain that controls both inhalation and exhalation. It is located in the medulla oblongata and consists of four subunits. Dysfunction of the respiratory center may occur as a result of neurologic diseases, lesions, and poisoning, among other conditions, or may be associated with other diseases. What is … Respiratory Center: Structure, Function & Diseases
In general, the term smoker’s cough refers to chronic respiratory diseases caused by tobacco use. Smoker’s cough, as harmless as the term sounds, is a dangerous disease that slowly and incurably destroys lung tissue. What is a smoker’s cough? The respiratory tract and lungs are permanently damaged by years of tobacco use in the form … Smokers Cough: Causes, Treatment & Help
As the first segment of the lower airway, the trachea is the air-conducting connector between the larynx and the bronchi. Air reaches the lungs through the trachea. If food enters the trachea instead of the esophagus as a result of eating too hastily, this causes a strong coughing impulse that is accompanied by a spasm … Trachea: Structure, Function & Diseases
The acoustic stethoscope is used in human medicine to listen to and auscultate various body sounds. Typically, these are heart sounds, sounds in the lungs and bronchi during inhalation and exhalation, bowel sounds caused by peristalsis, and possibly flow sounds in certain veins (e.g., the carotid arteries). Listening is done non-invasively, and the stethoscope is … Stethoscope: Treatment, Effect & Risks
