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    This document outlines the pathophysiology of tuberculosis in a 5-year-old patient. Predisposing factors included age, lack of BCG vaccine, and poor living conditions. Precipitating factors allowed the tuberculosis pathogen to enter the airways and multiply in the alveoli, causing an inflammatory reaction, fever, and shortness of breath. White blood cells migrated into the alveoli, filling the spaces and interfering with gas exchange, resulting in decreased ventilation and oxygen tension in parts of the lungs.

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    This document outlines the pathophysiology of tuberculosis in a 5-year-old patient. Predisposing factors included age, lack of BCG vaccine, and poor living conditions. Precipitating factors allowed the tuberculosis pathogen to enter the airways and multiply in the alveoli, causing an inflammatory reaction, fever, and shortness of breath. White blood cells migrated into the alveoli, filling the spaces and interfering with gas exchange, resulting in decreased ventilation and oxygen tension in parts of the lungs.

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    Pa Tho Physiology

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    Joanne Jelica
    This document outlines the pathophysiology of tuberculosis in a 5-year-old patient. Predisposing factors included age, lack of BCG vaccine, and poor living conditions. Precipitating factors allowed the tuberculosis pathogen to enter the airways and multiply in the alveoli, causing an inflammatory reaction, fever, and shortness of breath. White blood cells migrated into the alveoli, filling the spaces and interfering with gas exchange, resulting in decreased ventilation and oxygen tension in parts of the lungs.

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    PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

    Predisposing Factors: Precipitating Factors:


    Age = 5 years old -No BCG Vaccine
    -Lives at rural area
    -Poor house ventilation
    -Nutrition
    -Immunosuppressed

    Altered immune system/


    Impaired host defense

    Pathogen enters the airway mucus and


    multiplies in alveolar spaces

    Temperature = 38 oC Inflammatory reaction in the alveoli


    As of 11/26/10(Fever)

    Shortness of Exudate interferes with WBC migrates into alveoli


    Crackles and fill the normally  WBC
    DOB
    breath diffusion of oxygen
    s alveoli containing spaces 20.2 x 109/L
    and carbon dioxide

    Areas of the lungs are not


    adequately ventilated and Retraction
    decrease alveolar oxygen tension Nasal Flaring
    -Respiratory Chest
    rate: Indrawing
    RR =46
    39 cpm
    cpm
    -Difficulty
    (DOB) of
    Bronchospasm
    Breathing

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