Respiratory

DISEASES
 RESPIRATORY
DISEASES
1. ASTHMA
2. FLU
3. COMMON COLD
4. BRONCHITIS
5. TONSILITIS
6. INFLUENZA
7. COVID-19
8. SMOKING
9. VAPING
 ASTHMA
AGENT
WHAT AGENT CAUSES ASTHMA?
ASTHMA TRIGGERS

AIRBORNE ALLERGENS, SUCH AS POLLEN, DUST MITES, MOLD

SPORES, PET DANDER OR PARTICLES OF COCKROACH WASTE.
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, SUCH AS THE COMMON COLD.

Symptoms
WHEEZING, COUGHING AND CHEST TIGHTNESS BECOMING SEVERE AND CONSTANT.
BEING TOO BREATHLESS TO EAT, SPEAK OR SLEEP.
BREATHING FASTER.
A FAST HEARTBEAT.
DROWSINESS, CONFUSION, EXHAUSTION OR DIZZINESS.
BLUE LIPS OR FINGERS.
FAINTING.
 AGENT

FLU THE FLU IS CAUSED BY INFLUENZA VIRUSES THAT

INFECT THE NOSE, THROAT, AND LUNGS. THESE
VIRUSES SPREAD WHEN PEOPLE WITH FLU COUGH,
SNEEZE OR TALK, SENDING DROPLETS WITH THE
VIRUS INTO THE AIR AND POTENTIALLY INTO THE
MOUTHS OR NOSES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NEARBY.
YOU CAN ALSO GET FLU BY TOUCHING A SURFACE OR
OBJECT THAT HAS FLU VIRUS ON IT AND THEN
TOUCHING YOUR OWN MOUTH, EYES OR NOSE.

SYMPTOMS
FEVER* OR FEELING FEVERISH/CHILLS.
COUGH.
SORE THROAT.
RUNNY OR STUFFY NOSE.
MUSCLE OR BODY ACHES.
HEADACHES.
FATIGUE (TIREDNESS)
SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE VOMITING AND DIARRHEA,
THOUGH THIS IS MORE COMMON IN CHILDREN THAN
ADULTS.
 COMMON COLD
SYMPTOMS
SNEEZING.
STUFFY NOSE.
AGENT RUNNY NOSE.
SORE THROAT.
COUGHING.
RHINOVIRUSES ARE THE
MUCUS DRIPPING DOWN YOUR
MOST COMMON CAUSE THROAT (POST-NASAL DRIP)
WATERY EYES.
FEVER (ALTHOUGH MOST PEOPLE
WITH COLDS DO NOT HAVE FEVER
 BRONCHITIS
SYMPTOMS
COUGH.
PRODUCTION OF MUCUS
(SPUTUM), WHICH CAN BE
CLEAR, WHITE, YELLOWISH-

AGENT GRAY OR GREEN IN COLOR —

RARELY, IT MAY BE STREAKED
WITH BLOOD.
BACTERIA CAN CAUSE BRONCHITIS IN
FATIGUE.
PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH
PROBLEMS. MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE,
SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE, SLIGHT FEVER AND CHILLS.
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE, MORAXELLA CHEST DISCOMFORT.
CATARRHALIS, AND BORDETELLA
PERTUSSIS ARE MOST COMMONLY
INVOLVED.
 TONSILITIS
AGENT
TONSILLITIS IS MOST OFTEN CAUSED
BY COMMON VIRUSES, BUT BACTERIAL
INFECTIONS ALSO CAN BE THE CAUSE.
THE MOST COMMON BACTERIUM
CAUSING TONSILLITIS IS
STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES (GROUP
A STREPTOCOCCUS), THE BACTERIUM
THAT CAUSES STREP THROAT

Symptoms
HIGH TEMPERATURE (FEVER) OVER 38C (100.4F)
COUGHING.
HEADACHE.
EARACHE.
FEELING SICK.
FEELING TIRED.
SWOLLEN, PAINFUL LYMPH GLANDS IN YOUR NECK.
LOSS OF VOICE OR CHANGES TO YOUR VOICE.
INFLUENZA
AGENT
INFLUENZA IS CAUSED BY INFECTION
OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT WITH
INFLUENZA VIRUSES, RNA VIRUSES OF
THE ORTHOMYXOVIRUS GENUS.
INFLUENZA VIRUSES ARE CLASSIFIED
INTO 4 TYPES: A, B, C, AND D. ONLY
VIRUS TYPES A AND B COMMONLY
CAUSE ILLNESS IN HUMANS.

Symptoms
.FEVER* OR FEELING FEVERISH/CHILLS.
COUGH.
SORE THROAT.
RUNNY OR STUFFY NOSE.
MUSCLE OR BODY ACHES.
HEADACHES.
FATIGUE (TIREDNESS)
SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE VOMITING
AND DIARRHEA, THOUGH THIS IS MORE
COMMON IN CHILDREN THAN ADULTS.
 COVID-19
AGENT
COVID-19 IS CAUSED BY A VIRUS CALLED SARS-COV-2. IT IS
PART OF THE CORONAVIRUS FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDE
COMMON VIRUSES THAT CAUSE A VARIETY OF DISEASES FROM
HEAD OR CHEST COLDS TO MORE SEVERE (BUT MORE RARE)
DISEASES LIKE SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME
(SARS) AND MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (MERS).

SYMPTOMS
FEVER OR CHILLS
COUGH
SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR DIFFICULTY BREATHING
FATIGUE
MUSCLE OR BODY ACHES
HEADACHE
NEW LOSS OF TASTE OR SMELL
SORE THROAT
CONGESTION OR RUNNY NOSE
NAUSEA OR VOMITING
DIARRHEA
SMOKING
AGENT
CIGARETTES CONTAIN HUNDREDS OF
DIFFERENT STRAINS OF BACTERIA,
INCLUDING MANY HUMAN PATHOGENS
THAT MAY PLAY A ROLE IN LUNG
DISEASES AND RESPIRATORY
INFECTIONS, NEW RESEARCH SHOWS.

Symptoms

COUGH.
CHEST PAIN.
SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
WHEEZING.
RECURRING LUNG INFECTIONS.
BLOODY OR RUST-COLORED SPUTUM.
HOARSENESS.
SWELLING OF THE NECK AND FACE
VAPING
AGENT
NICOTINE

SYMPTOMS
COUGH. CHEST PAIN. FEVER AND CHILLS. DIARRHEA, NAUSEA,
VOMITING, AND ABDOMINAL PAIN
 ¡see you soon!
AMERICA SOFIA MARQUEZ MIRANDA