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RESPIRATORY - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Chest pain when you breathe or cough, Confusion or changes in mental awareness (in adults age 65 and older), Cough, which may produce phlegm, Fatigue, Fever, sweating and shaking chills, Lower than normal body temperature (in adults older than age 65 and people with weak immune systems), Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, Shortness of breath
        
        Treatment: Antibiotics, Cough medicine, Fever reducers/pain relievers
  - - - shortness of breath, chest tightness or pain, wheezing when exhaling, coughing or wheezing attacks are worsened by a respiratory virus
        
        treatments: Inhaled corticosteroids, Leukotriene modifiers, Combination inhalers, Theophylline
  - - - sneezing itching of nose, eyes or roof of mouth, runny nose, stuffy nose due to mucus build up, watery red or swollen eyes.,
        
        Treatment; allergen avoidance, medications, immunotherapy, emergency EpiPen
  - - - cough, mucus production, fatigue, shortness of breath, slight fever chills, chest discomfort
        
        Treatment: most causes relive itself within 2 weeks, in some assistance medications can be used,, cough medicine, other medications that assist asthma, allergies, or colds
- - - - lungs which branch off from the larger bronchi that enter each lung, from the large and singular
    - - a passageway for air to travel from the mouth and trachea,
    - - largest airway in the respiratory system, about 4-5 inches in length and 1 inch in diameter that extends from the lower end of the larynx or voice box
    - - tiny air sacs in your lungs that take up the oxygen you breathe in and keep your body going. Although they’re microscopic, alveoli are the workhorses of your respiratory system.
    - - Deoxygenated blood enters into the pulmonary arteries from the right side of the heart and is delivered to the pulmonary capillaries, the smallest blood vessels inside of the lungs, attached to the walls of the alveoli.
    - - Muscle that helps your lungs pull in air and push it out.
  - - - epiglottis
        
        The epiglottis is a leaf-shaped flap in the throat that prevents food from entering the windpipe and the lungs. It stays open during breathing, allowing air into the larynx.
      - larynx
        
        plays a vital role in breathing and speech.
      - mouth
        
        warms the air as it enters, acting as filtration and purifying the air by removing any dust, pollen, and other contaminants, before it passed to the inner body.
      - pharynx
        
        allowing air to pass through the trachea, or windpipe, to your lungs.