Diseases in Respiratory System

When the diaphragm and intercostal muscles relax, and air is forced out of the lungs and air passages

• Expiration
• Inspiration

Respiratory disorder usually caused by a sensitivity to an allergen such as dust, pollen, and animal, medications, or a food

• Bronchitis
• Asthma
• Epistaxis

Inflammation of the Bronchi

• Bronchitis

• Asthma

• Empysema

Any chronic lung disease that results in obstruction of the airways

• Emphysema
• Lung Cancer
• COPD

Nose bleed

• Emphysema
• Epistaxis
• Bronchitis

A highly contagious viral infection of the upper respiratory system

• Influenza
• Pleurisy
• Rhinitis

Inflammation of the Larynx or vocal cords

• Vocalitis
• Laryngitis
• TB

Inflammation or infection of the lungs characterized by exudate in the alveoli

• TB
• Sleep Apnea
• Pneumonia

Inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane

• Sinusitis
• Rhinitis
• Sleep Apnea

Condition in which an individual stops breathing while sleeping

• Lung Cancer
• Sleep Apnea
• COPD