Enfermedades

Asthma
Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm.

Symptoms
Wheezing,coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath.

Possible consequences of the illness
Can cause lung damage

Possible medical treatment
Treatment of acute symptoms is usually with an inhaledshort-acting such as salbutamol.

Chicken pox
Chickenpox is a highly contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus.

Symptoms
Vesicular skin rash mainly on the body andhead, fever, headache, tired, etc...

Possible consequences of the illness
The most common late complication of chickenpox is shingles (herpes zoster), caused by reactivation of the varicellazoster virus decades after the initial episode of chickenpox.

Possible medical treatment
Acyclovir can be used for the first 24 hours of the appearance of the eruption, topical application ofcalamine lotion.

Heart attack
A heart attack is the result from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die. This is most commonly due to blockage of a coronaryartery following the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids and white blood cells in the wall of an artery.
Symptoms
Classical symptoms of acutemyocardial infarction include sudden chest pain , shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, sweating, and anxiety.
Consequences of the illness
Appear ventricular arrhythmias and heart blockthat can be controlled with the use of special devices such as pacemaker defibrillator.
Possible medical treatment
Oxygen, analgesics, antiplatelet drugs, nitrates, digitalis, coronary bypass,percutaneous coronary intervention.

Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

Symptoms
The main symptoms are profuse, painless diarrhea and...