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          • respiratory tract infection
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          • Respiratory tract infection (RTI) is defined as any infectious disease of the upper or lower respiratory tract. Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) include the common cold, laryngitis, pharyngitis/tonsillitis, acute rhinitis, acute rhinosinusitis and acute otitis media. Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) include acute bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia and tracheitis. National Center for Biotechnology Info
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          • Although viruses, mycoplasma, rickettsiae and fungi can all cause lower respiratory tract infections, bacteria are the dominant pathogens; accounting for a much higher percentage of lower than of upper respiratory tract infections. - National Center for Biotechnology Info by
          • COVID-19 is a disease that can cause what doctors call a respiratory tract infection. It can affect your upper respiratory tract (sinuses, nose, and throat) or lower respiratory tract (windpipe and lungs). - WebMD by
          • Respiratory tract infections are the most common cause of hospital admissions and death in NMD patients with respiratory muscle involvement. - Science Direct by
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          • okužba dihalnih poti
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          • Dihalne poti so cevasti del dihal, po katerih potuje vdihnjen zrak do pljučnih mešičkov in obratno. Začnejo se z nosno in ustno votlino, iz katerih zrak po žrelu potuje v sapnik. Sapnik se razdeli v dve sapnici (bronhusa ali bronhija); razcepišče se nahaja v višini drugega prsnega vretenca. Sapnici se cepita v bronhiole; vsak bronhiol oskrbuje en pljučni reženj. V vsakem režnju se bronhioli razdelijo nadalje cepijo, na koncu v dihalne bronhiole, ki se zlivajo v pljučne mešičke. Vrhnjica dihalnih poti vsebuje migetalke (cilije). V stenah se nahajajo eksokrine žleze, ki izločajo sluz. Delci, ki jih vdihnemo z zrakom, se prilepijo na sluz in se nato z migetalčnim gibanjem izločijo zopet iz dihal. Pri bolezni, imenovani cistična fibroza, je moteno izločanje te sluzi (okvarjeno je izločanje natrijevih in kloridnih ionov in nastaja zelo židka sluz, ki povzroča hude zaplete). V dihalnih poteh so prisotni tudi makrofagi (v pljučnih mešičkih se imenujejo prašnice), ki fagocitirajo tujke in bakterije ter preprečujejo okužbe. Wiki - by Tomi Dobaj
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