Respiratory: An Integrated Approach to Disease

Description

A type of disease that affects the lungs and other parts of the respiratory system. Respiratory diseases may be caused by infection, by smoking tobacco, or by breathing in secondhand tobacco smoke, radon, asbestos, or other forms of air pollution. The diseases of upper respiratory tract, i.e. nose, throat, tonsils, larynx and ears, as well as diseases of lower respiratory tract which includes air passages and lungs, and their treatment has been described. The measures to keep these organs healthy have also been described. This book will be useful to medical students, doctors and everyone to keep these organs healthy and to prevent diseases.