منابع مشابه
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
The upper respiratory system includes the nose, nasal cavity, pharynx, and larynx with subglottic area of trachea. In the normal circumstances, air enters the respiratory system through nostrils where it is filtered, humidified, and warmed inside the nasal cavity. Conditioned air passes through pharynx, larynx, and trachea and then enters in lower respiratory system. Dysfunction of any part of ...
متن کاملUpper Respiratory Tract Infection
Upper respiratory tract infection (URI) is a general term for a heterogeneous group of illnesses caused by numerous etiologic agents that affect the mucosal lining of the upper respiratory tract, including the middle-ear cavity and paranasal sinuses. URIs are primarily caused by viruses, rhinoviruses being the most common etiological agents. Respiratory viruses transmit easily via direct contac...
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of self-reported upper respiratory tract (URT) symptoms in athletes has been traditionally associated with opportunistic infection during the temporal suppression of immune function after prolonged exercise. There is little evidence for this, and a competing noninfectious hypothesis has been proposed, whereby the exercise-induced immune system modulations favor the dev...
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Objectives: Although age-associated alterations on immune system are well described and aging is a subject of different investigations but studies did not discuss about the effect of advanced age on immunity in upper respiratory tract disorders. Therefore in this trial, we elucidated how aging imposes allergic reactions and mucosal immune responses mediated by salivary IgA and serum Total IgE i...
متن کامل[Treatment of upper respiratory tract infections].
Today most upper respiratory tract infections are mild and of short duration with minor risk of complications. Hence, the effects of antibiotic treatment are marginal. The only and most important reason for treatment is to stop dissemination. Penicillin V should be the first drug of choice. A review of the literature about antibiotic treatment of upper respiratory tract infections shows that mo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Professional Medical Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2071-7733,1024-8919
DOI: 10.29309/tpmj/18.4583