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fatigue, malnutrition, rickets. It is commonly a mild
disease,
but may be serious in debilitated patients and those with
chronic pulmonary or cardiac disease; the special
danger is
the development of
pneumonia.
Recurring attacks suggest a focus of infection, such
as chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis or, in children,
hypertrophied tonsils and adenoids. Allergic factors frequently
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are important. Acute bronchial
irritation and inflammation may
be caused by such physical and chemical irritants as mineral
and vegetable dusts of various kinds, strong acid fumes,
ammonia,
certain volatile organic solvents, chlorine, hydrogen
sulfide,
sulfur dioxide, or bromine. Tobacco smoke Ost or 2nd hand) is
a tracheobronchial irritant for many individuals.
(/rom THE MERCK MANUAL OF DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY, p.
1306)
T9N - Text number 9. - Nursing
, HABITUAL ABORTION
Defined as three successive spontaneous abortions,
this is uncommon (0.33 per cent) and requires
a more comprehensive
evaluation of the couple to rule out systemic, endocrine or
cytogenetic factors. In the first trimester endocrine deficiencies
(luteal phase of steroid production} are the more common factors.
In the second trimester the cause is usually anatomic
factors
of either congenital or pathologic origin. If these are not
recognized, they serve as the basis for repeated abortions
which
most often require surgical treatment. The anomalies that may
produce habitual abortion are septate or bicornuate unicollis
uteri; the double or didelphic uterus will usually carry pregnancies