Does dairy affect respiratory function in people with respiratory diseases like asthma or pulmonary fibrosis?

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My sister who is asthmatic claims she's been told dairy can adversely affect her. My dad's pulmonologist says that's an old wives tale. Who's right?
It is an old wives tale. i have COPD and dairy products do not bother me.  (+ info)

What is respiratory diseases ?

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Why do people get respiratory diseases ? And what is respiratory diseases ?

Is it a lack of blood?
Respiratory diseases refer to the lungs. There is a wide range of respiratory diseases. From asthma to Emphysema, to Bronchitis, Pneumonia, exposure to certain chemicals, problems with the immune system. It's would be hard to list them all here.
Here's a website that will give you an overview.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=pulmonary%20disease  (+ info)

Respiratory system, harm, diseases, cures, preventing damage, and how it works with other systems?

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Please help me. Me and three of my friends have a big science project coming up and each of us have a question. Please answer any of these with as much as you know.

1)How can the respiratory system be damaged and what are some of the effects on the body if damage occurs?
2)List diseases and cures
3)What are ways to prevent damage to the respiratory system and ways to keep it healthy?
4)How does the respiratory system work with other body systems?

Please help and thank you for your time.
About Respiratory system can be read in http://wikipedia-health.blogspot.com/?q=Respiratory%20system  (+ info)

Where are all these respiratory diseases coming from?

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Are we headed for unbreathable air?
Mutating bugs and viruses.

The only ones who will be breathing our progressively unbearable air will be the fittest, the ones who have the best immune systems.  (+ info)

List diseases involving the respiratory system and briefly indicate its cause or symptoms?

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a.
b.
Just 2? OK.

a. Chronic Brochitis. Due to tobacco use.
b. Pneumonia. Due to infection by microbes.

There's plenty more where those 2 came from.

-MD x30y  (+ info)

Which kind of conditions or diseases affect the respiratory system?

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Could you name more than one example. Thanks.
COPD (Chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma), Acute & chronic respiratory failure, ARDS (Adult respiratory distress syndrome), common cold, influenza, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, cancers of the lungs, larynx and nose, pleurisy, atelecstasis, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary edema, bronchiectasis, pneumothorax, hemothorax, benign neoplasms of the respiratory tract and sometimes epistaxis.

Did I just do your homework for you?  (+ info)

The influenza virus infects cells lining the respiratory tract of humans.?

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Is it likely to infect cells lining the respiratory tract of most other mammals?
Yes it does!! Influenza virus infects epithelial cells lining the respiratory mucosa. Some virus are species - specific....this is the reason why some animal viruses cannot infect humans and vice versa. Mammals may be infected if the species are closely related i.e. primates.  (+ info)

Too much mucus in my respiratory tract?

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I've been having a problem for months now where it seems that my pharynx, larynx and sinuses are constantly clogged with mucus. I routinely cough up stuff and swallow more stuff and it's difficult for me to talk or play an instrument without thoroughly clearing my throat.

This started after I had a cold two autumns ago, and the overproduction of mucus never went away. Is there something that could be causing this?
Drink a lot of water and take rest.

If your drink a glass of water every one hour through out the day for 3 days. Your symptoms will significantly improve and mucus production will reduce and most likely stop.  (+ info)

IS the swine flu an upper respiratory tract infection?

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If not, what is it?
I live on Michigan Technological University's campus, in the tippy top of the upper peninsula of michigan. I have no medical experience, but we were recorded as having one of the highest frequencies of swine flu in the United States, with a serious plurality of cases.

The symptoms of swine flu are different for different people. Basically, the most simple way to imagine it is to just think of an absolutely regular flu. After that, imagine the flu's first couple days. Instead of a fever, some nausea, and being a little uncomfortable, it is very common (in cases of swine flu) to begin basically compulsive vomiting. The regular symptoms of flu are just SERIOUSLY magnified. Often, but not in all cases, victims of the swine flu obtain diarrhea, which is another easy qualifier to determine if you've got the sickness. The diarrhea can be nonexistent to violent, sudden, and uncontrollable. This is going to keep you within about five feet of a toilet for the duration of the sickness. Your headache, ravaging body aches, full-body chills, dangerously high fever, and other assorted symptoms will keep you longing for bed and for some serious medication.

You'll also get so tired you'll probably sleep for about 90% of the time you're not on the toilet, and probably 50% of the time you ARE on it. You may also get a cough (though it seems like it's usually pretty mild), a sore throat (which feels dry, itchy, and like you always need a drink, nothing like strep throat), and more tiredness. On the comment about serious medication, though; for anybody reading this, I urge you NOT to take ANY medication for this illness, unless prescribed and administered via intravenous injection ("IV"). Taking Ibuprofen, aspirin, or other pain killers, then vomiting, makes it very hard to know when the pills can be taken again and reduces their effectiveness to nearly zero. Pepto Bismol is a joke. It's like trying to put a patch on a breach in the hoover dam. It's just not going to work. Going to a hospital will help to relieve the stress of needing a bathroom and a bed at the same time, since they're built in to eachother if you're lucky enough to get a bed, but dont expect it. Most swine flu cases are not hospitalized. If you get swine flu, you're going to be in for one serious illness.  (+ info)

Which of the following respiratory diseases is considered a long term effect of air pollution on human health?

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a.emphysema
b.bronchitis
c.pneumonia
d.all of the above
They're probably looking for Emphysema but air pollution alone cannot produce Emphysema. Bronchitis, yes, pneumonia, very unlikely except as a complication of the bronchitis.
If this is a question on a test, as I said, they're probably looking for emphysema.It's a common misconception.
God bless.  (+ info)

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