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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
There are two types of respiratory diseases and disorders: [[Communicable Diseases|Infectious]] and [[Chronic Disease|Chronic]].
# Pulmonary infections are most commonly [[Bacterial Infections|bacterial]] or [[Viral Infections|viral]]. In the viral type, a pathogen replicates inside a cell and causes a disease, such as the [[Influenza|flu]].
# Chronic diseases, eg [[asthma]], are persistent and long-lasting. They can relapse and the patient can go into remission, only to suffer symptoms again at a later time<ref>Visible body Respiratory diseases Available from:https://www.visiblebody.com/learn/respiratory/diseases-and-disorders (accessed 7.5.2021)</ref>.


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There are two types of respiratory diseases and disorders: Infectious and Chronic.

  1. Pulmonary infections are most commonly bacterial or viral. In the viral type, a pathogen replicates inside a cell and causes a disease, such as the flu.
  2. Chronic diseases, eg asthma, are persistent and long-lasting. They can relapse and the patient can go into remission, only to suffer symptoms again at a later time[1].

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  1. Visible body Respiratory diseases Available from:https://www.visiblebody.com/learn/respiratory/diseases-and-disorders (accessed 7.5.2021)