A Complete Analysis of Respiratory Disease Conditions and Classification

Respiratory disease is the short name for diseases of the respiratory system, starting from the nose in the upper respiratory tract and extending to the bronchi and alveoli in the lower respiratory tract. Externally, respiratory diseases connect the head, neck and chest. In terms of how they occur, respiratory diseases are frequently occurring and common diseases, with the site of onset penetrating from the surface of the respiratory tract all the way inward to the alveoli and other terminal parts of the respiratory system, and also spreading to the tissues in the chest cavity, the pleura and so on.

In terms of disease symptoms, respiratory diseases initially present as milder symptoms such as cough, sputum production and wheezing; as the condition develops, chest pain, breathing difficulty due to impaired respiration, and even respiratory failure with hypoxia and critical signs may appear. The incidence and mortality rate of respiratory system diseases are quite high; for example, in terms of mortality, they rank third among urban disease deaths. In rural areas, the mortality rate of respiratory diseases ranks first.

Respiratory Disease: Interstitial Pneumonia

This phenomenon is naturally due to factors such as smog and other air pollution, direct or indirect smoking, and the aging of our country's population, but judging from the fact that respiratory disease mortality ranks first in rural areas, the aging factor stands out even more, because most rural areas today have become home to empty-nest elderly people. In terms of respiratory disease categories, most are familiar to people, such as lower respiratory tract pneumonia, bronchiectasis, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis, emphysema, cor pulmonale, lung cancer and so on.

The common cold is the only respiratory disease that runs through both the upper and lower respiratory tracts, and it is also a primary disease that easily triggers other respiratory diseases. As for the upper respiratory tract, from rhinitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis and laryngitis to the various subdivided categories, there are dozens of diseases; for example, rhinitis includes allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, acute rhinitis, chronic rhinitis and many other kinds.

Respiratory Disease: Pharyngitis

Each category of lower respiratory tract disease also has several types; for example, bronchitis can be divided into specific and non-specific types, and can also be divided into senile, acute and chronic types. Pneumonia also has several types, such as acute, chronic and interstitial pneumonia, and so on. If speaking in terms of bacterial or viral infection, the categories of pneumonia can reach a hundred or more. Moreover, there are now new categories and names of respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary bullae, pulmonary fibrosis and honeycomb lung.

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