Added: 02/02/2006 |
Pulmonology is the Study of the Lungs and its FunctionsIt would seem, in a century of technical progress when machines and robots replace the heaviest human work, all is probably. But not here that was. Unfortunately, it is impossible to replace health of the person with any robots. Health of the population worsens from climatic factors. From cold weather people catch cold and get such illnesses, as bronchitis, pneumonia, a cold, pleurisy, a tracheitis which can proceed in chronic illnesses.
Deterioration of ecology promotes occurrence and development of a bronchial asthma, an allergy, alveolitis, tumors and other defeats of lungs. To study illnesses of lungs and respiratory ways, to treat, spend preventive maintenance from a medical science there is such an area of a medical science as pulmonology. Pulmonology occurs from a Latin word pulmo - lung, logy - a science, the doctrine was allocated, that literally pulmonology is a science about lungs.
Pulmonology as the science, studies illnesses of lungs, bronchial tubes, pleura and develops methods of their diagnostics, treatment, preventive maintenance. But not all diseases of lungs studies pulmonology. For example, the tuberculosis also concerns to illnesses of lungs, but it is studied with other medical science - phthisiology.
What is the pulmonology and what does it study? The pulmonology concerns to medical sciences. But the pulmonology is not a science, and an area of a science. People studying pulmonology are engaged in the research of breathing and the related body systems in ontogenesis and phylogenesis, in norm and at various pathological conditions. Studying epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, pathomophology diagnostics and clinic of the hereditary and got diseases of respiratory system with use of mediastinoscpy and lobectomy is spent.
Scientists also are engaged in development and perfection of methods and ways of diagnostics, treatment and preventive maintenance of diseases of respiratory bodies. In many settlements the specialized places of pulmonology help to the population are organized. The pulmonology covers big enough area of research. First, this studying of breath bodies and functions easy which are allocated with two: it is gas exchange function and not respiratory function.
Studying passes both in experiment, and at the person at different stages of his ability to live, with use of various methods of research (morphological, microbiological, chemical, culturological and so on). Except for that clinical, biophysical and immunological researches of protection system of breath bodies in various conditions are held: in normal and at disease of the person.
Lung specialists study the nature of diseases both congenital, and the researches got by means of various methods. Second, the pulmonology allows to spend diagnostics that is much important, hereditary and got diseases of respiratory bodies, and also pathological conditions with wide use of a spectrum of laboratory and clinical researches. Then all data of these researches are subject to the analysis and generalization. Due to these researches we can observe statistics of fallen ill people.
Studying indications about mechanisms and efficiency of therapy of respiratory bodies is much important. Due to these researches new medical preparations are developed. It is natural, that the pulmonology helps surgeons at transplantation of breath bodies. Due to the statistical data banks of donors are created, selection and conformity of donors are held; the specialized consultation and the help to the population are available.
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