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Kazem
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01/29/05 - 05:50 AM

name two extrapulmonary causes of restricting Lung disease

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01/29/05 - 06:58 AM

1.kyphoscoliosis

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01/29/05 - 07:24 AM

Hi.
a)Kyphoscoliosis
b)Obesity
c)Polio.

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01/29/05 - 07:31 AM

why polio

it will result in respiratory paralysis....wud tht be considered in restric lung disease...????????????

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01/29/05 - 07:32 AM

plz explain obesity too

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01/29/05 - 08:06 AM

Poor muscular effort: polio, myasthenia gravis - poor apparatus: scoliosis

obesity --->increased abdominal fat----->increased abdominal pressure--> restricted movement of the diphragm and chest wall---> restricted lung disease

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01/29/05 - 10:36 AM

then Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis wud also be includud in it.

tht helps.... thnx :wink:

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