What is Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome? With X ray, Cause, Symptom and Treatement || only 24 hours in a day ||

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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS):

ARDS can be caused by a wide variety of factors including pneumonia, sepsis, smoke inhalation, aspiration, major trauma, and burns.

ARDS can be caused by a wide variety of factors including pneumonia, sepsis, smoke inhalation, aspiration, major trauma, and burns. As a result, the body launches an inflammatory response that affects the alveolar epithelium and pulmonary capillaries. In ARDS the alveolar walls break down and pulmonary become more permeable allowing plasma and blood to leak into the interstitial and alveolar spaces, while at the same time the capillaries become blocked with cellular debris and fibrin. The Lungs become heavy, still and waterlogged and the alveoli collapse. This leads to ventilation/perfusion mismatch and hypoxemia and patients normally require mechanical ventilatory support to achieve adequate gas exchange. 

  Symptoms usually develop within 24-28 hours after the original injury or illness but can develop 5-10 days later

Chest X-ray Of ARDS: