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==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
===Life-threatening Causes=== | ===Life-threatening Causes=== | ||
*Life-threatening causes of aspiration pneumonia include | *Life-threatening causes of aspiration pneumonia include: | ||
**[[Stroke]] | |||
**[[Unconsciousness]] | |||
**Brain stem [[palsy]] | |||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
Aspiration pneumonia may be caused by | Aspiration pneumonia may be caused by: | ||
* | * Breathing in different particles such as: | ||
**Food | |||
**Saliva | |||
**Liquids | |||
**Vomit | |||
=== Less Common Causes === | |||
Less common causes of aspiration pneumonia include: | |||
* Inhalation of: | |||
**Foreign body | |||
**Meconium | |||
* | **Oil | ||
* | |||
* | |||
===Genetic Causes=== | ===Genetic Causes=== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sunny Kumar MD [2], Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[3]
Overview
Aspiration pneumonia is caused by inhalation of secretions, gastric contents or any foreign material which reaches lung paraenchyma and damages lung tissueby inflammation
Causes
Life-threatening Causes
- Life-threatening causes of aspiration pneumonia include:
- Stroke
- Unconsciousness
- Brain stem palsy
Common Causes
Aspiration pneumonia may be caused by:
- Breathing in different particles such as:
- Food
- Saliva
- Liquids
- Vomit
Less Common Causes
Less common causes of aspiration pneumonia include:
- Inhalation of:
- Foreign body
- Meconium
- Oil
Genetic Causes
- There are no genetic causes of aspiration pneumonia but patients with paralysis of LCN lower cranial nerves(paired 9th (glossopharyngeal), 10th (vagal), 11th(accessory) and 12th (hypoglossal) ) due to syndromes are prone to aspiration syndromes. They may include:
- Cerebral parlay
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
- spinal muscular atrophy,
- bulbospinal muscular atrophy (BSMA),
- unclassified MNDs (Sandhoff disease, triple-A-syndrome, Brown-Vialetto-Van Lare-syndrome)
- hereditary neuropathy
Causes by Organ System
Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
Dental | No underlying causes |
Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
Endocrine | No underlying causes |
Environmental | No underlying causes |
Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
Genetic | No underlying causes |
Hematologic | No underlying causes |
Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
Neurologic | No underlying causes |
Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
Oncologic | No underlying causes |
Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
Sexual | No underlying causes |
Trauma | No underlying causes |
Urologic | No underlying causes |
Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order.
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