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Internal Medicine                                                                                                                                                                                                  Internal Medicine
       Respiratory tract                                                                                                                                                                                                Gastrointestinal tract


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                                                         Hyperventilation                                                                                                                  Halitosis








                           Compensation for                    Damage to the          Damage to the
                              metabolic                      respiratory muscles     respiratory centre                                                   Putrification process               Due to acetone           Due to NH 3
                               alkalosis





                                                           – Botulism               – Anaesthesia                                                                                                                   Degradation of urea
                                                           – Tetanus                – Drugs                                                          In                     In                   Diabetic           by bacteria on the
                 HCO 3 overdose           Acid loss        – Myasthenia gravis        (e.g. therapy with                                      gastrointestinal tract   respiratory tract       ketoacidosis         mucous membranes
                     –
                                                           – Polyradiculoneuritis     opioids)
                                                                                    – CNS disease
                                                                                      (e.g. neoplasia)

                                                                                                                                             – Stomatitis           – Rhinitis
                                                                                                                                             – Dental calculus      – Nasal neoplasia                                 â Azotaemia
                                        â Vomiting                                                                                           – Neoplasia            – Foreign body in                                  pp. 160–161
                                         pp. 38–39                                                                                           – Megaoesophagus         respiratory tract





                                     – Pyloric stenosis
                                     – Foreign body in
                                       the stomach or
                                       small intestines
































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