Addiction is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences.â  It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brainâthey change its structure and how it works.. Volkow and H. Schelbert. Addiction is a lot like other diseases, such as heart disease. Both disrupt the normal, healthy functioning of the underlying organ, have serious harmful consequences, and are preventable and treatable, but if left untreated, can last a lifetime.
What are the possible causes of pulmonary consolidation? Answer: Pulmonary consolidation is a term used in olden days for lobar pneumonia. Normally the lungs are filled with air, and they are spongy but in condition like pneumonia, the lung space gets filled up by liquid and pus and the debris of the dead tissues instead of gas.
the appearance of multiple small nodules. Likewise the superimposition of multiple small nodules may produce a granular or ground-glass pattern. The pattern must be described as nodular or reticular. All the causes of consolidation should be considered when evaluating a chest X-ray