The first medication given, providing scarring is not too extensive, is usually a steroid drug such as prednisone.
A group of more than a hundred disorders seen in both adults and (less often) in children, whose cause is unknown but which tend to spread, or "infiltrate" through much or all of the lung tissue.
Idiopathic disorders are conditions with no identifiable cause. Two examples include idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lung disease characterized by scarring of lung tissue, and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, an autoimmune disorder that leads to a low platelet count and increased risk of bleeding. In both cases, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear despite extensive research.
Communicable lung diseases would be Tuberculosis, the common cold, HiNi flu, these are contagious. Non-communicable lung diseases would be asthma, COPD, and Lung cancer.
Lung cancer is the deadliest of lung diseases, characterized by abnormal growth of cells in the lungs that hinders normal lung function. It can spread rapidly to other parts of the body if not detected and treated early.
Lung Cancer
Many lung and respiratory diseases are life threatening: tumors found in lung tissue (as well as anywhere else) may be malignant and prove to be fatal; pneumonia, a lung infection is often fatal in the young and the elderly; obstructive lung diseases such as asthma can also be fatal; lung diseases onset from smoking are often fatal as well.
Respiratory diseases, lung cancer
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Restrictive lung diseases are those which actually restrict the lung from expanding properly. They include pulmonary fibrosis, asbestosis, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and sarcoidosis, among many others. Restrictive lung diseases differ from obstructive lung diseases, such as asthma, and COPD (chronic obstructive lung disease).
The acronym DIPNECH stands for Diffuse Idiopathic Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia. It is an extremely rare form of lung cancer.
Herbert Spencer has written: 'Pathology of the lung' -- subject(s): Diseases, Lung Diseases, Lungs
This is untrue. Lung Cancer CAN be treated.