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How can PFTs help to distinguish whether a lung disease is obstructive restrictive or both?
In obstructive lung disease airways are narrowed which results in resistance to air flow during breathing. In restrictive lung disease, expansion of the lung is limited by disease that affects the chest wall, pleura, or lung tissue itself.
How can PFT help distinguish whether a lung disease is obstructive restrictive or both?
In obstructive lung disease airways are narrowed which results in resistance to air flow during breathing. In restrictive lung disease, expansion of the lung is limited by disease that affects the chest wall, pleura, or lung tissue itself.
Is restrictive airway disease the same as reactive airway disease?
no
Is asthma considered a restrictive respiratory disease?
it can be
Is restrictive lung disease deadly?
Can be, if it progresses
Would a spirogram look for someone with a restrictive lung disease such as pulmonary fibrosis?
A spirogram of a person with restrictive lung disease would show reduced VC, TLC, FRC, and RV.
What does the medical abbreviation COAD mean?
Chronic Obstructive Airways DiseaseChronic Obstructive Airways Disease
What happens to a person afflicted by restrictive lung disease?
A person afflicted by restrictive lung disease will have decreased lung volume, harder time breathing, and inadequate oxygenation. Generally everything that your lungs do will suffer complications.
Restrictive lung dis?
Restrictive lung disease is any condition in which the elasticity of the lungs has been compromised. When lungs are stiff and unable to expand and contract as usual, then normal respiratory function is not possible. Restrictive lung disease is a general term to describe conditions that cause this stiffening. People with restrictive lung disease cannot fully fill their lungs with air. Their lungs are restricted from fully expanding. Restrictive lung disease most often results from a condition causing stiffness in the lungs themselves. In other cases, stiffness of the chest wall, weak muscles, or damaged nerves may cause the restriction in lung expansion. Some conditions causing restrictive lung disease are: Interstitial lung disease, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Sarcoidosis Obesity, including obesity hypoventilation syndrome Scoliosis Neuromuscular disease, such as muscular dystrophy or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) The symptoms of restrictive lung disease can increase or decrease on a day-to-day basis. It is important to ask a qualified physician about the implications of symptoms that come and go. Restrictive lung disease is unlikely to go away, and usually gets worse without treatment. Even with treatment, the illness is not usually completely reversible.
What is restrictive lung disease?
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).
What may cause a restrictive pattern?
Common causes of a restrictive pattern are pneumonia, heart disease, pregnancy, lung fibrosis, pneumothorax (collapsed lung), and pleural effusion (compression caused by chest fluid).
What is the prognosis for restrictive cardiomyopathy?
The heart muscle of the ventricles becomes rigid
