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Which of the following is not a cause of lung tissue disease?
lymphedema
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.
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.
Is emphysema a respiratory disease?
Yes. It is usually caused by the destruction of lung tissue from smoking.
What is a disease that destroys lung tissue and causes difficulty in breathing?
emphysema
What is the formation of scar tissue in the lung resulting in decreased lung capacity and increased in breathing?
pulmonary fibrosis
What determines the type of lung biopsy performed?
Lung biopsies are performed using a variety of techniques, depending on where the abnormal tissue is located in the lung, the health and age of the patient, and the presence of lung disease.
What lung disease turns lungs to leather?
Pulmonary Fibrosis is the formation of fibrous tissue in the lung. It was described by the doctor as the lung turning to leather. It can also be described as scarring of the lung. We were told that there is no known cause.
Why would a lung lining thicken?
The condition that causes the lungs to thicken is interstitum lung disease. The interstitum is a lace-like network of tissue that can become inflamed or scarred and that us what leads to lung thickening
Symptoms interstitial lung disease?
The Interstitial Lung Disease which is also known as the Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease mainly refers to a group of lung diseases affecting the interstitium or more commonly the tissue and space around the air sac of the lungs. There are many signs and symptoms of Interstitial Lung Disease. The common ones are : External Breathlessnes Cough Production of Sputum Wheezing Hemoptysis Nonrespiratory Symptoms such as myalgia, arthralgia, sclerodactyly. Happy to help you.
What is the word Chronic infection of the lung tissue?
Infection of the bronchi would be bronchitis, while pneumonia is a disease which affects the lungs.
What is lung stroma?
It is the tissue which surrounds and supports the actually functional lung tissue
