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What are the causes of black lung disease?
The silica and carbon in the coal dust cause black lung diseaseAlso, smoking, which builds up tar in your lungs. The tar turns your lungs black, thats gives you black lung disease, which most people dont realize they have till it turns into lung cancer.
What is the long term oucome of nodgles in lungs?
See: Lungs/Lung Disease
Known as black lung disease?
Black Lungs..silly.
What is a disease that you get in your lungs for drinking too much alcohol?
lung cancerpneumonia
Where in the body does black lung attack?
Black lung, as the name suggests, is a disease of the lungs. The lungs are located within the chest (or in more technical terms, the thorax).
What disease causes lesions on your lungs?
There are MANY diseases that can affect the lungs of human beings. The most common seems to be Bronchitis and C.O.P.D (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Various types of Lung Cancer exist as well.
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.
What are interstitial markings in the lungs?
Interstitial markings in the lungs are marks that depict injury or disease in the lungs due to abnormal healing. These can be a sign of anything from Interstitial lung disease to COPD and a few other conditions.
Are lung cancer and lung disease the same thing?
No. Lung cancer is only one of many diseases which we can contract in the lungs. Others are asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infections like influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis, lung cancer, and many other breathing problems. --answer-- No they are different but if Ben has them they are the same because he has 3 lungs.
What lung disease is characterized by bullae?
Emphysema is a lung disease that is characterized by the presence of larger-than-normal air spaces in the lungs called bullae. These bullae can impair lung function and lead to symptoms like shortness of breath.
How does the disease affect the respiratory system?
Black Lung disease works by building up coal dust on the surface area of your lungs, therefore reducing the overall surface area of your lungs and reducing the efficency of the lungs.
How can black lung cancer can affect the respiratory system?
Black Lung disease works by building up coal dust on the surface area of your lungs, therefore reducing the overall surface area of your lungs and reducing the efficency of the lungs.
