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Lung disease is any disease or disorder that occurs in the lungs or that causes the lungs to not work properly. There are three main types of lung disease:
- Airway diseases -- These diseases affect the tubes (airways) that carry oxygen and other gases into and out of the lungs. These diseases cause a narrowing or blockage of the airways. They include asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. People with airway diseases sometimes describe the feeling as "trying to breathe out through a straw."
- Lung tissue diseases -- These diseases affect the structure of the lung tissue. Scarring or inflammation of the tissue makes the lungs unable to expand fully ("restrictive lung disease"). It also makes the lungs less capable of taking up oxygen (oxygenation) and releasing carbon dioxide. Pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis are examples of lung tissue diseases. People sometimes describe the feeling as "wearing a too-tight sweater or vest" that won't allow them to take a deep breath.
- Pulmonary circulation diseases -- These diseases affect the blood vessels in the lungs. They are caused by clotting, scarring, or inflammation of the blood vessels. They affect the ability of the lungs to take up oxygen and to release carbon dioxide. These diseases may also affect heart function.
Most lung diseases actually involve a combination of these categories.
The most common lung diseases include:
- Asthma
- Chronic bronchitis
- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
- Emphysema
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Sarcoidosis
Other lung diseases include:
- Asbestosis
- Aspergilloma
- Aspergillosis
- Aspergillosis - acute invasive
- Atelectasis
- Eosinophilic pneumonia
- Lung cancer
- Metastatic lung cancer
- Necrotizing pneumonia
- Pleural effusion
- Pneumoconiosis
- Pneumocystosis
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonia in immunodeficient patient
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary actinomycosis
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Pulmonary anthrax
- Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
- Pulmonary edema
- Pulmonary embolus
- Pulmonary histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary nocardiosis
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
- Rheumatoid lung disease
What else can I help you with?
What disease is Heart disease lung disease and diabetes considered?
Heart disease, lung disease and diabetes can all be considered organ diseases. Lung disease is a pulmonary disease, while heart disease is a cardiovascular disease. They are different.
What kinds of diseases can you get if you smoke?
lung disease my friend has lung disease
What is brown lunge disease?
a Brown lung disease in a kind of disease your lung become brown it comes by smocking
Serious bacterial lung disease?
Tuberculosis (TB)
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.
Who is the inventor of lung cancer?
Lung cancer is a disease. It is not an invention.
What is pipers lung?
A lung disease often caused by bagpipes
What disease is definitely related to smoking?
Lung Disease
What disease did Pocahontas died from?
the disease that pocahontas died from a lung disease
Who can get lung disease?
anyone
A 45 letter word for Black Lung Disease?
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis it's lung disease caused by volcanic ash.
