Lung Disease

Lung disease
Definition:
Lung disease is any disease or disorder where lung function is impaired. There are three major physiologic categories of lung diseases: ...
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Lung diseases due to gas or chemical exposure
Definition
Lung diseases due to gas or chemical exposure are conditions that can be acquired from indoor and outdoor air pollution and from ingesting tobacco smoke.
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Lung Disease - Resources
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Madelung disease: A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper trunk, arms and legs.
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Cystic lung disease consists of four distinct conditions that may share a degree of common origin during fetal development. These conditions are: ...
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OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE - A form of lung disease that manifests as acute, or chronic, narrowing or blockage of the smaller airways in the lungs, causing increased resistance to airflow in the bronchial tubes (e.g.
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Interstitial lung disease caused by toxins or drugs can sometimes be reversed when you're no longer exposed to those substances. But in people for whom this isn't the case, the outlook is less promising.
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Certain medications can cause lung disease as an unwanted side effect. Problems can range from mild to severe. They may include a dry irritating cough, excess fluid in the lungs known as pulmonary edema, asthma attacks and other conditions.
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Lung disease
Cigarette smoking
Asthma
Emphysema
Coronary artery disease
Heart attack (myocardial infarction)
Interstitial lung disease
Pneumonia
Pulmonary hypertension
Rapid ascent to high altitudes, with less oxygen in the air ...
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Lung diseases (emphysema, asthma, or a blood clot in the lung) or lower respiratory infections (pneumonia).
Low levels of the oxygen-carrying component in red blood cells in the blood (anemia).
Anxiety or panic attacks.
Hyperventilation.
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Lung Disease (August 17, 1994)
[GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER SHOULD GROW UP NORMALLY, DESPITE LUNG DISEASE]
Chicken Pox (August 24, 1994)
[KID CAN CATCH CHICKEN POX FROM ADULT WITH SHINGLES] ...
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Lung Diseases, Parasitic - Infections of the lungs with a parasite. They are caused most commonly by nematodes (roundworms).
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Lung Diseases. Certain lung diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB), increase a person's chance of developing lung cancer. Lung cancer tends to develop in areas of the lung that are scarred from TB.
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Lung disease
Heart disease
Liver disease
Kidney disease
A damaged spleen or no spleen
Certain types of cancer or undergoing cancer treatment
A weakened immune system ...
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Lung disease that causes difficulty breathing.
Retinopathy
Disease of the retina of the eye that is commonly a complication of diabetes.
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A lung disease in which breathing becomes difficult.
Glaucoma
A condition in which pressure in the eye is abnormally high. If not treated, glaucoma may lead to blindness.
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Chronic lung disease characterized by loss of elasticity of lung tissue and resulting in trapped air in the lung.
empyema
Buildup of pus in a cavity of the body.
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The chronic lung disease, which is also known as emphysema, is caused by smoking in the majority of cases, killing around 30,000 people each year. However, the new research reveals that some 72 percent of Britons have never even heard of it.
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CAUSES"Asthma is a lung disease that results in blockage of the airways. During an asthma attack, the muscles around the bronchi (which are the small passageways of the lungs) tighten and narrow, making it difficult for air to leave the lungs.
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sinuses; parasita; parasital; parasite; parasite-host ecosystem; parasitemia; parasitic; parasitical; parasitic chylocele; parasitic cyst; parasitic disease; parasitic diseases; parasitic diseases, animal; parasitic eosinophilic lung disease; ...
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Disorders that affect the amount of oxygen in the blood (such as abnormal heart anatomy and lung diseases including cancer or infection) may produce "clubbing" of the nail, which looks like the back of a teaspoon ...
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flock-worker's lung A form of chronic interstitial lung disease characterized by dry cough, shortness of breath, and chest pain and thought to be caused by the inhalation of flock (short nylon fibers).
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But very young babies and children with heart or lung disease and weak immune systems are at increased risk of developing severe infections and complications.
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Silicosis is an occupational lung disease that develops over time when dust-containing silica is inhaled into the lungs. Other examples of occupational lung disease include coalworker's pneumoconiosis and asbestosis.
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have lung disease
smoke
have heart and blood vessel, nerve, muscle, or bone disease
have stress from environmental exposure; for example, a miner's respiratory problems are similar to the process of pneumonia.
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Menzel DB. Antioxidant vitamins and prevention of lung disease. Department of Community and Environmental Medicine, University of California, Irvine 92717-1825. Ann N Y Acad Sci (UNITED STATES) Sep 30 1992, 669 p141-55
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Because asthma causes resistance, or obstruction, to exhaled air, it is called an obstructive lung disease. The medical term for such lung conditions is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
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If your child is at an increased risk of complications from chickenpox because he or she is over the age of 13 or has a chronic skin or lung disease, your doctor may prescribe acyclovir, an anti-viral treatment, ...
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The most common of the dust- and fiber-inspired disorders are the lung diseases caused by silica, beryllium, bauxite, and iron ore to which miners, granite workers, and many others are exposed (see pneumoconiosis) and those caused by asbestos.
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Such therapy does no harm to children with viral pneumonia. A child with chronic lung disease or congenital heart disease may be given specific antiviral agents for pneumonia caused by respiratory syncitial virus or influenza A.
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