List of Lung Disorders
List of Lung Disorders
Pulmonary Infarction or Lung Infarction: Causes, Symptoms, Signs, Tests, Treatment
What is Pulmonary Infarction or Lung Infarction?Death of one or more segments of the lung tissue due to deficiency in blood supply is known...
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Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia or BOOP Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis
What is Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia?Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia, also termed as BOOP disease, is a type of pneumonia which is noninfectious. It is...
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Byssinosis or Brown Lung Disease or Monday Fever: Causes, Signs, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis
What is Byssinosis?Byssinosis which is also called by the names of Brown Lung Disease or Monday Fever, is a form of lung disease which...
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What is Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Prognosis
What is Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia?Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia is a pathological condition seen in infants who are born premature with underdeveloped lungs. When these infants are treated...
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Caplan’s Syndrome or Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis: Epidemiology, Causes, Symptoms, Signs,Treatment, Investigations
Caplan’s syndrome is also known as silicoarthritis, rheumatoid lung silicosis and rheumatoid pneumoconiosis.
Caplan’s syndrome is a condition which occurs due to scarring of the...
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Symptoms, Signs, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a disorder of the respiratory system, which is caused by a virus called SARS coronavirus. The outbreak of this...
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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Prevention
What Is Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis?Hypersensitivity pneumonitis also termed as allergic alveolitis is caused due to alveolar inflammation in the lungs due to extreme sensitivity as...
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Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV: Symptoms, Signs, Prevention, Treatment
Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus also called as RSV is responsible for causing infection of the respiratory system. It is one of the main reasons...
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Viral Pneumonia: Causes, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Investigations, Treatment
Pneumonia is the inflammation of the alveoli or the air sacs of the lungs. It is a very serious disease and commonly affects children...
List of Lung Disorders
Bacterial Pneumonia: Causes, Signs, Symptoms, Investigations, Treatment
Bacterial pneumonia is a medical condition where there is infection in one or both of the lungs. There is inflammation of the alveoli of...
