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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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