What is Asthma: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment What is asthma? Asthma is a medical condition that makes you have difficulty breathing. It is due to the narrowing and inflammation of the airways in your lungs. Sometimes asthma can run in families. What are the symptoms of asthma? Asthma can cause cough, wheezing (a noise you […]
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What is Interstitial Lung Disease: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment What is interstitial lung disease? Interstitial lung disease describes many disorders, most of which cause progressive inflammation and scarring of the lung tissue. The scarring associated with interstitial lung disease eventually affects your ability to breathe and get enough oxygen into your bloodstream. Interstitial lung disease
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What is COPD and Emphysema? COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. COPD has two subtypes, chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD causes narrowing of the airways and can cause damage. Smoking is the most common cause of COPD. Inhaling toxic gases or fumes can also be another
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What is COPD with Chronic Bronchitis? COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. COPD has two subtypes, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. COPD causes narrowing of the airways and can cause damage. Smoking is the most common cause of COPD. Inhaling toxic gases or fumes can also be
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What is pulmonary hypertension? Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects your lungs’ blood vessels. In one form of pulmonary hypertension, PAH (pulmonary arterial hypertension), blood vessels in your lungs are narrowed, blocked, or damaged. The damage slows blood flow through your lungs, and blood pressure in the lung arteries rises.
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Lung cancer forms in the cells lining air passages. There are two main types of lung cancer: small-cell and non-small cell, diagnosed based on how your cells look under a microscope. Lung cancer is among the top causes of death in the United States, both in men and women. Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, so if you are a current smoker, quitting smoking may reduce your chance of getting lung cancer.
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What is pulmonary sarcoidosis? Sarcoidosis in the lungs is called pulmonary sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis can also affect other organs such as the lymph nodes, skin, eyes, and heart. It causes small lumps of inflammatory cells in the lungs. These lumps are called granulomas and can affect how the lungs function. The granulomas generally heal and disappear
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What is Tuberculosis? TB (tuberculosis) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attacks your lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of your body, such as your kidney, spine, or brain. Not everyone infected with TB bacteria becomes sick. As a result, two TB-related conditions exist; LTBI (latent TB infection)
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What is pneumonia? Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs. Your air sacs may fill with fluid or pus, causing cough with phlegm, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing. A variety of organisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi, can cause pneumonia. The term “community-acquired” refers to someone catching an
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