Lung diseases are some of the most common medical conditions in the world. Tens of millions of people have lung disease in the U.S. alone. Smoking, infections, and genes cause most lung diseases. Yourlungsare part of a complex system, expanding and relaxing thousands of times each day to ...
INTERSTITIAL lung diseasesIDIOPATHIC interstitial pneumoniasMEDICAL sciencesIDIOPATHIC pulmonary fibrosisPULMONARY fibrosisThe article is a response to a comment on the classification of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). The authors acknowledge that the number of unique ILDs is not ...
The two main types of lung cancer aresmall-cell lung cancerand non-small-cell lung cancer.Non-small-cell lung cancer is a catchall term for all lung cancers that are the not small-cell type. They are grouped together because the treatment is often the same for all non-small-cell types....
The number of female cases was considered to be too small to be of value as a separate series. Among the males, adenocarcinoma was the commonest type of lung cancer found in 34%. Information about the smoking habits of 69 of the 88 men was obtained; all had smoked at some time. ...
Pneumothorax may also occur following an injury to the chest wall such as a fractured rib, any penetrating injury (gunshot or stabbing), surgical invasion of the chest, or may be deliberately induced to collapse the lung. A pneumothorax can also develop as a result of underlying lung diseases...
May be associated with pleuritis that is often associated with lung diseases like pneumonia. Pain pronounced on coughing or breathing in deeply. Refer tolung chest painfor other causes of chest pain associated with respiratory diseases. Pain may be referred to shoulder or upper abdomen. ...
Our approach is complementary to previous work using cell-free nucleosomes14, which depends on a more limited set of reference chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing data, which are largely at the tissue level43. Readily measurable cell types include those specific to the brain, lung, intestine, ...
A pneumothorax can also develop as a result of underlying lung diseases, including: Cystic fibrosis Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) Lung cancer Asthma Infections of the lungs Who is at risk for pneumothorax? Spontaneous pneumothorax is more common in men. Additionally,smokinghas been shown...
Rounded (also called folded lung) atelectasis.This type is linked to pleural diseases, conditions that affect the thin tissue that lines your chest cavity and surrounds your lungs (the pleura). One of the most common causes is asbestosis,which occurs when you breathe inasbestosover a long peri...
CT scan.This can create a detailed picture of your lungs. It can tell the doctor if you need surgery or if you have lung cancer. Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG).This test checks heart function and can rule out heart disease as a cause of shortness of breath. ...