Types of Lung Diseases

2011-07-21T23:11:00.000-07:00

An obstructive lung disease is characterized by the affected person facing problems in breathing air out of lungs or exhaling. When a person suffers from what is known as a restrictive lung disease, the lungs lose the ability to expand fully during inhaling. Interstitial lung diseases are among the many types of restrictive lung diseases, in which the lungs suffer from both scarring and inflammation or either of the two. As said, most of the illnesses fall under the category of or a combination of these lung disease types and they have been listed below.

Types of Lung Disease

Asthma

In layman’s terms, asthma makes the airways inside your lungs very sensitive, which in turn makes them inflamed. When someone with asthma breathes something that irritates their already inflamed lungs, the airways get narrower and less air flows through to lung tissues. See your health care professional if you suspect asthma. There are many treatments to help you and your loved one.

Bronchitis

Bronchitis is inflammation of the tubes that carry air to the lungs (bronchial tubes). When these tubes are inflamed, they swell and produce mucus. The swollen tubes and increased mucus trigger coughing and may make it more difficult for you to breathe.

Lung Cancer

Cancers that begin in the lungs are divided into two major types, non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer, depending on how the cells look under a microscope. More than 87 percent of lung cancers are smoking-related. However, not all smokers develop lung cancer.

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is a general term for a lung infection that can make it hard for you to breathe. In adults older than 65, pneumonia is often serious (and can be deadly) and may need to be treated in the hospital. Always see your doctor if you or your loved one has trouble breathing.

Emphysema

Emphysema is a long-term lung disease that occurs when the tiny air sacs in the lungs are damaged, often as a result of long-term smoking.

Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is usually diagnosed in childhood and it is a chronic disease that that causes mucus to become thick, dry, and sticky. The mucus builds up and clogs passages in many of the body's organs. In the lungs, the mucus can lead to serious breathing problems and lung disease.

Types of Interstitial Lung Diseases
Here is a list of the various types of interstitial lung diseases.

Acute interstitial pneumonia
Alveolar protein sis, pulmonary phospholipoproteinosis
Asbestosis
Bronchiolitis obliterans
Berylliosis
Black lung disease (coal worker's pneumoconiosis)
BOOP (bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia)
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP)
Connective-tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease
Desquamate interstitial pneumonia (DIP)
Eosinophilic glaucoma (a.k.a. Langerhan's cell histiocytosis)
Farmer's lung
Familial pulmonary fibrosis
Hard-metal pneumoconiosis
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Interstitial lung fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
Lupus lung, systemic lupus erythematosus
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP)
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP)
Pulmonary fibrosis
Pigeon breeder's disease
Pneumoconiosis Poliomyelitis, dermatomyositis
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
Pulmonary eosinophilic glaucoma (EG), histiocytosis X (HX),
granulomatosis
Respiratory bronchiolitis and respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease (RB-ILD)
Rheumatoid lung disease
Scleroderma lung disease
Silicosis
Smoker's bronchiolitis
Sarcoidosis disease
Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP)
Wegener's granulomatosis

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Types of Lung Diseases

Types of Lung Diseases

Types of Lung Disease

Asthma

Bronchitis

Lung Cancer

Pneumonia

Emphysema

Cystic Fibrosis

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