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Lung Diseases

When you breathe, your lungs take in oxygen from the air and deliver it to the bloodstream. The cells in your body need oxygen to work and grow. During a normal day, you breathe nearly 25,000 times. People with lung disease have difficulty breathing. Millions of people in the U.S. have lung disease. If all types of lung disease are lumped together, it is the number three killer in the United States.

The term lung disease refers to many disorders affecting the lungs, such as asthma, COPD, infections like influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis, lung cancer, and many other breathing problems. Some lung diseases can lead to respiratory failure.

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  1. Lung Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    When you breathe, your lungs take in oxygen from the air and deliver it to the bloodstream. The cells in your body need oxygen to ... you breathe nearly 25,000 times. People with lung disease have difficulty breathing. Millions of people in ...
  2. Interstitial Lung Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    Interstitial lung disease is the name for a large group of diseases that inflame or scar the lungs. The inflammation and scarring make it hard to ... air is responsible for some types of interstitial lung diseases. Specific types include: Black lung disease among ...
  3. Lung Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is lung cancer? Lung cancer is cancer that forms in tissues of the lung, usually in the cells that line the air passages. It ... women. There are two main types: small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. These ...
  4. Lung Transplantation (National Library of Medicine)  
    A lung transplant removes a person's diseased lung and replaces it with a healthy one. The healthy lung comes from a donor who has died. Some people get one lung during ...
  5. Pulmonary Embolism (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... embolism (PE) is a sudden blockage in a lung artery. It usually happens when a blood clot ... loose and travels through the bloodstream to the lungs. PE is a serious condition that can cause: ...
  6. Collapsed Lung (National Library of Medicine)  
    A collapsed lung happens when air enters the pleural space, the area between the lung and the chest wall. If it is a ... is called pneumothorax. If only part of the lung is affected, it is called atelectasis. Causes of ...
  7. Lung Function Tests What are lung function tests? Lung function tests are a group of tests that check how well your lungs are working. These tests are ... home or work Why do I need a lung function test? Lung function tests are done for ...
  8. Lung Cancer Genetic Tests What are lung cancer genetic tests? If you have lung cancer , your health care provider may order genetic tests . These tests look for changes in ...
  9. Lung cancer is a disease in which certain cells in the lungs become abnormal and multiply uncontrollably to form a tumor. Lung cancer may not cause signs ...
  10. Non-small cell lung cancer is the most common type of lung cancer . It usually grows and spreads more slowly than small cell lung cancer . There are three common types of non- ...
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