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Lungs

74 diseases · 19 high-burden in India

Asbestosis

Asbestosis is long-term inflammation and scarring of the lungs due to asbestos fibers.…

Aspergilloma

A pulmonary aspergilloma, also known as chronic pulmonary aspergillosis, is a human…

Aspergillosis

Aspergillosis is a fungal infection of usually the lungs, caused by the genus…

Aspiration pneumonia

Aspiration pneumonia is a type of lung infection that is due to a relatively large amount…

Asthma

Asthma is a common long-term inflammatory disease of the airways. It is characterized by…

Bronchiectasis

Bronchiectasis is a disease in which there is permanent enlargement of parts of the…

Byssinosis

Byssinosis is an occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of cotton or jute dust in…

Coal worker's pneumoconiosis

Black lung disease (BLD), also known as coal workers' pneumoconiosis, coal miner’s lung,…

COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a long-term lung condition that makes it…

Empyema

An empyema is a collection or gathering of pus within a naturally existing anatomical…

Influenza

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by influenza…

Lung abscess

Lung abscess is a type of liquefactive necrosis of the lung tissue and formation of…

Mucormycosis (black fungus)

Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, is a severe fungal infection that may cause…

Nipah virus infection

Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic viral disease caused by the Nipah virus. Results of…

Pleural effusion

A pleural effusion is accumulation of excessive fluid in the pleural space, the potential…

Pneumoconiosis

Pneumoconiosis is the general term for a class of interstitial lung disease where…

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs…

Silicosis

Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of respirable…

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as…

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a condition characterised by an…

ARDS

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a type of respiratory failure characterized…

Atelectasis

Atelectasis is the partial collapse or closure of a lung resulting in reduced or absent…

Berylliosis

Berylliosis, or chronic beryllium disease (CBD), is a chronic allergic-type lung response…

Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome

Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome (BHD), also Hornstein–Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome,…

Bronchiolitis

Bronchiolitis is inflammation of the small airways also known as the bronchioles in the…

Bronchiolitis obliterans

Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), also known as obliterative bronchiolitis, constrictive…

Bronchitis

Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi in the lungs that causes coughing. Bronchitis…

Bronchogenic cyst

Bronchogenic cysts are small, solitary cysts or sinuses, most typically located in the…

Bronchopleural fistula

A bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is a fistula between the pleural space and the lung. It…

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease of premature infants,…

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a long-term disease caused by a…

Chylothorax

A chylothorax is an abnormal accumulation of chyle, a type of lipid-rich lymph, in the…

Common cold

The common cold, or simply a cold, is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory…

Croup

Croup, also known as croupy cough, is a type of respiratory infection that is usually…

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP), formerly known as bronchiolitis obliterans…

Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive manner…

Eosinophilic pneumonia

Eosinophilic pneumonia, sometimes known as Marquette’s Disease is a disease in which an…

Haemothorax

A hemothorax is an accumulation of blood within the pleural cavity. The symptoms of a…

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) or extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) is a syndrome…

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), formerly known as cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis,…

Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis

Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) is a lung disease of unknown cause that is…

Laryngomalacia

Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of chronic stridor in infancy, in which the soft,…

Legionnaires' disease

Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of Legionella…

Lipoid pneumonia

Lipoid pneumonia, also known as lipid pneumonia, is a rare form of lung inflammation…

Lung cancer

Lung cancer, also called lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that originates in the…

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare, progressive and systemic disease that typically…

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops from the thin layer of tissue that covers…

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a condition in which severely overweight people…

Pleurisy

Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is inflammation of the membranes that surround the…

Pneumocystis pneumonia

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), also known as Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), is a…

Pneumomediastinum

Pneumomediastinum is pneumatosis in the mediastinum, the central part of the chest…

Pneumothorax

A pneumothorax is collection of air in the pleural space between the lung and the chest…

Primary ciliary dyskinesia

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, autosomal recessive genetic ciliopathy, that…

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare, inherited disorder of lung phosphate…

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung disorder characterized by an abnormal…

Pulmonary contusion

A pulmonary contusion, also known as a lung contusion, is a bruise of the lung, caused by…

Pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by a substance that has…

Pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis is typically a condition in which the lungs become scarred over time.…

Pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension is a condition of increased blood pressure in the arteries of the…

Pulmonary oedema

Pulmonary edema, also known as pulmonary congestion, is excessive fluid accumulation in…

Pulmonary sequestration

A pulmonary sequestration is a medical condition wherein a piece of tissue that…

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare form of pulmonary hypertension caused…

Sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis, also known as Besnier–Boeck–Schaumann disease, is a non-infectious…

Sleep apnea

Sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in…

Solitary pulmonary nodule

A lung nodule or pulmonary nodule is a relatively small focal density in the lung. A…

Subglottic stenosis

Subglottic stenosis is a congenital or acquired narrowing of the subglottic airway. It…

Swyer–James syndrome

Swyer–James syndrome (SJS), also called Swyer–James–MacLeod syndrome, is a rare disease…

Thymoma

A thymoma is a tumor originating from the epithelial cells of the thymus that is…

Tracheal stenosis

Laryngotracheal stenosis refers to abnormal narrowing of the central air passageways.…

Tracheobronchomegaly (Mounier-Kuhn)

Tracheobronchomegaly is a rare lung condition characterised by abnormal widening of the…

Tracheoesophageal fistula

A tracheoesophageal fistula is an abnormal connection (fistula) between the esophagus and…

Tracheomalacia

Tracheomalacia is a condition or incident where the cartilage that keeps the airway…

Whooping cough

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious,…

Yellow nail syndrome

Yellow nail syndrome, also known as "primary lymphedema associated with yellow nails and…

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