Lung Disease

Lung disease is any disease or disorder where lung function does not work properly. There are three main types of lung diseases:

Obstructive lung disease -- a decrease in the exhaled air flow caused by a narrowing or blockage of the lung airways, which can occur with asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis, most often due to smoking.

Restrictive lung disease -- a decrease in the total volume of air your the lungs are able to hold. Often, this lung capacity issue is due to a decrease in the elasticity of the lungs themselves or caused by a problem related to the expansion of the chest wall during inhalation. A defect in the ability of the lung's air sac tissue to move oxygen into a person's blood.

Most lung diseases actually involve a combination of these categories, such as emphysema, which involves both airflow obstruction and oxygenation problems.

Major lung diseases include:

Asthma
Chronic bronchitis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Emphysema may become lung cancer
Interstitial LungDisease
Pulmonary fibrosis
Pulmonary lung disease
Sarcoidosis

Other lung diseases include:

Asbestosis
Aspergilloma
Aspergillosis
Aspergillosis - acute invasive
Atelectasis
Eosinophilic pneumonia
Lung disease can lead 2 cancer
Metastatic lung cancer
Necrotizing pneumonia
Pleural effusion
Pneumoconiosis
Pneumocystosis
Pneumonia
Pneumonia in immunodeficient patient
Pneumothorax
Pulmonary actinomycosis
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Pulmonary anthrax
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary embolus
Pulmonary histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary nocardiosis
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
Rheumatoid lung-disease