The Lung and Diseases

Our lung has an important role to our life, when you breathe our lung take oxygen from the air and then deliver this oxygen to our blood stream. Our cells on the body need oxygen to work and grow. During a normal day we need about 25,000 times to breathe. Unfortunately this lung have many disease can disturb their function because many diseases can attack the lung.

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Lung diseases can affect to many disorder of the lung, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infection like influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis, lung cancer, and many other breathing problems. The diseases that can attack lung as follows:

• AdenovirusAdenovirus
• ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
• Asbestos-Related Lung DiseasesAsbestos-Related Lung Diseases
• AtelectasisAtelectasis
• BronchiectasisBronchiectasis
• Chronic Beryllium DiseaseChronic Beryllium Disease
• Coccidioidomycosis (Cocci)Coccidioidomycosis (Cocci)
• Coughing up BloodCoughing up Blood
• Flavorings-Related Lung DiseaseFlavorings-Related Lung Disease
• Goodpasture's SyndromeGoodpasture's Syndrome
• Hantavirus Pulmonary SyndromeHantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
• HistoplasmosisHistoplasmosis
• Human Metapnemovirus (HMPV)Human Metapnemovirus (HMPV)
• Hyperinflated Lungs:
• Hypersensitivity PneumonitisHypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• Idiopathic Interstitial PneumoniasIdiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
• Interstitial Lung DiseaseInterstitial Lung Disease
• Occupational Respiratory DiseaseOccupational Respiratory Disease of Family
• Pulmonary EdemaPulmonary Edema
• Respiratory FailureRespiratory Failure
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