Chronic inflammatory disease of the airways which lead to narrowing of the air tract.
COPD (Chronic Obstruct Pulmonary Disease)
General term that includes several respiratory disorders that cause breathlessness or the inability to exhale normally.
Can develop over the course of several years without any signs.
This disorder is caused by smoking and environmental factors like pollution and genetic disposition.
BRONCHITIS AND EMPHYSEMA.
COPD: Bronchitis
Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the lungs in the bronchial passage. This causes swelling that blocks the airways in the lungs.
Chronic Bronchitis - Chronic cough.
Acute Bronchitis - Viral infection.
COPD: Emphysema
Breaking down of the walls of the alveoli.
Lung Cancer
Develop from the mutations of DNA in the lungs that caused production of irregular cells that multiply and leads to uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells or tumor.
Pneumonia
A common lung infection caused by bacteria, a virus or fungi by which alveoli is filled with fluid.
Tuberculosis
Bacterial infection that harms the lungs. Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria.
MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)
A viral respiratory illness first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. MERS-CoV.
