Site Links for Lung Disease/Respiratory Problems
- Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
- Mesothelioma: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis
- The Lungs (Human Anatomy): Picture, Function, Definition, Conditions
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
- Lung Diseases Overview
- LAM Lung Disease
- What Is Pneumonia?
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Pleurisy (Pleuritis)
- The Basics of Sarcoidosis
- Sarcoidosis: Symptoms, Stages, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
- How will my doctor diagnose pleural effusion?
- When do you need surgery to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- What is pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- What are the two types of pleural effusion?
- What are the symptoms of a pleural effusion?
- What are common causes of a pleural effusion?
- What tests are used to diagnose pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- What are the symptoms of pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- What is a pleural effusion?
- What should you expect if you have pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- How can you take care of yourself if you have pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- What happens in a right heart catheterization for pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- How is pulmonary arterial hypertension diagnosed?
- What causes pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- What medications are used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- Where can you find more information about pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- How is pulmonary arterial hypertension treated?
- What questions should you ask your doctor about pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- How is a pleural effusion treated?
- What procedures do doctors use to treat a pleural effusion?
- Pleural Effusion
- Surprising Reasons You May Feel Short of Breath
- 10-Year-Old Writes Inspiring Book on Rare Lung Condition
- What Is Pulmonary Hypertension?
- Stridor
- What Different Respiratory Problems Sound Like
- Tuberculosis Treatment When You’re Pregnant
- Best and Worst Foods for Lung Health
- Lung Diseases You May Get on the Job
- Your COPD Action Plan
- Lung Disease Facts: What You Need to Know
- COPD Prognosis: What You Should Know
- Slideshow: Tips to Breathe Better
- What Is a Lung Abscess?
- Breathing Problems: Causes, Tests, and Treatments
- How common are breathing problems?
- How are medications used to treat breathing problems?
- Which tests are used to diagnose breathing problems?
- What causes breathing problems?
- Traveling With PAH
- Live Well With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Exercise With PAH
- Do I Need Pulmonary Rehabilitation for PAH?
- What is pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) like as it gets worse?
- What is pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- What are the early symptoms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- What is pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) like?
- What are causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the arteries?
- What makes you more likely to get pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- What causes pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- What happens to your body if you have pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- What can you do if you might have pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- How does oxygen therapy treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- How does warfarin (Coumadin) treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- How do diuretics treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- How does atrial septostomy treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- How do calcium channel blockers treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- What type of doctor may I need to see to diagnose pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- How do vasodilators treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- Should I get a lung and heart transplant for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- How does digoxin treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?
- What does it mean if I have chest pain while breathing?
- What does it mean if I get easily winded while breathing?
- What does it mean if I'm suddenly short of breath?
- What does it mean if I'm wheezing or hear whistling sound when I breathe?
- What is hyperventilation?
- How PAH Is Diagnosed
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Take Charge of Your Condition
- How Do I Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?
- Quick Facts About MERS and How It Spreads
- Caregiving Tips for a Loved One With COPD
- Spirometry
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- COPD: Lung Volume Surgery
- Lung Sounds: What Do They Mean?
- Quit Smoking for Good
- 6 Breathing Problems You Shouldn’t Ignore
- Test Your COPD, Emphysema, and Bronchitis IQ
- COPD Causes and Symptoms
- COPD: Your Medical Care Team
- Home Lung Function Test: How To Test Your Lung Function
- Ways to Keep Your Lungs Healthy
- What Is Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?
- How can you prevent spreading tuberculosis (TB)?
- Is there a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB)?
- How is tuberculosis (TB) treated?
- What Are the Symptoms of Tuberculosis?
- What You Must Do If You Have Tuberculosis (TB)
- What Is the Tuberculin Skin Test?
- Tuberculosis Prevention: What to Know
- Reasons You’re Short of Breath
- Living With PAH
- When should you call the doctor about bronchitis?
- What are the risks of getting a pneumonia vaccine?
- How does a pneumonia vaccine work?
- What are the different kinds of bronchitis?
- What are the symptoms of pneumonia?
- When should I call my doctor for pneumonia?
- How long do symptoms of acute bronchitis last?
- What causes pneumonia?
- How is pneumonia treated?
- How is bronchitis treated?
- How can antibiotics help treat bronchitis?
- What is pneumonia?
- What tests are used to diagnose bronchitis?
- Pneumonia Vaccine: Should I Get It?
- What Are Bronchitis Symptoms?
- Pneumonia: How to Feel Better
- Is It Bronchitis or Pneumonia?
- Bronchitis Diagnosis and Treatment: What to Know
- What can make bronchitis worse?
- Treatment for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- What Is a Sputum Culture?
- What Helps You Feel Better When You Have Bronchitis?
- Video: Bronchitis Symptoms and Treatments
- How is a lung injury diagnosed?
- What causes idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
- What are the symptoms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
- What is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
- Is there a cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
- How is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis diagnosed?
- How is a lung injury treated?
- What is a lung injury?
- What does recovery from a lung injury look like?
- What are the symptoms of a lung injury?
- My Lung Is Injured – Can I Still Breathe?
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
- Diagnosing Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- How Do Your Lungs Work?
- How Different Conditions Affect Your Lungs
- Visual Guide to Legionnaires’ Disease
- Visual Guide To Bronchitis: Symptoms, How Long It Lasts, Recovery
- An Inside Look at How Pneumonia Affects Your Lungs
- Pneumonia -- What You Should Know
- Legionnaires’ Outbreak
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
- How is pulmonary edema treated?
- How is pulmonary edema diagnosed?
- What causes pulmonary edema?
- What Is Asbestos?
- 5 Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality
- How can blood test help in the diagnosis of shortness of breath?
- Pulmonary Vascular Disease
- Pulmonary Edema
- Short of Breath? It May Be Your Heart
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- What are symptoms on the first day of viral pneumonia?
- What Is Bacterial Pneumonia?
- What Is Viral Pneumonia?
- Tracheostomy
- What Is a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule?
- Pulmonologist
- How to Prevent Pneumonia
- Restrictive vs. Obstructive Lung Disease
- Outdoor Pollution and Lung Function Effects
- Pneumonia Symptoms
- What Is Bronchiolitis?
- Bronchitis
- Atelectasis
- Home Remedies for Bronchitis
- Is bronchitis contagious?
- Diseases From Animals -- What's Next?
- Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment: What to Expect
- What Is Churg-Strauss Syndrome?
- Why Can't I Breathe?
- Video on The Effects of Secondhand Smoke
- Diagnosing COPD
- Safe Air During Renovation
- Living With COPD
- Building a Green Home
- What Are Acute and Chronic Respiratory Failure?
- How Do You Treat NTM Lung Disease? Medicine, Surgery, and Self-Care
- Silicosis: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention
- What Is Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis?
- Indoor Air Pollution: Are You at Risk?
- Common Lung Diagnostic Tests
- 10 Risky Jobs for Your Lungs
- Dyspnea (Shortness of Breath)
- Orthopnea: What Is It?
- Chemical Pneumonia
- Cystic Fibrosis Questions for Your Doctor
- 10 Tips for Eating When You Have Breathing Problems
- Oxygen Therapy: Tanks, Equipment, and Devices
- What are the treatments for pneumonia?
- What can you expect if your pneumonia becomes severe?
- What tests will your doctor run to diagnose pneumonia?
- Smoke Inhalation
- When do you need a lung transplant?
- What is the outlook after a lung transplant?
- Who may need a lung transplant?
- What can you expect with treatment for mild nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease?
- What are complementary treatments for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease?
- What should someone with nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease do if they get depressed?
- How will your doctor decide which antibiotic to use for mild nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease?
- What are side effects from medications that treat nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM)?
- What is watchful waiting for mild nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease?
- What are some complementary treatments for nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease?
- Which antibiotics are used to treat mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease?
- How can you prevent nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease?
- How can you prevent getting nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease again?
- How can surgery help treat nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease?
- Do people get surgery for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease?
- How is mild nontuberculous mycobacterial lung (NTM) disease treated?
- How can palliative care help with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease?
- How can electrocardiography help in the diagnosis of shortness of breath?
- Who is at risk for hyperventilation?
- What is palliative care for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease?
- How can lung function test help in the diagnosis of shortness of breath?
- How can chest X-ray help in the diagnosis of shortness of breath?
- What tests are done to diagnose shortness of breathing?
- When should you see a doctor because of shortness of breath?
- How can oxygen test help in the diagnosis of shortness of breath?
- What is myasthenia gravis?
- How can infection cause breathlessness?
- How long does it take to get the results of a lung biopsy?
- What are treatments for breathlessness caused by anxiety?
- How can anemia cause breathlessness?
- How can allergies cause breathlessness?
- What does idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) feel like?
- Who can get idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)?
- How can anxiety cause breathlessness?
- What type of breathing problem is dyspnea?
- What type of breathing problem is kussmaul breathing?
- What is the treatment for pleurisy?
- Understanding Sarcoidosis -- Diagnosis and Treatment
- What Is Cystic Lung Disease?
- What tests are used to diagnose pleurisy?
- Home Treatments for Pneumonia
- Is there a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
- What are flu symptoms?
- How will your doctor diagnose acute bronchitis?
- What are the treatments for pleurisy?
- What Is Popcorn Lung?
- How is fluid removed in those with pleurisy?
- How is a collapsed lung diagnosed?
- SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome): Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
- Hyperventilation: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
- Lung Problems That Make It Hard to Breathe
- Is It NTM Lung Disease? Symptoms and Tests You Need to Know
- Lung Biopsy: What To Expect
- What Is Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis?
- Lung Transplant Surgery, Survival, Organ Rejection, and More
- What Is Farmer's Lung?
- Tests to Diagnose Shortness of Breath
- 6 Serious Complications of Pneumonia You Should Know
- Types of Breathing Problems Explained
- What Is Black Lung Disease?
- How Home Oxygen Therapy Can Help You
- What Are the Early Warning Signs of Vaping Illness?
- How Churg-Strauss Syndrome Affects Organs
- COPD vs. Pulmonary Fibrosis: Differences and Similarities
- Lung Granuloma: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
- How You Get a Diagnosis of Churg-Strauss Syndrome
- Treatment of Churg-Strauss Syndrome
- Paraseptal Emphysema: Symptoms and Causes
- Can You Live With One Lung?
- Pulmonary Fibrosis: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
- Inhaled Steroids for COPD
- BiPAP Therapy and COPD
- Healthy Lungs vs. Smokers’ Lungs: What You Need to Know
- CPAP Therapy and COPD
- COPD and Humidity
- What Is Lung Diffusion Testing?
- Coronavirus: 5 Ways to Control What You Can
- Do allergies affect the lungs?
- What Causes a Productive Cough?
- What Does a Respiratory Therapist Do?
- How do you treat hyperinflated lungs?
- What are symptoms of hyperinflated lungs?
- Pleuritic Chest Pain
- What is precordial catch syndrome?
- What Is Precordial Catch Syndrome?
- What is aspergillosis?
- What Is Aspergillosis?
- What causes hyperinflated lungs?
- What Are Hyperinflated Lungs?
- Pneumonitis
- What Is Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension?
- How to Make Hand Sanitizer
- What are the ingredients you need to make hand sanitizer?
- How much alcohol should be in homemade hand sanitizer?
- How long should you wait to use homemade hand sanitizer?
- What do my pulse oximetry results mean?
- What Is Pneumoconiosis?
- How often will I have to take my medicines for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM)?
- How long will I be on medication for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM)?
- Why do I need to take more than one antibiotic for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM)?
- When will I need surgery for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM)?
- What questions should you ask your doctor about your nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease?
- What is bronchoalveolar lavage?
- What is pleurodesis?
- How can you prevent a collapsed lung?
- What are symptoms of a collapsed lung?
- How is a collapsed lung treated?
- What’s Intubation?
- What’s Extubation?
- What Is a Bronchoscopy?
- What Is Pulse Oximetry?
- Aspiration
- What is mesothelioma?
- Humidifiers: How to Use and Maintain Them
- What imaging tests are used to diagnose mesothelioma?
- What causes mesothelioma?
- How do blood tests help diagnose mesothelioma?
- How does a needle biopsy help diagnose mesothelioma?
- How is mesothelioma diagnosed?
- How does a bronchoscopic biopsy help diagnose mesothelioma?
- How do fluid and tissue sample tests help diagnose mesothelioma?
- How does a surgical biopsy help diagnose mesothelioma?
- Bronchiectasis
- What Is an Endobronchial Ultrasound?
- What Is Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease?
- Types of Pneumonia
- What causes obstructive lung disease?
- What causes restrictive lung disease?
- What is respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
- What lung diseases that affect the alveoli?
- How do you treat respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in babies and young children at home?
- What are symptoms of shortness of breath (dyspnea)?
- What does it mean if you cough up blood?
- What is shortness of breath (dyspnea)?
- How is shortness of breath (dyspnea) diagnosed?
- What are causes of shortness of breath (dyspnea)?
- Is the cause of coughing up blood (hemoptysis) always known?
- When should you call your doctor about symptoms of coughing up blood (hemoptysis)?
- How does bronchial artery embolization help treat coughing up blood (hemoptysis)?
- What is the most common reason for coughing up blood (hemoptysis)?
- How is shortness of breath (dyspnea) treated?
- How do you live with shortness of breath (dyspnea)?
- Does coughing up blood (hemoptysis) always come from bleeding in the lungs and airways?
- How do you diagnose viral pneumonia?
- How can I prevent viral pneumonia?
- What are the causes of viral pneumonia?
- What Is Manual Incentive Spirometry?
- What is chronic thromboembolic disease?
- How is pulmonary vascular disease treated if it is brought on by another condition?
- How is viral pneumonia spread?
- What are the symptoms of viral pneumonia?
- What are the two types of tuberculosis?
- How does the respiratory system work to clean the air?
- What happens to your lungs and respiratory system when you breathe?
- What are the symptoms of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDs)?
- What is the recovery like for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDs)?
- What is the diaphragm's role in breathing?
- What tests are used to diagnose acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDs)?
- How can you treat acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDs)?
- What are the treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension?
- What is the treatment for viral pneumonia?
- What are the tests for pulmonary vascular disease?
- What is viral pneumonia?
- How does tuberculosis (TB) affect your body?
- When should I see a doctor about bronchitis?
- How long will I be contagious due to bronchitis?
- Why People Get Chest Retractions
- How is bronchitis spread?
- What is tuberculosis (TB)?
- What are the symptoms of tuberculosis (TB)?
- How is tuberculosis (TB) spread?
- What is bronchitis?
- Can I get walking pneumonia more than once?
- When should I call my doctor about acute bronchitis?
- Who can get walking pneumonia?
- How is walking pneumonia diagnosed?
- What are the symptoms of acute bronchitis?
- How is walking pneumonia treated?
- What can you do to ease the symptoms of acute bronchitis?
- How is acute bronchitis treated?
- Is a walking pneumonia contagious?
- What is walking pneumonia?
- When are you more likely to get acute bronchitis?
- What causes walking pneumonia?
- What is it like to have walking pneumonia?
- How can I prevent walking pneumonia?
- What are the symptoms of walking pneumonia?
- What are the different types of bronchitis?
- What should I know about pleurisy?
- What can help with the treatment for pleurisy?
- What are the symptoms of pleurisy?
- What causes pleurisy?
- What should you know if you need surgery for benign lung tumors and nodules?
- What are infectious causes in benign lung tumors?
- What are noninfectious causes of benign lung tumors?
- What is the surgical procedure for removing benign lung nodules or tumors?
- What tests can a doctor use to assess a benign or cancerous lung nodule?
- How are benign lung nodules and tumors diagnosed?
- How do doctors treat benign lung nodules and tumors?
- What tests will my doctor recommend before invasive surgery to remove benign lung nodules and tumors?
- How is surgery used to remove benign lung nodules and tumors?
- What are the differences between benign nodules and cancerous nodules?
- Are lung nodules different than lung cancer?
- What are the most common benign lung tumors?
- How can I tell if my lung nodule is benign?
- What inflammations from noninfectious causes lead to benign lung tumors or nodules?
- How is a biopsy used to assess a benign or cancerous lung nodule?
- What are the symptoms of benign lung nodules and tumors?
- What is a lung nodule?
- What infections cause inflammations that lead to benign lung tumors or nodules?
- What tests are used to diagnose benign lung tumors and nodules?
- What are benign lung tumors
- How is a biopsy done for benign lung tumors and nodules?
- What are hamartomas?
- What birth defects cause benign lung tumors?
- How do you know if your lung nodule is benign?
- How does your doctor know whether or not a lung nodule is benign?
- What are symptoms of benign lung nodules and tumors?
- What are benign lung nodules?
- How are benign lung nodules and tumors treated?
- Arterial Blood Gas Test (ABG)
- TB (Tuberculosis) Tests
- NTM Lung Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Who Is at Risk
- What Should You Know About NTM Lung Disease? Questions to Ask Your Doctor
- Pneumothorax (Collapsed Lung)
- Legionnaires Disease
- Health Tips for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Viral Pneumonia
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Hemoptysis (Coughing Up Blood)
- Interventional Pulmonology: Procedures, Uses, and Effects
- The Trachea (Human Anatomy): Picture, Function, Conditions, and More
- Lung Nodules and Benign Lung Tumors
- Moisture and Mold Problems: Preventing and Solving Them in Your Home
- What Is Walking Pneumonia?
- Short of Breath? Tips for COPD Breathlessness
- When a Cold Becomes Bronchitis
- Pneumonia: Reducing Your Risk
- Symptoms of Sarcoidosis
- Respiratory System
- SARS Lessons Unlearned
- Artificial Lung Closer to Clinical Trial
- What’s the Treatment for Tuberculosis?
- Pleurisy Diagnosis & Treatment
- The Basics of Pleurisy Symptoms
- What Causes Brown Phlegm?
- Thoracentesis: What to Expect
- Quiz: A Look Inside Your Lungs
- Breathlessness
- SARS
- Emphysema
- Inhalers
- Bronchitis
- Tuberculosis
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sarcoidosis
- RSV in Children
- Pleurisy
- Lung Transplant
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Asbestosis
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Coronavirus
- Video on Fast Facts About Your Lungs
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