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Name and briefly describe five respiratory diseases/disorders.....!

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Pneumonia - infection of the lung tissue

Pneumothorax - air between the lung and the chest wall

Pulmonary Embolus - clot in the blood vessels of the lung

Emphysema - Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease, associated with loss of elasticity of the lung tissue and overexpansion of the lung

Asthma

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respiratory disease
Diseases of the mamalian Respiratory system are classified physiologically into obstructive (i.e. conditions which impede the rate of flow into and out of the lungs) and restrictive (i.e. conditions which cause a reduction in the functional volume of the lungs).

Anatomically, respiratory disease can be classified into upper and lower respiratory tract (most commonly used in the context of infectious respiratory disease), parenchymal and vascular lung disease.


Obstructive lung disease-Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is comprised primarily of two related diseases - chronic bronchitis and emphysema. In both diseases, there is chronic obstruction of the flow of air through the airways and out of the lungs, and the obstruction generally is permanent and progressive over time.

Emphysema -A lung condition featuring an abnormal accumulation of air in the lung's many tiny air sacs, a tissue called alveoli

Bronchitis

Asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Bronchiectasis
Byssinosis
Bronchiolitis

Restrictive lung diseases
Fibrosis
Sarcoidosis
Alveolar Damage
Pleural effusion
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Asbestosis
Pleurisy

Infectious lung disease
Upper respiratory tract infections
Lower respiratory tract infections or Pneumonia
Tuberculosis

Vascular lung disease
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension

Respiratory tumors
Lung cancer

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