Lung Disease Encyclopedia
Lung disease afflicts more than 750,000 Bay Area residents and can manifest itself in numerous forms. Each individual form of lung disease has its own unique causes, symptoms and health effects. Our online Lung Disease Encyclopedia offers detailed descriptions of the many types of lung disease affecting people not only here in the Bay Area but also across the state, country and world.
- Allergies
- Anthrax
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchopulmanary Dysplasia
- Chronic Bronchitis (see COPD)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmanary Disease (COPD)
- Coccidioidomnycosis (COCCI)
- Cold
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Emphysema (see COPD)
- Farmer’s Lung (see Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis)
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
- Hayfever
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Immotile Cilia Syndrome (see PCD)
- Influenza (FLU)
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
- Mesothelioma
- Pleurisy
- Pneumonia
- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD)
- Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH)
- Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Disease
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Sarcoidosis
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Sleep Apnea
- Spontaneous Pneumothorax
- Tuberculosis