Lung Medical Reference
- Surprising Causes of Breathlessness
Heart and lung disease aren’t the only health problems that can cause you to feel winded. Here are some unusual reasons you can’t catch your breath.
- What Is Hemothorax?
Hemothorax: learn the causes, signs, symptoms, and treatment for bleeding around the lungs.
- What Is a Body Plethysmography?
Body plethysmography is testing for lung conditions. Learn about how it’s performed, how to prepare for it, and more.
- What Is Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?
PAH can leave you breathless after everyday activities. Find out what it is and who’s most likely to get it.
- Treatments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Here's what you should know about the drugs, therapies, and other procedures that treat pulmonary hypertension.
- How PAH Is Diagnosed
Are you breathless? Tired all the time? Here's how your doctor will know if you have pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Monitor Your Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
When you have PAH, keep track of your symptoms, tests and medicines to help you manage your condition.
- Do I Need Pulmonary Rehabilitation?
Learn if pulmonary rehab might be right for you.
- Pulmonary Edema
Pulmonary Edema: Get the facts about types, symptoms and what to do
- Is Bronchitis Contagious?
Can you catch bronchitis or give it to someone else?
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare lung disease that causes scar tissue to grow inside your lungs. Learn more about the risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of IPF.
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
An overview of pulmonary hypertension and its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatments.
- Lung Transplant
Learn more from WebMD about lung transplantation surgery, including who may need it, how it's done, survival rates, and more.
- Hemoptysis (Coughing Up Blood)
Coughing up blood, also known as hemoptysis, can be a sign of a serious medical condition. Learn more about the causes, diagnostic tests, and treatments for hemoptysis.
- Interventional Pulmonology
Learn more from WebMD about interventional pulmonology, including various procedures used to diagnose and treat lung disease.
- Obstructive and Restrictive Lung Disease
WebMD explains the difference between obstructive and restrictive lung disease, as well as symptoms, causes, and treatments.
- Pulmonary Vascular Disease
WebMD provides information on pulmonary vascular disease, including symptoms, tests, and treatments.
- Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
WebMD explains various types of interstitial lung disease. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, risks, and complications of ILD.
- Mesothelioma
Here's what you should know about mesothelioma, a deadly cancer, including symptoms, causes, prognosis, and treatment.
- Lung Diseases Overview
A common health problem, lung diseases range from mild to severe. WebMD breaks down the information and describes the types and causes of some common lung diseases.
- LAM Lung Disease (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis)
LAM is a progressive lung disease that tends to strike women of childbearing age. Learn more from WebMD about symptoms, causes, treatments, and more.
- Moisture and Mold Problems: Preventing and Solving Them in Your Home
Mold in the house isn’t just a problem for people with allergies or asthma. Prevent mold - and the health problems it causes - with these basic tips from the experts at WebMD.
- Benign Lung Tumors and Nodules
Lung nodules (pulmonary nodules) and benign lung tumors, are not cancerous, but can still have serious health and respiratory implications. Learn more about lung nodules and benign lung tumors at WebMD.
- Breathing Problems
WebMD explains common causes of breathing problems, including allergies and asthma. Learn more about breathing problems and how they're diagnosed and treated.
- What Are Airborne Diseases?
Learn about how airborne diseases spread, the common types, how to prevent them, and more.
- Pneumonia: Reducing Your Risk
Surgery increases your risk of pneumonia. Learn more from WebMD about lowering your risk of pneumonia following surgery.
- Chemical Pneumonia
Chemical pneumonia is an unusual type of lung irritation caused by poisons or toxins. Find out more.
- Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is a single abnormality in the lung that could be harmless or could be an early sign of cancer. Find out more from WebMD about causes, diagnosis, and treatment of SPN.
- Smoke Inhalation
WebMD explains what happens when you inhale smoke, the number one cause of death related to fires.
- Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease that affects multiple organs in the body, but mostly the lungs and lymph glands. Get the facts about sarcoidosis from WebMD.
- Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare disease that causes blood vessel inflammation restricting blood flow to organs and tissues. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, and treatments for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis at WebMD.
- Respiratory System
The respiratory system is the organs and other parts of your body involved in breathing, when you exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. Learn more about the parts of your respiratory system, how you breathe, and how your respiratory system works to clean the air.
- Bronchitis
Bronchitis is inflammation of the lining of your lungs. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of bronchitis at WebMD.
- Understanding Pleurisy -- Diagnosis & Treatment
Learn more about the diagnosis and treatment of pleurisy and pleural effusion.
- Understanding Pleurisy -- Symptoms
Learn the symptoms of pleurisy and pleural effusion from the experts at WebMD.