Lung Diseases

• Chronic lower respiratory diseases

This group of conditions includes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. COPD is the third leading cause of death globally, killing 3 million people per year. Chronic bronchitis alone causes more than 330 deaths per year on average.

• Lung tissue diseases

These diseases affect the structure of lung tissue, making it harder to breathe. Examples include sarcoidosis and pulmonary fibrosis.

• End-stage lung diseases

These include interstitial lung disease, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), pulmonary vascular disease, cystic fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension.

• Other conditions

These include tuberculosis (TB), lung cancer, and bronchiolitis:

• TB: A bacterial infection that causes lung inflammation, TB is one of the deadliest diseases if left untreated early. 1.6 million people die from TB each year. 

• Lung cancer: The most lethal cancer, lung cancer has a low five-year survival rate because it's often found in later stages after it has spread. However, early stage cancer is treatable and curable.

• Bronchiolitis: This condition can be life-threatening for children with severe symptoms that make it difficult to breathe.
  

There so many lung diseases that you have never heard of, but we are aware of all of these diseases. We are not pulmonologists but we know if you are stable or unstable and we know how to get you out of trouble if you are in respiratory distress. If you are in serious respiratory distress please go to the hospital ER. We are emergency medicine doctors and we are well trained in these diseases but we do not have the equipment or staff to handle a patient that is in acute respiratory distress and if that is your situation I feel sure that you are riding in an ambulance and heading for the ER.