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… Conditions Basics What is chronic lung disease in infants? Chronic lung disease in an infant means that damaged …
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… Understanding COPD Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is a chronic condition that … being active with COPD, visit: Persons with lung conditions COPD: Using exercise to feel …
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… Condition Basics What is black lung disease? Black lung disease is a common name for a lung …
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… important thing you can do to slow down the disease and improve your quality of life. Smoking is linked to: Lung cancer. Most lung cancer is caused by smoking. After you …
Medical tests
… Test Overview Lung function tests check to see how well your lungs work. The tests can find lung problems, measure how serious they are, … check to see how well treatment for a lung disease is working. The tests look at: How much …
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… Overview Lung function means how well your lungs work. … move. Spirometry tests are used to measure lung function. They measure how much air you … you have COPD, and they get lower as the disease gets worse. These numbers are usually …
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… Test Overview A lung biopsy removes a small piece of lung tissue that can be looked at under a … This method may be used if an infectious disease is suspected, if the abnormal lung …
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… Surgery Overview In lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), a large area of damaged lung is removed to allow the remaining lung … with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or with certain types of …
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… Test Overview A home lung function test uses a peak flow meter or a … volume at 1 second (FEV1). If you have a lung disease, such as asthma, your doctor may test …
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… and Older Other symptoms include: Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax) Pleural Effusion Pleurisy Pulmonary Embolism Pulmonary (Lung) Nodules Snoring Lung Diseases Learn about lung disease and respiratory conditions: Acute …
