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Interstitial lung disease

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Interstitial lung disease
About 180 diseases fall into this category of breathing disorders. Injury or foreign substances in the lungs (such as asbestos fibers) as well as infections, cancers, or inherited disorders may cause the diseases. They can lead to breathing or heart failure.
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The term "hut lung" has been used to describe a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations including chronic bronchitis (CB), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and interstitial lung disease associated with high level exposures to biomass smoke.
3 mm Hg) and 13 patients with interstitial lung disease (PAP 18 [+ or -] 4.
Some patients with interstitial lung diseases have fever, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, and abnormal chest sounds.
 
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