Acute bronchitis
Acute (ie recent onset) bronchitis is an inflammation of the lower respiratory passages (bronchi). The usual cause is an infection due to a virus. The viruses responsible for acute bronchitis include those that might otherwise only cause a cold, ... [... more]
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is a disease caused by reduced or abnormal production in the body of the enzyme inhibitor alpha-1 antitrypsin. Body tissues and blood normally contain powerful enzymes - known as proteases - that can attack foreign ... [... more]
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Carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odourless, colourless, non-irritant gas. It is the most common cause of fatal poisoning in Britain today. It causes the accidental deaths of up to 50 people each year in the UK and a much larger number of sub-lethal ... [... more]
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Coughing
Coughing is a reflex action started by stimulation of sensory nerves in the lining of the respiratory passages - the tubes we use to breathe. Dr Stuart Crisp, specialist registrar and Dr Gavin Petrie, consultant chest physician When a person ... [... more]
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Cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis, or 'mucoviscidosis', is a hereditary disease. A defective gene results in an inability to transport salt in certain kinds of cells in the lungs and in the pancreas. It is the most common hereditary disease in Western ... [... more]
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Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a disease that usually strikes in the lungs, although other organs, the skin, the lymph nodes, the heart, the spleen, the liver, the pancreas, the eyes, and the nervous system may also be involved. It is a disease of the connective ... [... more]
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