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Lung Cancer, In contrast, a squamous cell carcinoma tends to grow more slowly and may not spread to other parts of the body for some time. Secondary lung cancers S...
Lung Abscess, Penetrating pulmonary trauma - eg, a stab wound. [ 2 ] NB : lung abscesses may present acutely or more chronically. [ 1 ] Types of lung abscesses Primary abs...
Lung Cancer, Differential diagnosis Other causes of a 'coin lesion' (solitary, round, circumscribed shadow in the lung field on CXR): Secondary malignancy. ...
Immunodeficiency (Primary and Secondary), Prognosis (secondary immunodeficiency) This depends on the underlying cause. Many conditions secondary to acute disease resolve ...
Secondary Liver Cancer (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment), What is secondary liver cancer? The liver is one of the most common sites to which malignancies preferentially metastasis...
Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Lung, Thoracic cage immobility causing restrictive lung disease. Primary pulmonary hypertension (rare); secondary pulmonary hypertension (due...
Secondary Headache, What is a secondary headache? A secondary headache is one arising secondary to a condition known to cause headache.
The Lungs and Respiratory Tract, This leaflet gives a brief overview of the lungs, lung function and how we breathe. Where are the lungs found? The lung...
Fungal Lung Infections, How do fungi affect the lungs? In general, lungs do not like fungi! Breathing in tiny bits of fungus (called spores) irritates the lungs and can c...
Fungal Lung Infections (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment), What are fungal lung infections? [ 1 , 2 ] Fungi may cause lung disease through direct infection of pulmonary...
A spontaneous pneumothorax can be primary (occurring without any other lung condition) or secondary (occurring as a result of another lung condition). Traumatic pneumot...
Malignant tumours may also spread to other parts of the body to form secondary tumours (metastases). This happens if some cells break off from the primary tumour and are carried in the bloods...
Antibiotics may be prescribed if you already have an ongoing (chronic) lung disease. This is to prevent a 'secondary' bacterial infection rather than to clear a viral infecti...
You will be asked to blow into a tube ( a peak flow meter ) to see how well your lungs work. Spirometry . This is a more complex test of your lung function and you would be asked...
They may be prescribed if a complication develops, such as a secondary bacterial ear infection or secondary bacterial lung infection (pneumonia). Cough remedies have l...
Blood tests, including specialist molecular markers for some types of tumour, and other tests on other parts of the body may be done if the tumour is thought to be a secondary (metastatic) tu...
If the TB gets close to a blood vessel in the lung then you may cough up blood. TB infection sometimes spreads from the lungs to cause infection in other parts of the body.
About one in a thousand people have this. Secondary Sjögren's syndrome This describes Sjögren's syndrome which occurs in association with another autoimmune disease su...
This is called a secondary bacterial infection. Is eczema herpeticum infectious? Herpes is a very infectious (contagious) virus; it can be caught easily by touching the skin of someon...
Exercise is important as well to try and increase the functioning of the lungs. Stage 2 - moderate Lung function is reduced to between 50 and 79%. This is the commonest stage...