Question 1

my dad died from a lung disease called boop what makes it kill u so quick and y no symptoms till two weeks before he passed?

Accepted Answer

"BOOP": I'm very sorry to hear about your father. Boop is not really a diagnosis, but a typical pathologic finding in response to any number of different forms of lung injury. Most common cause of the pattern we call BOOP is actually infection. This includes commin things like influenza, and pneumococcal pneumonia. But any sort of lung injury to the  can cause this pattern on biopsy.

Question 2

how do you diagnose interstitial lung diseases?

Accepted Answer

Lung biopsy : High resolution cat scan thorax, pulmonary function test, lung biopsy.

Question 3

what are some treatable lung diseases in children?

Accepted Answer

All are treatable: The common lung diseases in children are pneumonia, bronchitis, and asthma. Croup is a viral illness that involves the area of the airway around and just below the vocal cords, the subglottic space. It's not really a lung disease but it is a lower airway disease and quite common. Outside the us tuberculosis is a common treatable pediatric lung disease.

Question 4

what are some lung diseases in newborns and what causes them?

Accepted Answer

A few: One of the most common lung difficulties we see, especially with c-section babies, is transient tachypnea of the newborn.  This occurs when there is still fluid in the lungs, because the baby didn't exit via the birth canal and literally have the fluid squeezed out.  Infections can also occur resulting in pneumonia.  Some babies "transition" slowly, & need a little help learning to breath room air.

Question 5

how can you treat early lung diseases?

Accepted Answer

Prevention: Non smoker
regular exercize
weight control

while there  are some with cystic fibrosis and other diseases, much of the copd, cancer, bronchitis is secondary and avoidable.

Question 6

what is the definition or description of: lung diseases?

Accepted Answer

See below: That is a very broad question as there are 100's of things that can affect the lungs

Question 7

why does residual volume decrease in restrictive lung diseases?

Accepted Answer

Scarring: As the lungs scar and lose volume, both the vital capacity and residual lung volume decrease. That is the nature of restrictive lung disease.

Question 8

what sort of fetal lung diseases can occur?

Accepted Answer

Many.: Caml (cystic adenomatoid malformation of the fetal lung), bps (bronchopulmonary sequestration), lobar emphysema, bronchial atresia, hamartomas, tracheal agenesis/chaos (congenital high-airway obstruction sequence).

Question 9

could a lung xray identify most lung diseases?

Accepted Answer

Good but not perfect: A properly taken xray can reveal a great deal about many lung disorders, but not all. Present technology allows us to increase and decrease magnification, contrast and see more than we did years ago, but there are limits.Some disorders produce obvious changes on xray, while other do not.

Question 10

how many cigarettes a day to avoid lung diseases?

Accepted Answer

Less than one: Best way to deal with this is not to smoke at all. 1 or 2 may feel comfortable for a while but with time that tends to increase.

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