Question 1

what is difference between lung disease and lung cancer ?

Accepted Answer

Several: Pneumonia 
copd
emphysema
other infections
pneumothorax are all lung disease.
Cancer is malignant growth of some cell type
squamous
adeno
small cell
etc.

Question 2

what is the difference between active lung disease. lung injury?

Accepted Answer

Cause and Effect: Lung disease can be caused by many factors like cigarette smoking, tuberculosis, lung cancer, asthma, and others. Lung injury could occur from lung disease, trauma to the chest wall/lungs, or inhalation of toxic substance.
So, a lung injury can happen from an isolated sudden accident or it could happen as a result of a disease process. I hope this helps.

Question 3

what are the difference between lung injury and active lung disease?

Accepted Answer

Same result: The end result of some interstitial lung disease is the same even though the causes are different.

Question 4

could you explain the difference between active lung disease & lung injury?

Accepted Answer

Ongoing damage: Active lung disease refers to a process that is not under control and can lead to ongoing damage or injury to the lung. Lung injury when acute is a one time event, but when chronic is likely caused by that active lung disease.

Question 5

what is the difference in treatment between chronic lung disease and lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

Different: Non small cell lung cancer mainstay of therapy is surgical resection for appropiate lesions. 5yr survival for stage i nsclc after surgical resection is about 70%, stage ii about 30%. Chronic lung disease is emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, obviously a totally different diagnosis. Patients may develop lung cancer with or without chronic lung disease but more common in smokers.

Question 6

is c.o.p.d. a real lung disease?

Accepted Answer

YES!!: Chronic obstructive lung disease. This is a heading for chronic bronchitis/asthma and emphysema. One may have overlap with eachother. This is diagnosed with a history and physical as well as chest xray and pulmonary function test.
Copd is not interchangeable with emphysema.

Question 7

is emphysima and c.o.p.d the same lung disease or are they different?

Accepted Answer

Different: Emphysema is the loss of alveolar tissue or air sacs. COPD is disease of the airways often associated with infections.  Smokers generally have a mixture of both disorders.  Because they often occur in the same person there is confusion about the exact meaning of these terms.

Question 8

what is lung disease?

Accepted Answer

Disease of lung: Variety of diseases involved lung and its componants as respiratory system in whole.
Shahzeidi, md.

Question 9

how common is lung disease?

Accepted Answer

Very: Depending on the age bracket and what diseases the prevalence is quite high.  As an example chronic lower respiratory disease is the 3rd leading cause of death in the us after heart disease and cancer.  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm/.

Question 10

how to cure lung disease naturally?

Accepted Answer

No natural cures: Lung disease is too general a term. What specific disease are you talking about? The bottom line is there is no natural cure for lung disease other than avoiding things that make it worse (ie: smoking).

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