Respiratory tract disorders and diseases Medical Answers

One of the worst bits of a news that a parent can ever hear is that there is something wrong with their child. When the prognosis and course of treatment...

Chronic coughing of white phlegm is a symptom of several different diseases that could be potentially causing your discomfort. The most important distinction to make with this type of condition...

Overview Radiological imaging of the chest is one of the most important and most requested investigations in medicine. These tests include X-rays, CT scans, and MRI investigations which are performed...

Overview The condition known as dumping syndrome, also referred to as rapid gastric emptying, is caused by a surgical procedure where all or part of the stomach is removed or...

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a broad category to describe a number of potential lung diseases that all have the same general characteristics. They involve the parenchyma of the lungs; space...

Pleurisy is a condition where the pleura become inflamed. The pleura is a thin membranous tissue that lines the outside of the lung and the inside of the chest cavity. Pleurisy, also known...

A number of conditions can be associated with  shortness of breath, pain on taking deep breaths and feeling fatigued quite easily. Some of these conditions are serious and can even...

A chest x-ray is usually the first examination performed if there is a suspicion that some pathological process is present inside the chest cavity. This type of examination exposes the...

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and if it affects the lungs, then it is called pulmonary tuberculosis. By many criteria, this bacteria behaves...

Cystic fibrosis is a disease caused by defects in the cystic fibrosis gene, CFTR. This gene codes the production of a protein that regulates the way chloride passes in and...