Pneumonitis
Pneumonitis is a general term that refers to inflammation of lung tissue. Pneumonia, which is caused by infection, is the most commonly-known form of pneumonitis.
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Chemical pneumonitis is inflammation of the lungs or breathing difficulty due to inhaling chemical fumes or breathing in and choking on certain chemicals.
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Chemical pneumonitis: Multiple substances are directly toxic to the lung or stimulate an inflammatory response when aspirated; gastric acid is the most common such aspirated substance, ...
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis usually occurs in those who work in places where there are high levels of organic dusts, fungus, or molds. For example, farmer's lung is the most common type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis or extrinsic allergic alveolitis is a widespread disease of the lungs, involving inflammation in both the small airways of the lung and the alveoli (air sacs).
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Pneumonitis
Pneumonitis means inflammation of the lung tissue. It can occur due to some cancer drugs or to radiotherapy. It is usually diagnosed by chest X-ray.
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Chronic pneumonitis
If pneumonitis is left undetected or untreated, you may develop chronic pneumonitis.
Pneumonitis Due to Inhalation of Food or Vomitus
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Pneumonia is a general term for infection of the lungs.
Pneumonitis - swelling of lung tissue
Two serious bacterial infections in a 2 year period (meningitis, blood infection, or pneumonia)
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PNEUMONITIS: lung inflammation.
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Interstitial Pneumonitis: A severe inflammation in the lungs that can occur as a toxic effect of total body irradiation in the conditioning regimen for transplantation.
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is an inflammation of the lung (usually of the very small airways) caused by the body's immune reaction to small air-borne particles. These particles can be bacteria, mold, fungi, or even inorganic.
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis occurring in workers who wash the mold from cheeses during the aging process, caused by inhalation of spores of Penicillium from moldy cheese casings. [Dorland]
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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis is an inflammation of the lung caused by small airborne particles such as bacteria, mold, fungi, or inorganic matter. There are two types of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, acute and chronic.
Whereas radiation pneumonitis is often reversible with medications that reduce inflammation, such as cortisone drugs (prednisone and others), radiation fibrosis is usually irreversible and permanent.
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of fungus spores from moldy hay, bird droppings, and other organic dusts.
: Radiation pneumonitis in breast cancer patients treated with conservative surgery and radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 21 (2): 355-60, 1991.
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Damages to the lung consist of oedema and later pneumonitis. Clearing may occur without any secondary pneumonitis. Delayed sequelae may, however, occur ( constrictive bronchiolitis).
Infection with numerous worms may result in a pneumonitis during the migratory phase when larvae that have hatched from the ingested eggs in the lumen of the small intestine penetrate into the tissues and by way of the lymph and blood systems reach ...
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Acute pneumonitis manifested by fever, congestion, cough, and dyspnea can follow radiation therapy alone at doses greater than 40 Gy to focal lung volumes, or after lower doses when combined with dactinomycin or anthracyclines.
Hyper-IgM Syndrome may be characterized by recurrent pus-producing (pyogenic) bacterial infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract including the sinuses (sinusitis) and/or the lungs (pneumonitis or pneumonia); the middle ear (otitis media); ...
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This condition occurs in about 15% of patients and is called radiation pneumonitis. If it is mild, radiation pneumonitis does not require treatment and resolves on its own.
Respiratory conditions include hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), chronic bronchitis, impaired lung function, and asthma.
Aspiration pneumonia (or aspiration pneumonitis) is caused by aspirating foreign objects which are usually oral or gastric contents, either while eating, or after reflux or vomiting which results in bronchopneumonia[3].
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Inflammation of the lung itself in SLE is called lupus pneumonitis. It can be caused by infections or by the SLE inflammatory process. Symptoms are the same in both cases: fever, chest pain, labored breathing, and coughing.
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Aspiration of solid material causes atelectasis, obstructive pneumonitis or lung abscess, while aspiration of acidic gastric contents results in chemical pneumonitis (Mendelson's syndrome).
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Definition Hypersensitivity pneumonitis refers to an inflammation of the lungs caused by repeatedbreathing in of a foreign substance, such an organic dust, a fungus, or a mold.
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Weak antibodies may indicate an early fungal infection or a condition called hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
They include inflammation of the lung (pneumonitis), inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart (pericarditis), inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis), and a worsening of inflammation of the colon (colitis).
High levels may cause pneumonitis (lung inflammation) and pulmonary oedema (fluid in the lungs). Symptoms include breathlessness and coughing. ‘Metal fume fever' can be life threatening.
An opportunistic pneumonitis often seen in HIV-infected patients. PCP generally produces a dry, hacking cough.
This is a type of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease with an allergic cause, also known as Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. Examples include Farmer's Lung caused by allergic sensitivity to dust from mouldy hay, Bird Fancier's Lung and Metal Worker's Lung.
Part of the lung has collapsed or developed pneumonitis (inflammation of the lung) in the area where the trachea joins the bronchus.
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Pulmonary fibrosis - from asbestos exposure; Interstitial pneumonitis - from asbestos exposure
Definition of Asbestosis:
Asbestosis is a respiratory disease caused by inhaling asbestos fibers.
Recurrent or persistent episodes of pneumonitis and/or other infections
Bleeding or immune thrombocytopenic purpura
Generalized enlarged lymph nodes with or without malignancy
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Next comes liver enlargement and pneumonitis. If untreated, circulatory failure brings death.
Bagassosis, an interstitial lung disease, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis attributed to exposure to molasses (bagasse).
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Visual defects due to eye infections (chorioretinitis)
Enlarged liver and spleen
Jaundice (yellow skin and eyes)
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Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart)
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lung inflammation (pneumonitis).
In some cases you may need surgery.
Most interstitial lung diseases are diagnosed as pneumoconiosis, a drug-induced disease, or hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The other types are:
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Acute exposure to beryllium fumes can cause a severe, sometimes fatal pneumonitis (inflammation of the lungs).
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