Difference between revisions of "Medical lung diseases"

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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emphysema_low_mag.jpg Emphysema (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emphysema_low_mag.jpg Emphysema (WC)].


==Chronic Bronchitis==
==Chronic bronchitis==
===General===
===General===
*Often seen together with ''[[emphysema]]'' with which it is lumped together with in the term ''COPD''.
*Often seen together with ''[[emphysema]]'' with which it is lumped together with in the term ''COPD''.
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**Cough with sputum for thee months in at least two consecutive years.
**Cough with sputum for thee months in at least two consecutive years.
**No other cause identified.
**No other cause identified.
Clinical:<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_370>{{Ref PCPBoD8|370}}</ref>
*Blue bloater (carbon dioxide retainers)
*Develop cor pulmonale.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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