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    Lung conditions

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    Lung diseases are some of the most common medical conditions in the world. Tens of millions of people have lung disease in the U.S. alone. Smoking, infections, and genes cause most lung diseases.

    Your lungs are part of a complex system, expanding and relaxing thousands of times each day to bring in oxygen and send out carbon dioxide. Lung disease can happen when there are problems in any part of this system.

    Asbestosis

    Asbestosis is a chronic lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos dust. Inhaling asbestos dust can cause scarring 

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    Asthma

    Asthma is a common condition that affects the airways in your lungs. People with asthma have sensitive airways

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    Bronchiectasis

    Bronchiectasis is a condition in which the airways in the lungs are damaged, causing them to become permanently widened.

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    Bronchiolitis

    Bronchiolitis is a common chest infection caused by a virus.
    Bronchiolitis causes difficulty breathing. 

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    Bronchitis

    Bronchitis is inflammation of the larger airways in your lungs the inflammation causes you to cough. Acute bronchitis is usually

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    Chest infection

    A Mental Health Treatment Plan (previously known as a ‘mental health care plan’) is a plan for people with a mental health disorder. 

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    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of long-term lung 

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    Cystic fibrosis (CF)

    Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that mostly affects your lungs and digestive system. It results from a change in a particular gene.

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    Emphysema

    Emphysema is a long-term lung condition. It is one of several lung conditions that, as a group, are known as (COPD).

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    lung cancer

    Lung cancer occurs when cells in the lungs grow in an uncontrolled way. The cancer may start to grow in the lungs first 

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    Mesothelioma

    Mesothelioma is a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Australia has one of the highest rates of mesothelioma in the world 

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    Pleural effusion

    The pleural cavity is a space between your lungs and the inside of your chest. If you have a build-up of fluid in the pleural cavity

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    Pleurisy

    Pleurisy is inflammation of the pleura. The pleura are linings that cover the outside of the lungs and the inside chest wall. 

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    Pneumonia

    Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. The infection is usually caused by bacteria or a virus. The infection causes inflammation (swelling)

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    Pneumothorax

    A pneumothorax is when air leaks into the space between one of your lungs and your chest wall. This is called the ‘pleural space’.

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    Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

    Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that can infect your airways and lungs. It is highly contagious and spreads easily.

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    Silicosis

    Silicosis is a long-term lung disease caused by inhaling unsafe levels of silica dust, usually over a period of many years.

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    Tuberculosis (TB)

    Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that most often damages your lungs, but can affect any part of your body.

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    Whooping cough

    Whooping cough is a bacterial infection that spreads from one person to another. It causes severe bouts of coughing.

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