Lung & Airway Disorders

The lungs and associated airways are part of the body's respiratory system. The primary function of the respiratory system is to bring oxygen into the lungs, transfer it to the blood, and expel carbon dioxide. Air is inhaled through the nose and mouth, where it travels down the throat and into the trachea. The trachea is a large airway which splits into two smaller airways leading to the lungs.

View sub-topics at right to learn more about some specific lung and airway disorders and some of their common causes.

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1. Asbestosis: Overview
2. Asthma: Overview
3. Berylliosis: Overview
4. Breathing: Overview
5. Bronchiolitis Obliterans: Overview
6. Bronchitis: Overview
7. Bronchospasm: Overview
8. Byssinosis / Brown Lung Disease
9. Chocking: Overview
10. Cyanosis: Overview
11. Cystic Fibrosis
12. Drowning: Overview
13. Emphysema: Overview
14. Farmer's Lung
15. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Overview
16. Legionnaire's Disease: Overview
17. Mesothelioma
18. Metal Fume Fever: Overview
19. Pleural Effusion: Overview
20. Pleurisy: Overview
21. Primary Pulmonary Hypertension / PPH
22. Pulmonary Edema: Overview
23. Pulmonary Embolism: Overview
24. Pulmonary Fibrosis: Overview
25. Radiation Pneumonitis: Overview
26. Silicosis: Overview
27. Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury / TRALI: Overview
28. Tuberculosis: Overview
29. 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
30. 1,2,3-Trichloropropane
31. 1,3-Butadiene
32. 2,3-Benzofuran
33. 2-Butoxyethanol
34. Accupril / Quinapril Hydrochloride: Overview
35. Acetone
36. Acrylonitrile
37. Actos / Pioglitazone Hydrochloride
38. Aluminum
39. Antimony
40. Anvil Exposure: Overview
41. Arava / Leflunomide
42. Avandia / Rosiglitazone
43. Barium
44. Bellvue, Colorado
45. Bextra / Valdecoxib
46. Bis(2-chloroethyl) Ether
47. Bis(chloromethyl) Ether
48. Boron
49. Bromoform and Chlorodibromomethane
50. Bromomethane
51. Cadmium
52. Calumet Lubricants/Pennzoil-Quaker State Refinery Site - Shreveport, La
53. CCP Paper: Overview
54. Chlorfenvinphos
55. Chlorinated Dibenzofurans (CDFs)
56. Chlorine
57. Chlorine Dioxide
58. Chromium IV Exposure: Overview
59. Claritin / Loratadine
60. Colfax Treating Co. & Durawood - Pineville, Louisiana & Alexandria, Louisiana
61. CYPHER Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent (CYPHER Stent)
62. Cytosar-U / Cytarabine: Overview
63. Diesel Exhaust
64. Diethyl Phthalate Exposure: Overview
65. Ephedra Recall
66. Fiber Glass
67. Fire Suppression Sprinklers: Overview
68. Fruit Avenue Plume Site - Albuquerque, New Mexico
69. Furan
70. Gas Cans
71. Gasoline
72. Group B Strep - Diagnosis Errors
73. Hall Street Plant - Beaverton, Oregon
74. Herceptin / Trastuzumab
75. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene (HCCPD)
76. Hexamethylene Diisocyanate
77. Hinkley, California: Overview
78. Hydraulic Fluids
79. Hydrogen Chloride
80. Hydrogen Peroxide
81. Hydrogen Sulfide
82. Iodine
83. Irradiation: Overview
84. Jet fuels JP-4 and JP-7
85. Jet fuels JP-5 and JP-8
86. Lewisite (Blister Agent)
87. Los Alamos National Laboratory - New Mexico
88. Malathion
89. Manganese Exposure: Overview
90. Methyl Isocyanate
91. Methyl Parathion
92. Methylamines Exposure: Overview
93. Monopril / Fosinopril Sodium: Overview
94. Mustard Gas
95. Natick Laboratory - Natick, Massachusetts
96. Nerve Agents
97. NHC Healthcare Center Fire
98. N-hexane
99. Nickel
100. Nitrobenzene
101. Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure: Overview
102. Nitrogen Mustards (HN-1, HN-2, HN-3) (Blister Agent)
103. Nitrogen Oxides
104. n-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine
105. Norvir / Ritonavir: Overview
106. Novantrone / Mitoxantrone Hydrochloride
107. Otto Fuel II
108. Oxytocin
109. Pace, Florida: Overview
110. Pacerone / Cordarone / Amiodarone Hydrochloride
111. Pentachlorophenol
112. Permax Recall
113. Phenol
114. Phosgene
115. Phosgene Oxime
116. Platinol / Cisplatin: Overview
117. Plutonium
118. Poles, Incorporated - Oldtown, Idaho
119. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / PAH
120. Prince William Sound
121. Proleukin / Aldesleukin: Overview
122. Pyridine
123. Radon
124. Railroad Workers & The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA)
125. Respirator Masks
126. Respironics, Inc. ComfortGel Nasal Masks
127. Rheumatrex / Methotrexate
128. Selenium
129. Selenium Hexafluoride
130. Shiley TracheoSoft XLT Extended Length Tracheostomy Tubes
131. Sodium and Calcium Hypochlorite
132. Sodium Hydroxide
133. Stadol / Butorphanol Tartrate
134. Stoddard Solvent
135. Styrene
136. Sulfur Dioxide
137. Sulfur Mustards H/HD and HT (Blister Agent)
138. Sulfur Trioxide
139. Symmetry Bypass Connector
140. Synthetic Vitreous Fibers
141. Tetryl
142. Teveten / Eprosartan Mesylate: Overview
143. Thallium
144. Thorium
145. Tin
146. Titanium Tetrachloride
147. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)
148. Toxaphene
149. Trichloroethylene
150. Troy, Montana
151. Vanadium Exposure: Overview
152. Vicodin / Acetaminophen & Hydrocodone Bitartrate
153. Virazole / Ribavirin
154. Welding Rods
155. White Phosphorus
156. Xylene
157. Zenapax / Daclizumab
158. Zinc
159. Zonolite/W.R. Grace Plant - Dearborn, Michigan
160. Lung & Airway Disorders: Frequently Asked Questions