Author: Chris Preston

Large group of lung diseases that cause scarring (fibrosis) of the lungs comes under the umbrella of interstitial lung diseases (ILD). The scarring causes the inflammation which leads to more than 200 different conditions of the lungs damaging the balloon like air sacs in the lungs known as alveoli.

Lewy body dementia also called dementia with Lewy bodies, is the second most common kind of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease dementia. Protein deposits, known as Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the brain areas involved in thinking, memory, and movement (motor control).

Most Legionnaires' disease catch by breathing in the bacteria from water or soil. Get immediate treatment from experts at Specialty Care Clinics.

Kawasaki disease causes swelling (protrusion) in the walls of middle-sized arteries across the body. It mainly affects children. The inflammation tends to damage the coronary arteries, which deliver blood to the heart muscle.

Bronchitis is an inflammation (swelling) of the lining of your bronchial tubes, which carry air to and from your lungs. People who have bronchitis usually cough up thickened mucus, which could be discolored. Bronchitis can be either acute or chronic.