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The following is a list of many lung diseases, infections, conditions and illnesses:

• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
• Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1AD)
• Asbestosis / Dust Diseases
• Asthma
• Beryllium Disease / Berylliosis
• Black Lung Disease / Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchitis, Chronic
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
• Byssinosis / Brown Lung Disease
• Chronic Bronchitis
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis / Black Lung Disease
• Croup / Acute Laryngotracheobronchitis
• Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
• Empeyma Thoracis
• Emphysema
• Farmer's Lung / Mold Diseases
• Flock Worker's Lung
• Flu / Influenza
• Hantavirus
• Hay Fever
• Histoplasmosis
• Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome (IRDS)
• Influenza / Flu
• Irritant Induced Asthma (IIA)
• Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
• Legionellosis / Legionnaires' Disease
• Lung Cancer
• Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS)
• Mesothelioma / Dust Diseases
• Mold Diseases / Farmer's Lung
• Occupational Asthma
• Pertussis / Whooping Cough
• Pleurisy
• Pneumonia
• Pneumothorax
• Primary Alveolar Hypoventilation Syndrome
• Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
• Pulmonary Embolus
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS)
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Infant (IRDS)
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
• Sarcoidosis
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
• Spontaneous Pneumothorax
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

• Tension Pneumothorax
• Tuberculosis
• Whooping Cough / Pertussis

This list is not necessarily a complete listing of all lung diseases and illnesses.

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