Adenoids

Adenoids, AD uh noydz, also known as pharyngeal tonsils, are a mass of glandlike tissue normally... More >>

Asphyxiation

Asphyxiation, as fihk see AY shuhn, is a condition that occurs when breathing stops. During... More >>

Asthma

Asthma, AZ muh, is a chronic lung disease characterized by periods of breathlessness, wheezing,... More >>

Black lung

Black lung is a potentially disabling lung disease that afflicts coal miners. The disease, also... More >>

Bronchitis

Bronchitis, brong KY tihs, is an inflammation of the air passages in the lungs. The inflammation... More >>

Brown lung

Brown lung is a lung disease that affects many workers in cotton textile mills. The disease, also... More >>

Cold, Common

Cold, Common. The common cold results from any of a number of viral infections of the upper... More >>

Cough

Cough is a strong, sudden expelling of air from the lungs. Coughing serves as a body defense that... More >>

Croup

Croup, kroop, is an inflammation of the air passages of the throat and trachea (windpipe). During... More >>

Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis, SIHS tihk fy BROH sihs, is a hereditary disease in which certain glands in the... More >>

Diphtheria

Diphtheria, dihf THIHR ee uh or dihp THIHR ee uh, is a severe, contagious infection of the upper... More >>

Emphysema

Emphysema, ehm fuh SEE muh, is a lung disease in which victims have difficulty breathing,... More >>

Hay fever

Hay fever is an allergy that occurs most frequently during the spring, summer, and fall. Grasses,... More >>

Hiccup

Hiccup, also called hiccough, is an abrupt, involuntary intake of air caused by a spasm of the... More >>

Histoplasmosis

Histoplasmosis, hihs tuh plaz MOH sihs, is a disease that attacks the lungs, mouth, throat, ears,... More >>