Respiratory disorders, or lung diseases, are disorders such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, lung cancer, mesothelioma, pulmonary hypertension, and tuberculosis. If left untreated, lung disease can produce health complications, problematic symptoms, and life-threatening conditions.
Chronic respiratory diseases are a group of chronic diseases affecting the airways and the other structures of the lungs. Hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer from preventable chronic respiratory diseases.
Common Respiratory Disease Symptoms
- Difficulty Breathing. While it’s common to feel a shortness of breath during exercise, if it doesn’t go away—or is present when you aren’t exerting yourself—you should be concerned.
- Stubborn Cough.
- Breathing Noisily.
- Lingering Chest Pain.
- Chronic Mucus.
- Coughing Up Blood