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Farmer's lung

Farmer's lung: Introduction

Farmer's lung: A condition that affects farmers who are exposed to mouldy hay or crops. The lungs become inflamed due to a hypersensitivity reaction to the exposure. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Farmer's lung is available below.

Symptoms of Farmer's lung

• Cough
• Breathing difficulty
• Malaise
• Fever
• Cyanosis
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Farmer's lung:

• Allergies -- Related Home Tests
  • Home Allergy Testing
  • Home Mold Tests
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Farmer's lung?

• Misdiagnosis of Farmer's lung
• Failure to diagnose Farmer's lung
• Undiagnosed: Farmer's lung

Farmer's lung: Complications

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• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Emphysema
• Chronic bronchitis
• Death due to pulmonary insufficiency
• Death due to cor pulmonale
• more complications...»

Causes of Farmer's lung

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Disease Topics Related To Farmer's lung

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Farmer's lung:

• Pneumoconiosis
• Coal worker's pneumoconiosis
• Emphysema
• Chronic bronchitis
• more related diseases...»

Less Common Symptoms of Farmer's lung

• Pneumonitis
• more symptoms...»

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Farmer's lung: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Respiratory Disorders that may be Undiagnosed:
  • Asthma -- Undiagnosed
  • Allergies -- Undiagnosed
  • COPD -- Undiagnosed
  • Emphysema -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Bronchitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Lung Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Sinusitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Cystic Fibrosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Farmer's lung

Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases are difficult to diagnose. Even the well-knowns conditions such as asthma or lung cancer often fail to be diagnosed early. Some of the chronic lung...read more »

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Farmer's lung: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Lung Health Specialists (Pulmonologist):
  • Pulmonology (Lung Health Specialists)
  • Pediatric Pulmonology (Child Lung Health)
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Hospitals & Clinics: Farmer's lung

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Farmer's lung, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Farmer's lung: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Respiratory Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Asthma -- Rare Types
  • Allergies -- Rare Types
  • COPD -- Rare Types
  • Emphysema -- Rare Types
  • Chronic Bronchitis -- Rare Types
  • Lung Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Sinusitis -- Rare Types
  • Cystic Fibrosis -- Rare Types
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Farmer's lung

Medical research articles related to Farmer's lung include:

• Spore
• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (Treatment)
• Farmer's Lung (Diagnosis)
• Mold Allergy (Overview)
• Industrial Dust Diseases
• Fungal Lung Infections
• Pneumonitis
• more research...»

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Research about Farmer's lung

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Farmer's lung: Broader Related Topics

• Lung conditions
• Chest conditions
• Respiratory conditions
• more types...»

Types of Farmer's lung

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Definitions of Farmer's lung:

Systemic and pulmonary reactions resulting from inhalation of dust from moldy hay, threshing dust, or moldy straw, by persons who have become hypersensitive to antigens in the dust; most often associated with inhalation of spores of Micromonospora faeni or Thermoactinomyces vulgaris. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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