Misdiagnosis of Lung symptoms

Lung symptoms: Related Misdiagnoses

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 diseases with diagnostic difficulties include asthma (perhaps surprisingly), COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, mesothelioma, smoker's cough, AIDS-related respiratory conditions (see AIDS), chronic pneumonia, and other respiratory diseases. Rare possibilities include diseases like psittacosis (bird-related lung infection). See other types of chronic lung diseases.

Lung symptoms: Possibly Deadly Misdiagnoses

Some of the causes, which may potentially be dangerous or fatal if left undiagnosed, may include:

Acute mountain sickness - pulmonary edema
Acute myeloid leukemia - shortness of breath
AIDS - cough
Allergic reaction - breathing problems
Allergies - wheezing
Alveolar Hydatid Disease - lung parasitic tumors
Anaphylaxis - wheezing
Anemia - shortness of breath after exercise
Asthma - breathing difficulty
Bacterial endocarditis - shortness of breath on exertion
Broken neck - breathing problems
Cancer - Persistent cough
Cardiomyopathy - breathlessness
Chemical allergy - wheezing
Chemical poisoning - cough
Chronic Bronchitis - bronchopneumonia
Chronic Kidney Disease - cough
Chronic liver disease - coughing blood
COPD - pulmonary hypertension
Cystic Fibrosis - hemoptysis (coughing blood)
Decompression sickness - lung damage
Dengue hemorrhagic fever - cough
Diabetes - Breathing problems
Diabetic Ketoacidosis - Breathing difficulty
Drug overdose - breathing problems
Emphysema - wheezing
Endocarditis - shortness of breath
Flu - Bronchitis
Gastrointestinal bleeding - shortness of breath
Heart attack - Shortness of Breath
Heart cancer - dyspnea
Heart disease - shortness of breath
Heart failure - pulmonary congestion
HIV/AIDS - Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)
Hodgkin's Disease - lung cancer
Hypertension - shortness of breath
Infective endocarditis - shortness of breath on exertion
Insect bite allergy - dry cough
Insect sting allergy - dry cough
Latex allergies - breathing difficulty
Leukemia - lung symptoms
Lung cancer - Metastatic lung cancer
Lung conditions - persistent cough
Lupus - pulmonary hypertension
Meningococcal infection - cough
Mesothelioma - Pleural effusion
Multiple Myeloma - pneumococcal pneumonia
Myelodysplastic syndromes - Shortness of breath
Myocarditis - breathlessness
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - shortness of breath
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Conditions listing medical symptoms: Lung symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Lung symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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