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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

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Farmer's lung: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Farmer's lung:

• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Emphysema
• Chronic bronchitis
• Death due to pulmonary insufficiency
• Death due to cor pulmonale
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Medical Textbooks Online about Farmer's lung

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Less Common Symptoms of Farmer's lung

• Pneumonitis
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Farmer's lung?

• Misdiagnosis of Farmer's lung
• Failure to diagnose Farmer's lung
• Hidden causes of Farmer's lung (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
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Farmer's lung: Self Assessment Tools

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Farmer's lung: Medical Mistakes

• Asthma -- Health Mistakes
• Allergies -- Health Mistakes
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Farmer's lung: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

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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 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....read more »

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Farmer's lung: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Lung Health Specialists (Pulmonologist):
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  • 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
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• 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...»

Causes of Farmer's lung

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Farmer's lung

Medical research articles related to Farmer's lung include:

• Spore
• Farmer's Lung (Follow-up)
• Farmer's Lung (Diagnosis)
• Farmer's Lung (Overview)
• Farmer's Lung (Treatment)
• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (Follow-up)
• Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
• Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
• more research...»

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Videos for Farmer's lung

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Reseach about 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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