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    Several respiratory diseases are discussed including chronic bronchitis which causes inflammation and mucus buildup in the bronchial tubes, emphysema which damages air sacs in the lungs making breathing difficult, asthma which is a chronic lung airway inflammation causing coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath, and pneumonia, a serious lung infection that can cause fever, cough and breathing problems.

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    Several respiratory diseases are discussed including chronic bronchitis which causes inflammation and mucus buildup in the bronchial tubes, emphysema which damages air sacs in the lungs making breathing difficult, asthma which is a chronic lung airway inflammation causing coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath, and pneumonia, a serious lung infection that can cause fever, cough and breathing problems.

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    Several respiratory diseases are discussed including chronic bronchitis which causes inflammation and mucus buildup in the bronchial tubes, emphysema which damages air sacs in the lungs making breathing difficult, asthma which is a chronic lung airway inflammation causing coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath, and pneumonia, a serious lung infection that can cause fever, cough and breathing problems.

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    Various Diseases Related

    To The Respiratory System


    Chronic Bronchitis
    Inflammation of the bronchial tubes that results in excessive
    secretions of mucus into the tubes, leading to tissue swelling that can
    narrow or close off bronchial tubes.

    Emphysema
    Damages the air sacs (alveoli) in your lungs, making you progressively
    more short of breath.

    Asthma
    A chronic inflammation of the lung airways that causes
    coughing, wheezing, chest tightness or shortness of breath.

    Pneumonia
    A lung infection that can make you very sick.
    You may cough, run a fever, and have a hard
    time breathing.

    Sources:
    http://www.medicinenet.com/chronic_bronchitis/page2.htm#what_is_bronchitis
    https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/respiratory-system-diseases
    http://www.webmd.com/lung/tc/pneumonia-topic-overviewing

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