Pulmonology is concerned with the diseases of the lungs.
Breathing organ, the lung also plays a role in purification and protecting the body from the environment with which it is permanent contact.
The various diseases that will be taken care of are:
• Infectious: pneumonia, tuberculosis
• Allergies: asthma
• Toxic: the chronic obstructive lung, emphysema,
occupational diseases
• Tumoral: cancers
This discipline is also studies sleep disorders (apnea related to sleep syndrome ).
The main reasons for consultation
• Coughing
• Abundant sputum
• Whistling breathing
• Shortness of breath
• Bloody sputum
• Snoring
• Breathing interruptions during the night (apnea)
• Daytime drowsiness
Exams made in consultation
• Allergic skin tests: screening for possible allergies
• Lung-function tests: detection of disorders limiting normal lung function.
The main deficits are diagnosed:
-obstructive (asthma, COPD)
-restrictive
