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'''Respiratory diseases''', or '''lung diseases''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D008171|title=Lung diseases|website=MeSH.nlm.nih.gov|access-date=14 August 2019|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612045116/https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D008171|url-status=live}}</ref> are [[pathology|pathological]] conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make [[gas exchange]] difficult in [[Breathing|air-breathing]] animals. They include conditions of the [[respiratory tract]] including the [[trachea]], [[bronchi]], [[bronchioles]], [[Pulmonary alveolus|alveoli]], [[pulmonary pleurae|pleurae]], [[pleural cavity]], the nerves and [[muscles of respiration]]. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting, such as the [[common cold]], [[influenza]], and [[pharyngitis]] to life-threatening [[disease]]s such as [[bacterial pneumonia]], [[pulmonary embolism]], [[tuberculosis]], [[Asthma|acute asthma]], [[lung cancer]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sengupta N, Sahidullah M, Saha G | title = Lung sound classification using cepstral-based statistical features | journal = Computers in Biology and Medicine | volume = 75 | issue = 1 | pages = 118–29 | date = August 2016 | pmid = 27286184 | doi = 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2016.05.013 }}</ref> and [[severe acute respiratory syndrome]]s, such as [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = | title = COVID-19 and vascular disease | journal = eBioMedicine | volume = 58 | pages = 102966 | date = August 2020 | pmid = 32829782 | pmc = 7438984 | doi = 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102966 }}</ref> Respiratory diseases can be classified in many different ways, including by the organ or tissue involved, by the type and pattern of associated signs and symptoms, or by the cause of the disease.
The study of respiratory disease is known as [[pulmonology]]. A [[physician]] who specializes in respiratory disease is known as a pulmonologist, a chest medicine specialist, a respiratory medicine specialist, a respirologist or a thoracic medicine specialist.
==Obstructive lung disease==
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