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Farmer's lung
Farmer's lung
Classification & external resources
| ICD-10 |
J67.0 |
| ICD-9 |
495.0 |
| DiseasesDB |
29636 |
| eMedicine |
med/771 |
| MeSH |
D005203 |
Farmer's lung is an hypersensitivity pneumonitis induced by the inhalation of biologic dusts coming from mouldy hay or other agricultural products. The immune response is most often initiated by exposure to thermophilic actinomycetes.
It is an example of extrinsic allergic alveolitis.
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Pathology of respiratory system (J, 460–519) |
| Acute upper respiratory infections |
Upper respiratory tract infection · Common cold · Rhinitis · Sinusitis · Pharyngitis (Strep throat) · Tonsillitis · Laryngitis · Tracheitis · Croup · Epiglottitis |
| Influenza and Pneumonia |
Influenza · Pneumonia (Viral, Bacterial, Bronchopneumonia) · Severe acute respiratory syndrome |
| Other acute lower respiratory infections |
Bronchitis (Acute, Chronic) · Bronchiolitis |
| Other diseases of upper respiratory tract |
Vasomotor rhinitis · Hay fever · Atrophic rhinitis · Nasal polyp · Deviated septum · Adenoid hypertrophy · Peritonsillar abscess · Vocal fold nodule · Laryngospasm |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases |
Emphysema · COPD · Asthma · Status asthmaticus · Bronchiectasis |
| Lung diseases due to external agents |
Pneumoconiosis (Coalworker's pneumoconiosis, Asbestosis, Silicosis, Bauxite fibrosis, Berylliosis, Siderosis) · Byssinosis · Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (Farmer's lung, Bird fancier's lung) |
Other, principally affecting
the interstitium |
Acute respiratory distress syndrome · Pulmonary edema · Hamman-Rich syndrome · Interstitial lung disease |
Suppurative and necrotic conditions
of lower respiratory tract |
Lung abscess · Pleural effusion · Empyema |
| Other |
Pneumothorax · Hemothorax · Hemopneumothorax · Mendelson's syndrome · Respiratory failure · Atelectasis · Mediastinal emphysema · Mediastinitis |
| see also congenital (Q30–Q34, 748) |
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Farmer's_lung". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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