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==Overview==
 
'''Pneumonitis''' or '''pulmonitis''' is a general term that refers to [[inflammation]] of [[lung]] tissue.<ref>{{DorlandsDict|six/000084241|pneumonitis}}</ref><ref name=Sted28>{{cite book|title=Stedman's medical dictionary.|year=2006|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-7817-6450-6|edition=28th}}</ref>
 
Many factors can cause pneumonitis, including breathing in animal [[dander]], aspiration (inhaling small food particles or vomit "down the wrong pipe"),  and receiving [[radiation therapy]] to the chest.<ref>[http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pneumonitis/DS00962/UPDATEAPP=0 Mayo Clinic]</ref>
 
Pneumonitis was listed as the one of the top 15 leading causes of death (at number 15) in the United States as of 2010, overtaking homicide, which dropped off the list.  This was due to a number of factors, including an increase in the population of people over 75, for whom pneumonitis is a common cause of death.<ref>{{cite news|last=STOBBE|first=MIKE|title=Homicide drops off US list of top causes of death|url=http://news.yahoo.com/homicide-drops-off-us-list-top-causes-death-171622803.html|accessdate=12 January 2012|newspaper=Yahoo News/Associated Press|date=12 January 2012}}</ref>
 
[[Pneumonia]] is pneumonitis combined with [[Pulmonary consolidation|consolidation]] and [[exudate|exudation]] due to infection.<ref>{{DorlandsDict|six/000084139|pneumonia}}</ref>
 
==Classification==
It can be classified into [[acute interstitial pneumonitis]], [[blood pneumonitis]], [[lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis]], [[radiation pneumonitis]], and [[uremic pneumonitis]].<ref name=Sted28/>
 
==Causes==
* [[virus|Viral infection]]. As one example, [[measles]] can cause severe pneumonitis, and [[ribavirin]] has been proposed as a possible treatment.
* [[Pneumonia]]
* Radiation therapy
* Inhaling chemicals, such as Sodium hydroxide <ref>http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/81-123/pdfs/0565.pdf</ref>
* [[Sepsis]]
* Adverse reaction to medications
* Hypersensitivity to inhaled agents<ref>[http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40025927/ Patient UK]</ref>
* Inhalation of spores of some [[Lycoperdon|species of mushroom]] (Bronchoalveolar allergic syndrome)<ref>[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/167398-overview Medscape.com]</ref>
* [[Mercury (element)|Mercury]] exposure
*[[Smoking]]
*Overexposure to Chlorine
 
==See also==
* [[Hypersensitivity pneumonitis]], also known as extrinsic allergic alveolitis or EAA
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
{{Respiratory pathology}}
{{Inflammation}}
 
[[Category:Inflammations]]

Revision as of 19:27, 14 February 2014

Pneumonitis
Classification and external resources
DiseasesDB 10166
MeSH D011014

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Pneumonitis or pulmonitis is a general term that refers to inflammation of lung tissue.[1][2]

Many factors can cause pneumonitis, including breathing in animal dander, aspiration (inhaling small food particles or vomit "down the wrong pipe"), and receiving radiation therapy to the chest.[3]

Pneumonitis was listed as the one of the top 15 leading causes of death (at number 15) in the United States as of 2010, overtaking homicide, which dropped off the list. This was due to a number of factors, including an increase in the population of people over 75, for whom pneumonitis is a common cause of death.[4]

Pneumonia is pneumonitis combined with consolidation and exudation due to infection.[5]

Classification

It can be classified into acute interstitial pneumonitis, blood pneumonitis, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis, radiation pneumonitis, and uremic pneumonitis.[2]

Causes

See also

References

  1. ↑ Template:DorlandsDict
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stedman's medical dictionary (28th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2006. ISBN 978-0-7817-6450-6.
  3. ↑ Mayo Clinic
  4. ↑ STOBBE, MIKE (12 January 2012). "Homicide drops off US list of top causes of death". Yahoo News/Associated Press. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Template:DorlandsDict
  6. ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/81-123/pdfs/0565.pdf
  7. ↑ Patient UK
  8. ↑ Medscape.com

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