You may not think it's a big deal when you breathe in dust, but for some people, it could bring on a lung disease called hypersensitivity pneumonitis. It's an allergic reaction to particles in the ...

New research describes the clinical characteristics and exposure history of patients who develop mold-associated ...

Aug. 3, 2020-- More than 30 years after the last guidance on the clinical evaluation of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), the American Thoracic Society - in collaboration with the Asociación ...

Fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a chronic and progressive interstitial lung disease, caused by an immune response to inhaled foreign antigens or allergens. Researchers from Yale's Section ...

Pneumonitis is an inflammatory respiratory condition caused by acute or chronic exposure to irritating antigens in the environment. Because of the rarity of the condition, pneumonitis is often ...

If you have feather bedding or clothing and have some breathing concerns, you should learn about feather duvet lung. Feather duvet lung or hypersensitivity pneumonitis, is a lung problem caused by ...

Through clinical and pathological investigations, patterns of giant-cell interstitial pneumonia, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage were identified (Figure 1 ...

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is an immune response to certain allergens or chemicals, particularly impacting the lungs. It is often triggered by exposure to pigeon droppings. Experts point out ...

Pneumonitis is a general term for inflammation of lung tissue.