Pulmonology is the specialty that deals with diseases of the lungs and the respiratory tract.
Some of the diseases managed by pulmonologists include:
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Chronic bronchitis
- Emphysema
- Lung cancer diagnosis
- Pneumoconiosis
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Psittacosis
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary sequestration
- Sarcoidosis
- Sleep apnea
- Tuberculosis.