Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Improving health care for veterans with deployment-related lung diseases

Although research studies have demonstrated an association between military deployment in southwest Asia and lung diseases in veterans—such as asthma, bronchiolitis, or other small airways disease—there are still research ...

Chronic bronchitis

Chronic bronchitis is a chronic inflammation of the bronchi (medium-size airways) in the lungs. It is generally considered one of the two forms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is defined clinically as a persistent cough that produces sputum (phlegm) and mucus, for at least three months in two consecutive years.

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