
Please add profiles of people who died from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to the companion project: Died from COPD COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is an ongoing lung condition caused by damage to the airways or other parts of the lung. This damage leads to swelling and irritation also called inflammation and other problems that limit or block airflow and make it hard to b...
This project is for people who died from Asthma.== Asthma is a common long term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. These episodes may occur a few times a day or a few times per week. De...
Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS) is an asthma-like condition. RADS can occur after a single exposure to very high levels of an irritant. Or it can happen after repeated exposures to low or moderate levels of an irritant. An irritant is a substance that causes swelling, tightening (narrowing), or other harmful effects of the airways in the lungs. This makes it hard to breath...