Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Health Encyclopedia: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Farmer's lung; Mushroom picker's disease; Humidifier or air-conditioner lung; Bird breeder's lung
Symptoms
Acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis may have the following symptoms:
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Cough -
Fever - Chills
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Shortness of breath -
Malaise (feeling ill)
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis may have the following symptoms:
- Breathlessness, especially...
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