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Bird Fancier's Lung Summary

Description: A form of alveolitis or pneumonitis due to an acquired hypersensitivity to inhaled avian antigens, usually proteins in the dust of bird feathers and droppings.

Also Known As: Pneumonitis, Avian Hypersensitivity; Avian Hypersensitivity Pneumonitides; Bird Fancier Lung; Bird Fancier's Lungs; Bird Fanciers Lung; Budgerigar Fancier Lung; Budgerigar Fancier's Lungs; Budgerigar Fanciers Lung; Hypersensitivity Pneumonitides, Avian; Lung, Bird Fancier's; Lung, Budgerigar Fancier's; Lung, Pigeon Breeder's; Lungs, Bird Fancier's; Lungs, Budgerigar Fancier's; Lungs, Pigeon Breeder's; Pigeon Breeder Lung; Pigeon Breeder's Lungs; Pigeon Breeders Lung; Pneumonitides, Avian Hypersensitivity; Avian Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Budgerigar Fancier's Lung; Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Avian; Pigeon Breeder's Lung; Pneumonitis, Hypersensitivity, Avian

Networked: 66 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 5 trials/studies) for this Disease

Key Drugs and Agents for Bird Fancier's Lung

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Antigens : 2 studies in 25 results : IBA
  2. Methylcellulose (BFL) : 2 studies in 22 results : IBA
  3. Antibodies : 1 study in 13 results : IBA
  4. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) : 1 study in 6 results : IBA
  5. Carbon Monoxide : 1 study in 2 results : IBA
  6. Immunoglobulin E (IgE) : 1 study in 1 result : IBA
  7. ammonium trichloro(dioxoethylene-O,O'-)tellurate (AS 101) : 1 study in 1 result : IBA
  8. Immunoglobulin A (IgA) : 5 results : IBA
  9. Proteins (Proteins, Gene) : 3 results : IBA
  10. Precipitins : 3 results : IBA
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Diseases Related to Bird Fancier's Lung

  1. Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis (Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis)
  2. Farmer's Lung
  3. Bird Fancier's Lung
  4. Interstitial Lung Diseases (Interstitial Lung Disease)
  5. Hypersensitivity (Allergy)
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Key Therapies for Bird Fancier's Lung

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  1. Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (Coronary Artery Bypass, Off Pump) : 1 result
  2. Mechanical Ventilators (Ventilator) : 1 result
  3. Coronary Artery Bypass (Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery) : 1 result

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