Category FAQs Search : Rare Lung Diseases
Question: What are rare lung diseases?
Answer: Rare lung diseases are serious, chronic (ongoing) conditions that affect your lungs. Your lungs are part of your respiratory system. They perform gas exchange, moving oxygen into your bloodstream and moving carbon dioxide out of your bloodstream.
Medical experts have identified hundreds of rare lung diseases, also called rare respiratory or pulmonary diseases. A rare disease is any condition that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. or up to 350,000 people in Europe.
Rare lung conditions usually worsen over time. Some may be life-threatening. Most of these diseases have no cure. Though researchers continue to study new treatments, lung transplant surgery is often a patient’s best treatment option. A lung transplant replaces a diseased lung or lungs with healthy lungs from a deceased donor.
(Source: Cleveland Clinic, 31 Jan 2026)
Source Link: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21684-rare-lung-diseases