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Anatomically, respiratory disease can be classified into these categories; Upper and Lower respiratory tract (most commonly used in the context of infectious respiratory disease), Parenchymal and Vascular lung diseases.


OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE




RESTRICTIVE LUNG DISEASES


This pattern is characterized by an increase of the force trying to collapse the lung (recoil) and a decrease in lung compliance, measured as a decrease in all lung volumes. This is opposed to Obstructive in which you only have an increment of the values that take in to notice Residual Volumes (RV) such as TLC (Total Lung Capacity) and FRC (Functional Residual Capacity). In this case TLC is smaller than normal since the recoil force in the lung is greater than what it should be, the FEV1/FVC ratio will also be altered but instead of being lower than normal it will be higher than normal.

As previously stated FEV1/FVC should be around 0.8, in Obstructive Disease is lower, in Restrictive Disease since the amount of air going in is a lot less than in a normal or an obstructive pattern, the ratio appears to be higher (more than 80%) this is because a the smaller volume is expired quickly and more completely than in a normal pattern


INFECTIOUS LUNG DISEASE



VASCULAR LUNG DISEASE



RESPIRATORY TUMORS