This department diagnoses and treats all diseases that might occur in the upper respiratory tract such as cold, sore throat, and diseases in nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, as well as the lower respiratory tract diseases such as bronchial tube and lung diseases.
Lower respiratory tract diseases also include:
- Inflammatory diseases: acute bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, cervical lymphadenitis, mycosis, lung abscess
- Respiratory diseases: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, chronic airflow obstruction due to bronchial tuberculosis
- Tumors: lung cancer, benign lung tumor, mediastinal tumor
- Pleura diseases: pleurisy, pyothorax, pneumothorax
- Interstitial lung diseases: idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, other immunity diseases