Understanding Major Respiratory Diseases
Respiratory disease is one of the leading contributors to deaths in India and the world. India bears around 32% of the global burden of respiratory, diseases. In most cases, Smoking, lung infections, or genetic disorders playa vital role in major respiratory disease. India is one of the developing countries in which, both acute and chronic respiratory diseases are prevalent in substantial numbers. The major respiratory diseases which have maximum occurrence in India are – Asthma,Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Cancer, Pneumonia, Pleural Effusion, Chronic Bronchitis, Tuberculosis, and Allergic Rhinitis. Based on the recent Global Burden of Disease (GBD) survey, among these diseases, asthma and COPD show off wide variations in several states in India with maximum affected people
