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Fibrosis is the formation or development of excess fibrous connective tissue
Connective tissue

Connective tissue is a form of fibrous biological tissue.It is one of the four types of tissue in traditional classifications .Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 25% of the total protein content....
 in an organ or tissue as a reparative or reactive process, as opposed to a formation of fibrous tissue as a normal constituent of an organ or tissue.

The term is also sometimes used to describe a normal healing process, but this usage is less common.

egm associated diseases

Pulmonary Fibrosis is when abnormal scar tissue forms on the epithium in lungs causing them to thicken.






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Fibrosis is the formation or development of excess fibrous connective tissue
Connective tissue

Connective tissue is a form of fibrous biological tissue.It is one of the four types of tissue in traditional classifications .Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 25% of the total protein content....
 in an organ or tissue as a reparative or reactive process, as opposed to a formation of fibrous tissue as a normal constituent of an organ or tissue.

The term is also sometimes used to describe a normal healing process, but this usage is less common.

Types

  • Cystic fibrosis
    Cystic fibrosis

    Cystic Fibrosis is a Genetic disorder affecting the exocrine glands of the lungs, liver, pancreas, and intestines, causing progressive disability due to multisystem failure....
     of the pancreas
    Pancreas

    The pancreas is a gland Organ in the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates. It is both an endocrine gland , as well as an exocrine gland, secreting pancreatic juice containing Digestion enzymes that pass to the small intestine....
     and lung
    Lung

    The lung is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located in the chest on either side of the heart....
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  • Injection fibrosis
    Injection fibrosis

    Injection fibrosis is a complication of intramuscular injection, occurring especially often in infants and children. Injections are often delivered to the quadriceps, triceps, and gluteal muscles, and thus the complication often manifests itself in those muscles....
    , which can occur as a complication of intramuscular injections
    Intramuscular injection

    Intramuscular injection is the medical injection of a substance directly into a muscle. In medicine, it is one of several alternative methods for the administration of medications ....
    , especially in children
  • Endomyocardial fibrosis
    Hypereosinophilic syndrome

    The hypereosinophilic syndrome is a disease process characterized by a persistently elevated eosinophil count in the blood for at least six months without any recognizable cause after a careful workup, with evidence of involvement of either the heart, nervous system, or bone marrow....
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
    Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , formerly known as cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis, is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung disease with an unknown etiology....
     of the lung
    Lung

    The lung is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located in the chest on either side of the heart....
  • Mediastinal fibrosis
    Mediastinal fibrosis

    Mediastinal fibrosis is a rare late complication of histoplasmosis. It is characterized by invasive, calcified fibrosis centered on lymph nodes that block major vessels and airways....
  • Myelofibrosis
    Myelofibrosis

    Myelofibrosis, also known as myeloid metaplasia, chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis, and primary myelofibrosis, is a disorder of the bone marrow, in which the marrow undergoes fibrosis - replacement by fibrous tissue ....
  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis
    Retroperitoneal fibrosis

    Retroperitoneal fibrosis or Ormond's disease is a disease featuring the proliferation of fibrous tissue in the retroperitoneum, the compartment of the body containing the kidneys, aorta, renal tract and various other structures....
  • Progressive massive fibrosis
    Progressive massive fibrosis

    Progressive Massive Fibrosis is also known as Complex Pneumoconiosis. It is a disease that is usually associated with coal mining. The disease arises firstly through the deposition of coal dust within the lung, and then through the body's immunological reactions to the dust....
    , a complication of coal workers' pneumoconiosis
    Pneumoconiosis

    Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust....
  • Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
    Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis

    Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis or Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy is a rare and serious syndrome that involves fibrosis of skin, joints, eyes, and internal organs....
Phlegm associated diseases

Pulmonary Fibrosis is when abnormal scar tissue forms on the epithium in lungs causing them to thicken. This creates a greater diffusion pathway for oxygen (restrictive lung disease).

Associated conditions

  • Cirrhosis
    Cirrhosis

    Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of liver Tissue by fibrous scar tissue as well as regenerative Nodule , leading to progressive loss of liver function....
     can result from fibrosis of the liver
    Liver

    The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals; it has a wide range of functions, a few of which are detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion....
  • Diffuse parenchymal lung disease
    Diffuse parenchymal lung disease

    Interstitial lung disease , also known as diffuse parenchymal lung disease , refers to a group of lung diseases affecting the interstitium of the lung: Pulmonary alveolus epithelium, pulmonary capillary endothelium, basement membrane, perivascular and perilymphatic tissues....
  • Post-Vasectomy Pain Syndrome
    Post-Vasectomy Pain Syndrome

    Post-Vasectomy Pain Syndrome is a long-term chronic pain condition that affects between 5% to 33% of vasectomy men. The pain syndrome is caused by a combination of testicular backpressure, chronic inflammation, fibrosis, sperm granulomas, nerve entrapment, and electrical activity changes in the vas deferens....
  • Tuberculosis
    Tuberculosis

    Tuberculosis is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacterium, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, the gastrointestinal system, bones, joints, and even the...
     (TB) can cause fibrosis of the lung
    Lung

    The lung is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located in the chest on either side of the heart....
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  • Sickle-cell anemia may cause enlargement and ultimately fibrosis of the spleen
    Spleen

    The spleen is an organ found in all vertebrate animals. In humans, the spleen is located in the abdomen of the body, where it functions in the destruction of redundant red blood cells, and holds a reservoir of blood....
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  • Rheumatoid arthritis
    Rheumatoid arthritis

    Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic disease inflammation that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks the joints producing a inflammatory synovitis that often progresses to destruction of the articular cartilage and ankylosis of the joints....


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