WebMD explains the difference between obstructive and restrictive lung disease, as well as symptoms, causes, and treatments.

Restrictive lung disease is a group of conditions that prevent the lungs from expanding to full capacity and filling with air. It includes conditions such as pneumonia and interstitial lung disease.

Restrictive lung diseases are chronic conditions that limit the ability of the lungs to expand during inhalation. This reduces the amount of air that the person can breathe in. A range of chronic ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation can treat restrictive lung disease and other lung-related health problems. It’s usually an outpatient program. The program will teach you more about your condition, safe ...

Restrictive lung disease. In restrictive lung disease, the total volume of the lungs is reduced; this is seen in pulmonary fibrosis, when scarring in the lung tissue causes ‘stiffening’ of the lungs, ...

Superficially, the pulmonary-function studies suggested the presence of possible obstructive pulmonary disease as well, since the maximum breathing capacity and 1-second vital capacity were both low.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of progressive lung diseases. Here’s what you should know about symptoms, diagnosis, and management.

Patients were middle-aged with shortness of breath, mixed obstructive and restrictive lung disease with markedly reduced diffusing capacity and radiographs demonstrating centrilobular micronodules ...

COPD Stages. Doctors often describe the way COPD progresses in four stages, which you might hear described as GOLD grades. GOLD stands for Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease.