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
