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| Farmer's Lung
| Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia (COP-BOOP)
| Extrinsic Allergic alveolitis (Hypersensitivity)
| Pneumoconiosis
| Cor Pulmonale
Also called a Hypersensitivity Alveolitis or Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.The spores that cause Farmer's Lung are not infectious. Instead, they trigger an allergic reaction. Similar to other disease but Bird fancier's lung has a worse prognosis than farmer's lung
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