Respiratory division

Japanese: 呼吸器科 - こきゅうきか（英語表記）pulmonary division

A specialized medical department within internal medicine that deals with respiratory diseases. This includes a variety of diseases of the trachea, bronchi, lungs, and pleura. In addition to patients who have already been diagnosed, those who visit the department include those with symptoms such as cough, phlegm, bloody phlegm, hemoptysis, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, and chest pain, as well as those who have been diagnosed with abnormal shadows on chest X-rays during health checkups. Diseases of the throat (pharynx and larynx) are treated by otorhinolaryngology. Chest pain can also be caused by diseases of the heart or chest wall (intercostal neuralgia, rib fractures, etc.), which fall under the fields of cardiology and orthopedics, respectively.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

呼吸器疾患をあつかう内科の専門診療科目。気管および気管支，肺，胸膜のさまざまな病気が含まれる。すでに診断のついている患者のほか，咳，痰，血痰，喀血，息切れ，呼吸困難，胸痛などの症状をもつ人や，健康診断などで胸部X線写真の異常陰影を指摘された人などが訪れる。のど(咽頭，喉頭)の病気は耳鼻咽喉科であつかう。胸痛などは，心臓や胸壁の病気(肋間神経痛や肋骨骨折など)でも起こることがあり，それぞれ循環器科，整形外科の領域に属する。

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