How to Use pneumonitis in a Sentence

pneumonitis

noun
  • Symptoms of pneumonitis may include shortness of breath, chest pain, or new or worse cough.
    Dan Gartland, SI.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • She was diagnosed with pneumonitis, was taken off the drug and treated to clear up the condition.
    John Fauber and Coulter Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Symptoms of pneumonitis may include: new or worsening cough; chest pain; and shortness of breath.
    Kara Wahlgren, Good Housekeeping, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Eliana was then sent to Saratosa Hospital, where doctors gave the young girl antibiotics to treat aspiration pneumonia and chemical pneumonitis.
    Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The acute disease appears to be taking the form of lipoid pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and/or chemical pneumonitis.
    Michael Siegel, National Review, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Serious side effects may include: ● Lung problems (pneumonitis).
    Rachel Reiff Ellis, Woman's Day, 17 Mar. 2020
  • An 18-year-old woman was diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, also known as wet lung, a few weeks after taking up vaping.
    Julia Belluz, Vox, 18 May 2018
  • Kessler, who turned 70 this year, skipped last year's race after being diagnosed with an interstitial lung disease called chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
    Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 19 May 2018
  • Her doctors diagnosed hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sometimes called wet lung, an inflammation of the lungs due to an allergic reaction to chemicals or dust.
    Susan Scutti, CNN, 17 May 2018
  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis has been referred to as bird breeder’s lung and mushroom picker’s disease in specific occupations with a risk of HP from biological dusts.
    Hillary Gavan, The Seattle Times, 10 Jan. 2018
  • An 18-year-old developed the condition — formally known as hypersensitivity pneumonitis — after vaping for about only three weeks, according to a case study published in the medical journal Pediatrics.
    Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue, 17 May 2018
  • The couple suffered another blow 2 ½ years ago when Kaj Anderson was diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis with fibrosis.
    Hillary Gavan, The Seattle Times, 10 Jan. 2018
  • She was diagnosed with wet lung, formally called hypersensitivity pneumonitis, an inflammatory disease sparked by the immune system after inhaling toxins.
    Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 21 May 2018
  • But there are literature reports of hypersensitivity pneumonitis from vaping.
    Fox News, 22 Aug. 2019

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