Pneumology

Pneumology (Greek: pneumo=lung,breath,spirit, logos=teaching) or pneumonology or pulmonology or pulmonology is a branch of internal medicine. The German name is pulmonary medicine.

Pneumology includes the prophylaxis, detection and conservative treatment of diseases of the lungs, bronchi, mediastinum and pleura and the respiratory tract.

The pulmonologist can also act as an allergist and as a sleep doctor because these areas are very close together.

Pneumology is mostly treated conservatively, i.e. without surgery, e.g. with oxygen therapy, breathing training and many other applications.

In its early days, pneumology was mainly concerned with tuberculosis due to the epidemiological conditions at the time. The pulmonologist was the tuberculosis doctor. In the course of the 20th century, the improved ones came along Treatment options and the reduced incidence of tuberculosis are other diseases in the foreground, with which the pulmonologist is mainly concerned today.