Sentences with phrase «air passage obstruction»

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Chronic airway obstruction may trap air in the tiny lung passages called alveoli, leading to over-inflation and lung damage.

Another main trigger is the involuntary movement of the hairlike cilia in the respiratory tract which remove foreign matter from the air before it gets into the lungs, but other underlying causes can include mucous irritation, obstruction of the nasal passage, inflammation, excess nasal discharge or secretion, pneumonia, chronic vomiting, GI disease, and nasal tumors and dental diseases in older dogs.