One mystery of cystic fibrosis is why most children suffer chronic and often
deadly lung infections from a bug that rarely harms healthy individuals.
That prevents the spores from setting up shop in the lungs and sparking a potentially
deadly lung infection, the researchers report in the Sept. 8 Science.
Dr. Dunkle provided me with phone consultations, which helped save my kitten from
a deadly lung infection.
Not exact matches
«Asthma drugs could prevent prevent
deadly form of pneumonia, research suggests: Early administration may block
infection of important cells deep in the
lungs.»
Although the study's approach wasn't a sure bet, the researchers hoped to go further than any other gene therapy trial yet for this relatively common inherited disease that fills people's
lungs with sticky mucus that promotes
deadly infections.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a potentially
deadly infection in which fluid fills the
lungs and makes it difficult to breathe, appears more common among heart surgery patients during flu season, the researchers found.
When severe, your dog could be a risk of developing pneumonia — bacterial
infection in the
lungs — and that could become
deadly, too.