Sentences with phrase «narrowest airways of the lung»
They found that infection of the narrowest airways of the lung by PIV3 alone caused moderate levels of inflammation, but after infection by PIV3 expressing RSV NS2, the epithelial cells lining the narrow airways were shed rapidly into the airway lumen.
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Stridor indicates a narrowing somewhere in the main, or proximal, airways — the area of the respiratory tract between the vocal cords high in the neck and where the trachea, or windpipe, branches to meet the two lungs.
Asthma is a chronic disease in which lung airways become swollen and narrow, making it difficult for air to move in and out of lungs.
More than 25 million people in the United States have asthma, a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways causing recurring periods of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and coughing.
Symptoms are caused by chronic inflammation and narrowing of the airways going into and out of the lungs.
Leukotrienes released in the lungs cause narrowing of airways.
This can trigger bronchoconstriction (narrowing of the small airways in the lungs).
Asthma is usually defined as a disorder that causes the airways of the lungs to swell and narrow, thus constricting airflow.