Sentences with phrase «threatening lung infections»

A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life - threatening lung infections, obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food.

This leads to recurrent life - threatening lung infections, which make it increasingly hard for patients to breathe.

This clogs the lungs and leads to life - threatening lung infections.

A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life - threatening lung infections and obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food.

This leads to recurrent life - threatening lung infections, which result in lung damage that causes 90 % of deaths in people with cystic fibrosis.

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These relatively fat particles can cause infections in the upper respiratory pathway but do not reach the lungs, where influenza virus can cause life - threatening pneumonia.

A rare but life - threatening tropical fungus that causes lung infections in both people and animals has been seen in the Pacific Northwest and could spread, researchers are reporting.

Because antibiotic - resistant bacteria like MRSA can be so difficult to treat, it can easily progress from a superficial skin infection to a life - threatening infection in your bones, joints, bloodstream, heart valves, lungs, or surgical wounds.

Respiratory disease can range from something as mild as an upper respiratory infection to life threatening fluid accumulation in the lungs of a dog or cat.

However, even mild infections can become life - threatening if secondary bacterial infections develop and descend into the lungs.

If left untreated, MRSA can spread to the bloodstream or lungs and cause life - threatening infections.