Sentences with phrase «trapped in the lungs»

This breathing helps people relax and reduces the amount of air trapped in the lungs.

Many cats with feline asthma have prominent airways and hyperinflated lungs, which means too much air is trapped in the lungs.

This cough is due to three things: bronchitis that develops as pieces of dying worms become trapped in the lungs, fluid that accumulates in the lungs as the heart fails and the enlarged damaged heart pressing on the pet's wind pipe.

«Radon gas decays into radioactive particles that can get trapped in your lungs when you breathe,» according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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The result is that the small airways collapse during expiration, leading to an obstructive form of lung disease (airflow is impeded and air is generally «trapped» in the lungs in obstructive lung diseases).

You will need a filter for your kitchen and your shower as chlorine trapped in the water evaporates easily and transforms into a gas that will enter your body through your lungs.

By holding your breath, you are giving it ample time to travel deep into your bronchial tubes and replace the stale air trapped inside the millions of air sacs in your lungs with new, fresh oxygen.

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

Cancers that move often become trapped in the sieve - like structures of the lungs, liver, bone marrow and kidneys.

A CT Scan of his chest later revealed that the 1 year old had a congenital defect called lobar emphysema — a rare disorder in which air becomes trapped inside one of the lung lobes.