Sentences with phrase «why lung infections»

The findings help explain why lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients are so hard to treat.

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One mystery of cystic fibrosis is why most children suffer chronic and often deadly lung infections from a bug that rarely harms healthy individuals.

Immunologist Dr Dan Neill, who is the other first author added: «This finding may explain why patients often suffer from recurrent infections with the same bacterial strain as continual re-infection of the lungs from the upper airways can take place.»

«We hope these results help researchers better understand why asthmatics are more affected by influenza and help find new treatments for common lung infections, which often make asthma symptoms worse.»

It had been thought that that was why it causes a devastating deep - lung infection in humans, but does not spread between people, because it does not bind and replicate in the nose.

But the process does irritate your lungs — which is why regular pot smokers are more likely to have an ongoing cough and to have lung - related health problems like chest colds and lung infections.»

These infections have the potential to spread to vital organs in the body such as the heart, lungs, and kidneys, which is why it's important to check your dog's teeth and gums regularly for signs of problems.

Dr. Jones said he would like to see further investigation into the pathology of heartworm infection, particularly into why the disease manifests in various clinical signs in dogs, which can have coughing, lung inflammation, or congestive heart failure, or why they can have no clinical signs at all.

I'm not a big fan of cough suppressants because you can suppress the infection that they need to cough out down in their lungs - this might be why she's taking a little longer.

You wouldn't wait for a lung infection to get dire before seeing a doctor, so why would you let your marriage get in trouble before seeing a marriage therapist?