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Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease involving damage to the air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs. As a result, your body does not get the oxygen it needs. Emphysema makes it hard ...

Alveoli are the basic functional units of the human respiratory system, acting as tiny air sacs that exchange gases. Air inhaled through the mouth and nose flows into the lungs through the branched ...

Pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE) refers to a collection of air and gases outside the alveoli, the tiny sacs in the lungs that usually take in air. This trapped air causes pressure in the lungs ...

Scientists have discovered how to capture 'live' images of immune cells inside the lungs. The group is the first in the world to find a way to record, in real time, how the immune system battles ...

Atelectasis (pronounced a-teh-LEK-tuh-sis) is a lung condition that happens when your airways or the tiny sacs at the end of them don’t expand the way they should when you breathe. Because of this, a ...

COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. It can do a lot of damage to your respiratory tract, which includes your lungs. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is part of the coronavirus family. When the ...

Ventilators have become the single most important piece of medical equipment for critically ill coronavirus patients whose damaged lungs prevent them from getting enough oxygen to vital organs. The ...