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… Sputum is not the same as saliva. Sputum is produced in the lungs and in the airways leading to the lungs. Sputum has some normal lung cells in it. Sputum cytology may be done to help detect …
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… COPD and Sex COPD Flare-Ups COPD: Handling a Flare-Up COPD: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery COPD's Effect on the Lungs Forced Expiratory Volume and Forced Vital Capacity … When You Have COPD Living With More Than One Health Problem Lung Cancer and Other Lung Problems From Smoking Lung …
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… Forced expiratory volume and forced vital capacity are lung function tests that are measured during spirometry . … expiratory volume is the most important measurement of lung function. It is used to: Diagnose obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive …
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… Basics Bronchiectasis (say "brawn-kee-ECK-tuh-sus") is a lung problem in which the breathing tubes (airways) in the lungs are stretched and become larger. It starts when your … by another health problem—usually cystic fibrosis —or a lung infection such as pneumonia or tuberculosis . Other …
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… spirometer is a hand-held device that exercises your lungs and measures how much air you can breathe in. It tells you and your doctor how well your lungs are working. The spirometer can help you practice … airways and prevent fluid or mucus from building up in your lungs, and make it easier for you to breathe. Using the …
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… that spreads through the air. TB usually affects the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body like … through the air when someone who is sick with TB in the lungs coughs, sneezes, sings or talks. A person must be in … close contact with someone with untreated TB disease of the lungs for a long period of time and needs to breathe in TB …
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… when a person is underwater and breathes water into the lungs. The airway (larynx) can spasm and close, or water can damage the lungs and keep them from taking in oxygen. In either case, the lungs can't supply oxygen to the body. This can be deadly. …
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… hypertension is high blood pressure in the arteries of your lungs. This may also be called pulmonary arterial … (PAH). These arteries carry blood from the heart to the lungs, where the blood picks up oxygen. The walls of the … your heart has to work harder to pump blood through your lungs. Pulmonary hypertension may cause heart failure . …
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… blood and oxygen. That's why it is most often found in the lungs. This is called pulmonary TB. But TB can also spread … the TB bacteria are growing and causing symptoms. If your lungs are infected with active TB, it is easy to spread the … to others. How is TB spread to others? Pulmonary TB (in the lungs) is contagious. It spreads when a person who has …
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… oxygen-poor blood from your veins and pumps it to your lungs, where it picks up oxygen and gets rid of carbon … side of your heart receives oxygen-rich blood from your lungs and pumps it through your arteries to the rest of your … and the left side. Blood is pumped through your heart and lungs in four steps: The right atrium receives oxygen-poor …
