Because the particles are so tiny, they are inhaled deeply into the lungs causing serious problems, he explains.
Young birds are most severely affected with migration of larvae and adults through the lungs causing a severe pneumonia.
Pulmonary heart disease is by definition a condition when the lungs cause the heart to fail.
Because the food stays lodged in the throat, it can often be inhaled into the lungs causing aspiration pneumonia.
The gas affects the lungs and the eyes causing respiration problems and blindness.
Without this adaptation, the human lung would shrink and wrap into its walls, causing permanent damage, at depths greater than 30 meters (98.4 feet).
In most victims, the laryngospasm relaxes some time after unconsciousness and water can enter the lungs causing a "wet drowning".
Ashley had indeed died of exposure, contracting pneumonia with the lungs filling and causing death somewhat akin to drowning.
The lungs, it may cause coughing, spitting up blood, or a hard time breathing.
The lungs, it may cause you to cough, spit up blood, or have a hard time breathing.