Obstructive Lung Disease Is About More Than Just Airways: Blood Supply Matters

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Within their small air sacs, our lungs exchange oxygen (O 2 ) from the for carbon dioxide (CO produced by bodies. In these spaces, O moves into blood vessels while CO out air. Lung diseases can impair airflow and reduce number of in lungs, making it harder to take eliminate . These changes contribute symptoms like breathlessness. The relationship between flow is called V/Q, where V ventilation—the movement air—and Q perfusion—blood lungs. While people with healthy have good a match Q, those certain lung often poor V/Q matching. this article, we describe origins mismatch its impact on function.

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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers for Young Minds

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2296-6846']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.782218