Respiratory Times May 2014 | Page 11

4.How to avoid respiratory diseases?

Stop smoking or dont ever smoke and staying away from sick people and from other types of smoke like from cars.

5.How many respiratory diseases can kill you?

Pulmonary edema

Pneumonia

Lung cancer

Emphysema

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

Bronchitis

Atelectasis - collapse of part and sometimes all (less common) of the lung

Asthma

6.What is the thracea?

is a tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air.

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Sofia C. Nuncio

Student of Medicine

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