Healthy Lung Habits · Lungs
Fluid in the alveoli thickens the wall gas must cross.
A cold sits in your upper airways and makes you miserable. Pneumonia is a different problem: it reaches the alveoli themselves and fills them with fluid and immune cells — putting a barrier exactly where there should be almost nothing.
There's more: fluid in the alveoli thickens the wall gas must cross. The full explanation — and the interactive version you can tap and quiz yourself on — lives in the app.
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