crunching sounds lungs?

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Answer 1

Lung sounds: Hello. These can be many things depending on what's going on with the person. Assuming you are hearing them w/o a stethoscope, then they are likely upper airway secretions/mucous seen with a cold or infection. If localized to one area of the lung could be a sign of pneumonia. If these sounds ate chronic and the person is not acutely ill, could be from chronic obstructive lung disease or fibrosis.

Answer 2

Common in the ICU: It is not common to get this infection in a normal host, that is someone who is healthy otherwise. This kind of pneumonia is fairly common in patients who become very ill from some other problem are require support in the intensive care unit, who otherwise have weakened immune systems, or who have cystic fibrosis which is a genetic disease, involving abnormally thick mucous in the lung.

Answer 3

It occurs,: And can be life-threatening but in my experience most of the time that the organism is isolated from respiratory cultures in hospitalized patients, it is a colonizer, not the cause of pneumonia.

Answer 4

Yes: Asthma can be healed, if the cause of inflammation is reversed: http://bookonhealing.Com/conditions/autoimmune-diseases.Html. Emphysema can't be cured because it is irreversible lung destruction. Smoking causes it, as well as other less common causes. To stop progression, stop smoking and other exposures. Other less common lung conditions may or may not be reversible.

Answer 5

Yes: Short answer is yes. The human body is designed to heal from various ailments. However, there is some damage or destruction that is not reversible. For example with the lungs, asthma and COPD can be managed through medications and avoidance of damaging triggers such as cigarette or industrial smoke. Lung damage can be progressive as well. Take care of yourself now, regardless of the past.

Answer 6

Yes: Just like any other part of your body, the lungs can heal themselves. However, just like your skin (and other parts of the body) if the injury is significant enough, there can be scarring left behind. Since the lungs have a large reserve, only extensive or long-standing injuries to the lungs will generally cause permanent changes to lung function (ex: smoking, autoimmune disease).

Answer 7

Healing lungs: Yes, if the cause of damage is reversible.

Answer 8

Yes: Only you can really answer that. If it makes you feel better, then sure, it makes you feel better.

Answer 9

Yes: Often when people have infections such as colds, flus or even pneumonia it can be difficult to breathe and they can work up a sweat just taking air in and out. For them it can often feel good and refreshing to take in some cold air. However, if they have asthma or bronchitis, the quick change in the temperature can lead to constriction of the bronchi and can make breathing more difficult.

Answer 10

Depends: Having big lugs is not necessarily dangerous. Tall people can have big lungs. It may also be a sign of hyperinflation or trapped air in the lungs. This is associated with emphysema or asthma.

Answer 11

It depends : It really depends on what you mean by big lungs. If you mean that your lungs are large, this can just be normal for you where is it may not be normal for someone else. If you mean that the lungs are hyperinflated, that can be a sign of Air trapping from various disease processes such as asthma, emphysema, or COPD. You should really discuss this with your doctor in light of your medical history.

Answer 12

Yes: Smokers and former smokers can donate their lungs; we obviously only use lungs from light to moderate smokers. Heavy smokers lungs are usually to impaired to be used for organ donation.

Answer 13

In genreal no...but.: In general no. But it would depend on how much smoking was done, and the actual condition of the lungs at the time of death. For example, if you smoked 1/2 a pack a day for six months 30 years ago and stopped, that would be very different from a 2 pack a day smoker for 30 continuous years.

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