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However, by doing exercises like this Cotton Ball Challenge, in which you will use a straw to blow cotton balls across the table, you can maintain and increase lung capacity.
A new study where researchers looked at the lungs of deceased COVID-19 patients may shed light on why some may suffer from so-called "long COVID." ...
Long COVID destroys teenage lungs in ways doctors never saw - silent damage persists months after mild infections in developing adolescents.
Texas trauma surgeon Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall says that means even survivors could have long-term post-COVID problems.
The COVID-19 pandemic has put more focus on our breath since the virus often attacks the lungs and can lead to shortness of breath and respiratory distress.
The long-term effects of respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 are a major public health burden. Some estimates suggest over 65 million people around the world suffer from long COVID-19 ...
The scarring on some coronavirus survivors’ lungs is worse than in those who smoke, a trauma surgeon in Texas recently said when speaking to just one of the possible long-term effects this novel ...
A thick coat of paint-like mucus coats the lungs of coronavirus patients, gradually cutting off oxygen supplies. The gruesome discovery, which was revealed in two autopsies of coronavirus-stricken ...
This 3-D reconstruction of lung scans reveals damage that has lingered for years in patients who became severely ill early in the pandemic.
For these patients, a COVID-19 infection turns into a seemingly endless ordeal, with symptoms lasting weeks, months or even years. Symptoms of long COVID can range from uncomfortable to debilitating; ...
About 11% of people who’ve been hospitalized for COVID-19 develop interstitial lung disease (ILD), according to a study in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, which ...