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  2. Diffuse alveolar damage - Wikipedia

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    Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD): an acute lung condition with the presence of hyaline membranes. [2] These hyaline membranes are made up of dead cells, surfactant, and proteins. [1] The hyaline membranes deposit along the walls of the alveoli, where gas exchange typically occurs, thereby making gas exchange difficult.

  3. Alveolar lung disease - Wikipedia

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    Treating underlying causes of damage to alveoli is also essential in most alveolar lung disease. Some more commonly seen instances of alveolar lung disease include pulmonary edema and pneumonia. For pulmonary edema , medical treatment in addition to measures to maintain ventilation include diuretics to remove excess fluid from the lungs.

  4. Pulmonary alveolus - Wikipedia

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    Almost any type of lung tumor or lung cancer can compress the alveoli and reduce gas exchange capacity. In some cases the tumor will fill the alveoli. [33] Cavitary pneumonia is a process in which the alveoli are destroyed and produce a cavity. As the alveoli are destroyed, the surface area for gas exchange to occur becomes reduced.

  5. Interstitial lung disease - Wikipedia

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    It may occur when an injury to the lungs triggers an abnormal healing response. Ordinarily, the body generates just the right amount of tissue to repair damage, but in interstitial lung disease, the repair process is disrupted, and the tissue around the air sacs (alveoli) becomes scarred and thickened.

  6. What Really Helps and Hurts Your Lungs - AOL

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    Your lungs are great at trapping bad stuff before it gets to your bloodstream, but some particles from wildfires and gas-burning vehicles are so small that they slip right by the alveoli and may ...

  7. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia

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    Normal lungs shown in upper diagram. Lungs damaged by COPD in lower diagram with an inset showing a cross-section of bronchioles blocked by mucus and damaged alveoli. COPD is a progressive lung disease in which chronic, incompletely reversible poor airflow (airflow limitation) and an inability to breathe out fully (air trapping) exist. [96]

  8. Ventilator-associated lung injury - Wikipedia

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    Overdistension of alveoli and cyclic atelectasis (atelectotrauma) are the primary causes for alveolar injury during positive pressure mechanical ventilation.Severe injury to alveoli causes swelling of the tissues (edema) in the lungs, bleeding of the alveoli, loss of surfactant (decrease in lung compliance) and complete alveoli collapse ().

  9. Pulmonary contusion - Wikipedia

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    Blast lung is severe pulmonary contusion, bleeding, or edema with damage to alveoli and blood vessels, or a combination of these. [21] This is the primary cause of death among people who initially survive an explosion. [22]