While the lungs are essentially normal, weakness of the diaphragm creates an inability to move air in and out of the lungs, leading to rapid shallow breathing. This gets worse on lying down as the ...

the blood vessels within the lungs, and the diaphragm. The most common way that lupus can affect your lungs is through inflammation of the pleura, the lining that covers the outside of the lungs. The ...

Patients with asthma have impaired diaphragm thickening fraction compared with healthy individuals without asthma.

COPD has no cure. Healthy lungs are pink in color, are normal in size, and show no signs of inflammation. They will also ...

Surgical plication to stabilize the diaphragm is needed to prevent the lungs from ballooning outward during expiration (breathing out), the opposite of normal function. Evaluation of a patient with ...

Surgery is reserved only for patients with limited disease. Anatomy of the respiratory system, showing the trachea and both lungs and their lobes and airways. Lymph nodes and the diaphragm are also ...

Air gets drawn into our lungs (inhalation) by the intercostal muscles contracting causing the ribs to move up and out. At the same time, the diaphragm contracts and pulls down. This causes the ...

Cigarette smoke can also cause the lungs to become hyperinflated and develop patches of inflammation. This may also cause the diaphragm to lose muscle, which changes the lungs’ shape.