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| labored breathing and breathlessness |
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| Certain conditions and diseases may cause the lungs to stiffen of may restrict expansion of the chest. Stiffer lungs (or lungs not allowed to expand fully) tend to collapse, and their alveoli also collapse- a condition called atelectasis |
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| blood in the sputum- blood filled secretions that originate in the lungs |
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| low oxygen levels in the blood |
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| low oxygen levels in the blood |
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| low oxygen levels in the blood |
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| abnormally high carbon dioxide in the blood |
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