Turns Out We Don’t Know Why Lungs Make Wheezing Noises. But We Just Got a New Clue – ScienceAlert

Wheezing is a common occurrence that most of us will have experienced, whether temporarily through something like hayfever or a cold, or more long-term through a condition such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). But scientists don’t understand much about why it happens.
New research has used a combination of modelling and high-resolution video to try and shed some light on the mechanisms of wheezing, finding that there’s a “violent” process that can cause our lung pipes to…

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