ARDS
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurs when fluid builds up in the air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs. More fluid in your lungs means less oxygen can reach your bloodstream.
ARDS typically occurs in people who are already critically ill or who have significant injuries. Severe shortness of breath — the main symptom of ARDS — usually develops within a few hours to a few days after the original disease or trauma. ARDS typically occurs in people who are already critically ill or who have significant injuries. Severe shortness of breath — the main symptom of ARDS — usually develops within a few hours to a few days after the original disease or trauma. Can be caused by pneumonia. Smoking and alcohol may be risk factors. Problems that may result from ARDS or its treatment include pulmonary fibrosis.
Air passes through nose and mouth into lungs, into air sacs (alveoli) that fill the lungs. The air sacs inflate during inhalation and deflate during exhalation. Oxygen in the air that is in the air sacs passes into the capillaries (blood vessels that carry blood cells) that run through the walls of the air sacs...and then into the blood stream. Oxygen molecules are attacked to red blood cells. At the same time carbon dioxide is transferred from the capillaries to the air sacs. Blood carries the oxygen to all parts of the body, including the body’s organs.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurs when fluid builds up in the air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs. More fluid in your lungs means less oxygen can reach your bloodstream.
ARDS typically occurs in people who are already critically ill or who have significant injuries. Severe shortness of breath — the main symptom of ARDS — usually develops within a few hours to a few days after the original disease or trauma. ARDS typically occurs in people who are already critically ill or who have significant injuries. Severe shortness of breath — the main symptom of ARDS — usually develops within a few hours to a few days after the original disease or trauma. Can be caused by pneumonia. Smoking and alcohol may be risk factors. Problems that may result from ARDS or its treatment include pulmonary fibrosis.
Air passes through nose and mouth into lungs, into air sacs (alveoli) that fill the lungs. The air sacs inflate during inhalation and deflate during exhalation. Oxygen in the air that is in the air sacs passes into the capillaries (blood vessels that carry blood cells) that run through the walls of the air sacs...and then into the blood stream. Oxygen molecules are attacked to red blood cells. At the same time carbon dioxide is transferred from the capillaries to the air sacs. Blood carries the oxygen to all parts of the body, including the body’s organs.