When you breathe, your lungs take in oxygen from the air and deliver it to the bloodstream. The cells in your body need oxygen to work and grow.
During a normal day, you breathe nearly 25,000 times. People with lung disease have difficulty breathing.
The term respiratory (lung) disease refers to many disorders affecting the lungs, such as asthma; COPD; infections like influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis; lung cancer and many other breathing problems.
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Managed Clinical Network (MCN) Office,
Cameron House (Ground Floor),
Cameron Hospital,
Windygates,
KY8 5RR
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