Alveolar edema

Alveolar Edema is getting fluid in the small air sacs of the lungs, known as alveoli. This condition is very much like to pulmonary edema, which has the more and more fluid in the lungs. Alveolar Edema makes it hard to breathe. If alveolar edema gets bad enough, a person can drown in the fluid.

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