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*Health Issues>>>Respiratory Diseases issues>>>Is this true about my lungs? |
Issue Do they getcarbon dioxide and exchange it for a gas that your body can use oxygen. Best Tip You breathe in and out anywhere from 15 to 25 times per minute without even thinking about it. When you exercise, your breathing rate goes up -- again, without you thinking about it. You breathe so regularly that it is easy to take your lungs for granted. You can't even stop yourself from breathing if you try! Your lungs are complex organs, but what they do is take a gas that your body needs to get rid of (carbon dioxide) and exchange it for a gas that your body can use (oxygen). In this article, we will take a close look at how your lungs work and how they keep your body's cells supplied with oxygen and get rid of the carbon dioxide waste. We will explain some of the conditions and diseases that make breathing harder and cause the lungs to fail. We will also explain why you can't hold your breath for a long time and why you cough or hiccup. Others as you breathe in oxygen is exchanged in your lungs for carbon dioxide, which is then exhaled back through your mouth or nose i dont know about it being a gas but what you mentioned is right |
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