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Machines valiantly take over for faltering kidneys, heart valves, bronchial tubes.—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025 Pope Francis, 88, was hospitalized on February 14 at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital after developing bronchitis, a condition marked by inflammation of the bronchial tubes in the lungs.—Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Feb. 2025 An asthma attack occurs when the muscles around the bronchial tubes constrict, narrowing the airways and making breathing difficult.—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025 Parts of her body had shifted, crushing her bronchial tubes.—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024 But while bronchitis is an infection of the bronchial tubes, which carry air into the lungs, pneumonia is an infection in the alveoli, the air sacs where oxygen passes into the bloodstream.—Kristina Herndon, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024 In some cases, irritants such as smoke, dust, or chemical fumes can inflame the bronchial tubes, causing acute bronchitis.—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024 Bronchitis occurs when the bronchial tubes — the passages responsible for carrying air to the lungs — become inflamed.—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024 Asthma is a chronic condition that can cause inflammation in the bronchial tubes, the airways that carry air in and out of the lungs.—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 9 Oct. 2024
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