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An L.A. Doctor’s House Burned. Now He Treats the Fires’ Effects in Neighbors.

An L.A. Doctor’s House Burned. Now He Treats the Fires’ Effects in Neighbors.

Another long-term concern is pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive disease in which scarring thickens and hardens lung tissue, making it difficult for oxygen to move into the bloodstream. Dr. Elsayegh describes a lung with pulmonary fibrosis as “a stiff balloon from the party store” — your face flushes as you try to force air inside, but it simply refuses to inflate. …

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