respiratory

When mixed with alcohol and certain drugs, 7-OH can cause severe respiratory depression, when breathing becomes too slow, which in worse-case scenarios can lead to death.

There are actually more than 100 different viruses that cause upper and lower respiratory tract infections, plus some bacterial infections.

Hundreds of people in southern Tunisia's Gabes on Friday protested to demand dismantling a local phosphate processing plant after reports of respiratory distress among residents.

“It had everyone terrified,” he said, saying the neighborhood over the years has had a high concentration of people who have died from cancer and respiratory illnesses.

As rising air pollution fuels persistent coughs, they are increasingly misused for routine respiratory infections.