The phrase "affects the airways" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to health, medicine, or environmental discussions, particularly when describing how something influences respiratory pathways.
Example: "The pollution in the city significantly affects the airways of its residents, leading to increased respiratory issues."
Alternatives: "impacts the airways" or "influences the airways".
Asthma is a condition that affects the airways that carry air in and out of the lungs.
NO2 affects the airways of anyone who inhales it, inflaming the lining of the lungs, and reducing lung function in young children.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive chronic disease that affects the airways (upper and lower) and digestive system of ∼30,000 children and adults in the United States and 70,000 worldwide.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPDD) primarily affects the airway and lung parenchyma while it also induces clinically important systemic consequences.
Chronic respiratory disorders are a group of diseases affecting the airways and other associated structures of the lungs.
Experimental studies in animal models and human studies clearly show that methacholine can stiffen the lung parenchyma, increasing both elastance and tissue resistance [9], [10], and these changes will affect the airways under both static and dynamic conditions.
Proximity to highways may be a marker for exposure to high loads of ultrafine particles and other highly redox-active pollutants, in particular diesel particles [37], and constituents affecting the airways and alveoli leading to systemic inflammatory responses [38] and atherogenesis [6].
COPD does not only affect the airways and lungs, but is also associated with extra-pulmonary manifestations and co-morbidities.
Inhalation of chemicals can affect the airways at three levels, the upper respiratory tract, the conducting airways and the alveolar level.
All children in Sweden admitted to hospital for severe infections that affect the airways in 12 months following birth between 1981 and 1995 were identified (N=4233).
The capsaicin inhalation test is non-specific because of the huge variation in capsaicin cough sensitivity among healthy individuals and in the different conditions affecting the airways [ 18, 35].
