Did you know that many patients die from lung complications of a disease, rather than the disease itself. Actor and pancreatic cancer patient Patrick Swayze's recent hospitalization with pneumonia as a result of his compromised immune system underscores the sensitivity of the lungs.
Almost like an open wound lungs are delicate and exposed to the environment. Consequently, the body has developed an elaborate immuno-defense system to combat inhaled pathogens and bacteria – in a healthy individual, this system effectively blocks hundreds of potentially sickening assaults daily.
