Lungs are a vital part of maintaining the normal operation of our body. This is because lungs are responsible for oxygenating the blood, which then circulates to the rest of the body. Maintaining healthy lungs can help keep your body healthy the majority of the time. To keep your lungs healthy it is best to avoid things that are negatively affect the lungs. The three most harmful things for our lungs are smoking, dust, and excessive cold.

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Smoking: The smoke that ends up in your lungs when smoking quickly damages your lungs. It can also be harmful to inhale smoke created by someone else smoking near you. This is called second hand smoke. Whenever the concentration of smoke in your lungs is higher than the lung’s tolerance level, damage is caused to the lungs. Thus to keep your lungs healthy you should avoid smoking and cease smoking as soon as you can.

Dust:Dust can damage your lungs similar to how cigarette smoke does. Inhaling more dust than your lungs can easily deal with can make breathing harder and damage your lungs. Dust from dry soil is damaging, but dust from insecticides, herbicides, and pesticides can be even more harmful.

Excessive Cold: Lungs are a very sensitive organ. They are not made to deal with excessive cold. Thus when your lungs are exposed to an excessive amount of cold they become susceptible to developing lung illnesses such as pneumonia and bronchitis. To best maintain your lungs’ health you should keep your body warm, such as by wearing warm clothing when it is cold outside.

Lungs are a vital organ that can be hard to repair and extremely hard to replace. Thus it is best to maintain healthy lungs by doing things like not smoking or quitting smoking, avoiding dusty places, and keeping your body warm.