41. Several hours after exposure, fluid fills the lungs, essentially drowning the victim. 42. The study discovered a trigger that sets off high altitude pulmonary edema, known as HAPE, in which leaks from blood vessels fill the lungs with fluid. 43. You say smoke, he says haze - we both mean the foul air that liberally fills our lungs. 44. That strain literally drowned its victims, usually the young and healthy rather than the old and frail, by filling their lungs with their own blood. |