Pope Francis is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia — but what is this condition, and why might the pope be particularly vulnerable to it?

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The disease almost always starts in the spongy, pinkish gray walls of the lungs’ airways (called bronchi or bronchioles) or air sacs (called alveoli). There are more than 20 kinds of lung cancer.

It includes two primary conditions: chronic bronchitis, inflammation of your bronchial tubes emphysema, damage to the air sacs in your lungs The inflammation and damage in COPD make breathing ...

Pope Francis experienced a serious health scare with a bronchial spasm after inhaling vomit, complicating his recovery from double pneumonia. He was placed on noninvasive mechanical ventilation ...