How to Use lower respiratory in a Sentence

lower respiratory

adjective
  • Deep in the lungs in the lower respiratory tract, the temperature is around 37°C.
    — Health Reporter, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The only people who've fallen ill so far were those on farms exposed to very high levels of virus, which penetrated deep into their lower respiratory tract.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Those who are hospitalized with pneumonia or lower respiratory infections are more likely to be tested for the virus.
    — Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • Pneumonia is also a lower respiratory tract infection and is an infection of the lungs themselves.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Unlike human flu viruses, avian influenza viruses, or bird flu, tend to thrive in the lower respiratory tract, according to the researchers.
    — Health Reporter, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The top five causes of death last year were heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, stroke and chronic lower respiratory diseases.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Vaccines are about 80 percent effective in the first year at preventing lower respiratory tract disease.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • When a lower respiratory infection (such as viral pneumonia) is suspected, the healthcare provider may ask for a sputum specimen.
    — Sherry Christiansen Updated, Verywell Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Keep in mind that mutations could turn a not-so-nasty virus into a nasty one, especially if those mutations allow the virus to more effectively attack human’s lower respiratory tracts.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Stroke moved up to the fourth leading cause of death, followed by chronic lower respiratory diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, kidney disease and liver disease.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The shot also reduced lower respiratory infections that required medical attention by more than 60% compared with a placebo through five months.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 9 June 2025
  • This can result in lower respiratory tract infection similar to pneumonia that can cause wheezing or difficulty breathing.
    — Christin Perry, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
  • While children with a lower respiratory infection like RSV tend to wheeze, such noises may only be apparent to medical providers.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 3 Mar. 2023
  • While children with a lower respiratory infection like RSV tend to wheeze, such noises may only be apparent to medical providers.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Respiratory syncytial virus causes lower respiratory illness and is most severe for older adults and babies under 6 months old.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 8 June 2023
  • The virus causes upper and lower respiratory infections and can spark cough, fever, nasal congestion and shortness of breath with more serious cases leading to bronchitis or pneumonia.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The company was in late-stage clinical trials of a vaccine to prevent lower respiratory tract disease in adults over the age of 60 with RSV.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The virus causes a lower respiratory illness that is generally mild, but in serious cases can lead to pneumonia or bronchiolitis, which inflames airways and clogs them with mucus.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • For chronic lower respiratory disease, the proportion was 26%.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Data show higher death rates in many categories, including diabetes mellitus and chronic lower respiratory diseases.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2024
  • Tozorakimab is also being studied in a Phase 3 trial for severe viral lower respiratory tract disease and in a Phase 2 trial in asthma.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But unlike a cold, RSV can progress to the lower respiratory tract in some cases making the risks of this common (and incredibly contagious) virus very different depending on your age.
    — Christin Perry, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Though it's been around for years, the broader use of diagnostic testing has turned up more cases and raised awareness that the virus is an important cause of upper and lower respiratory infection, per the CDC.
    — Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Viral lung infections start out as viral respiratory illnesses, which can affect the upper respiratory tract (the vocal cords and above) and the lower respiratory tract (below the vocal cords).
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In some cases, Long Covid can be fatal, contributing to conditions like heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and chronic lower respiratory diseases, among others.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Death rates from diabetes, kidney disease and chronic liver disease decreased more than 5%, while decreases for cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases and Alzheimer’s disease were smaller.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma are the most common diseases within the chronic lower respiratory disease category.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Other leading causes of death in the report included stroke, chronic lower respiratory disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, kidney disease and chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • While the vast majority will fare fine at home, as many as 10% of pediatric hospitalizations are due to lower respiratory infections caused by the virus, according to the National Library of Medicine.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 1 June 2023
  • The other infection could have been pneumonia, bronchitis, influenza, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, the common cold, an ear infection, or a different upper or lower respiratory infection.
    — Maggie O’Neill, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023

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