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[–] OpenCarry4all [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yup, when I was a kid, we used to take a bicycle tire tube to the gas station, turn the air pump up as high as it would go. We would inflate the tire tube until it exploded or the gas people would chase us away. That's how I see these poor peoples lungs.

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[–] BiochemistryStudent 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Did some looking, and I think you're on the right track. Inflammation really jacks up connective tissue layers, which are directly responsible for keeping the lungs elastic. Found an older research paper that was repairing/mitigating lung damage by inhaling dropplets of hyluranic acid.

If the lungs are drying out and losing their elasticity, like old rubber, forcefully inflating them is going to royally screw them up.

I'll ask my fiance, but I'm pretty sure ventilators don't do anything to help keep the lungs from drying out either which isnt helping.

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[–] slowcrash101 ago 

A respirator should only be used if a person cannot breathe on their own, and the way they work is by forcing air into a person's lungs. It doesn't do anything with regards to the amount of oxygen diffusing into the blood. The heart and the lungs determine the oxygen saturation, if either doesn't work properly you will have cell necrosis.