Luz, a woman with a history of asthma, walked by a house and noticed that smoke was pouring out of the basement. Evidently, any smoke detector was either absent or not working because nobody in the home was reacting to the emergency. Luz banged on the
front door and threw it open, screaming that there was a fire. The family immediately rushed out, but upon reaching the safety of the front lawn, one of the children said the cat was trapped inside. Luz dashed into the now smoke-filled structure, searched around, found the cat, and emerged with the frightened but safe creature. According to the chapter, what short- and long-term problems will Luz most likely have?
What will be an ideal response?
She is very likely to have an acute asthma attack soon, but in the long term she may experience a decline in her expiratory reserve volume.
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