LOVE YOUR LUNGS

Breathing right is the key to healthy life,

We your lungs  are there to help you to strive

Take a deep breath. Inhale long and easy 

After a heartbeat, exhale long and easy.

Fill  us to our full capacity with pure fresh air,

On a continuous  regular basis to be very fair.

Eating and drinking you may postpone,

But if you stop breathing you'll become a stone,

If you breathe right you are more  healthy,

This boils down to healthy is being wealthy,

I the right am bigger then my left twin  counterpart 

The left shares space with our best friend the heart .

Ribs diaphragm and pleura  are our protection 

We have myriads of small air sacs in lobe sections,

On an average we breathe 16 times per minute,

Inhaling  and exhaling  8 liters of air  every minute.

The O2  i inhale in circulates in blood ,keeps all your organs alive,

 Co2 we exhale out , ironically some stimulates respiratory drive.

To keep me healthy my wish list is small,

Eating a healthy diet is important for us all

Do not smoke,every time you light up, I freak out,

Exercise regularly,this gives me a fantastic workout.

Do deep breathing exercises as in yoga and meditation,

Pranayama boosts not only me but many  body functions.

Vaccines  including flu shots you should never miss,

Smoke ,dust ,damp and cold make me sick ,remember this,

Wash your hands regularly to avoid virus infections,

These infections  injure me , at times  needing injections.

When sick I never suffer in silence,I  cough and groan,

I huff and puff  and  at times  I even wheeze and moan.

My symptoms may be less but the damage can be more,

So remember to get me checked up,never ever ignore,

The early I get treated ,my functions will recover fast,

If you ignore me I become chronically sick and may not last.

I breathe out excess acid built up in diabetes and  alcohol intake

Hence cops use breath analyzer  putting your reputation at stake .

Infections  and allergies  are my common enemies,

Inhalants  ,congenital defects and cancer have difficult remedies ,

Sometimes  the heart and brain make my breathing bad,

Regular health check ups certainly make me glad.

Transplanting us  is at present in an experimental stage,

Take good care of us ,so that you breathe well even when you age!