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The airways in your lungs lose their elasticity, which makes it harder to get the air out when exhaling. The walls between air sacs are destroyed. The walls of the airways themselves become thick and swollen, and the airways narrow. Cells in the walls of the airways make more mucus than usual, which blocks the airways.
