What would occur if a person had a respiratory illness that caused the lungs to have a lower PO₂ and a higher PCO₂ than the blood in pulmonary capillaries?

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Under normal circumstances ventilation causes the alveoli of the lungs to have a higher PO₂ and a lower PCO₂ than the blood in pulmonary capillaries,and this accounts for the exchange of gases in the lungs.As expected,then,O₂ moves from the alveoli into the blood and CO₂ moves out of the blood into the alveoli.If the PO₂ and PCO₂ were reversed,the oxygen would not be able to diffuse from the alveoli into the capillaries.The decrease in oxygen in the bloodstream would decrease the energy levels due to the lack of the body's ability to run cellular respiration.

What Would Occur If a Person Had a Respiratory Illness