Assertion: trachea | /r/CapableOf | become floppy
Facets:
value: malacic
type: OTHER
value: in some children
type: OTHER
value: afterwards
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In many cases, tracheomalacia gradually improves without any treatment at all as the trachea becomes more rigid and less “floppy”.
text: Inflammation can cause scarring and narrowing of the trachea, while birth defects or injury can cause the trachea to become soft and floppy.
text: In some children, their trachea becomes floppy afterwards, causing breathing problems.
text: Some children (around a third) need to have further procedures to widen the trachea or strengthen it if it becomes floppy (malacic).