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Emphysema
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Created on February 26, 2021
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Intense tightening in the chest, air hunger or difficulty breathing.
Shortness of breath
Make a high-pitch whistling noise when you breath in or out.
A hissing or grinding noise when you breathe
Sensation of a squeezing, tightening, crushing or pressing in the chest area, with or without pain.
Chest pressure
Antibiotis: fight infections.
SURGERY:Lung reduction surgery is used to remove small parts of damaged lung, and a lung transplant can replace the entire lung. These are surgeries for people with severe emphysema.
Expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound.
Frequent coughing
Bronchodilators: make breathing easier and relieve coughing
The people affected is between 50 and 70 years. At least, 75% of the people who have emphysema smoke, or smoked in the past
12%
47%
Emphysema is a disease of the lungs. Emphysema destroyes alveoli, which are air sacs at the end of the bronchioles. It reduces the surface area of the lungs and amount of oxygen.
EMPHYSEMA