Emphysema

A hissing or grinding noise when you breathe

EMPHYSEMA

Frequent coughing

Expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound.

Make a high-pitch whistling noise when you breath in or out.

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.

Shortness of breath

Chest pressure

Intense tightening in the chest, air hunger or difficulty breathing.

Sensation of a squeezing, tightening, crushing or pressing in the chest area, with or without pain.

47%

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.

12%

The people affected is between 50 and 70 years. At least, 75% of the people who have emphysema smoke, or smoked in the past

Bronchodilators: make breathing easier and relieve coughing

Antibiotis: fight infections.