by Lung Health | Oct 31, 2018
Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath. Emphysema grows worse over time, causing more symptoms and eventually leading to respiratory failure or heart failure. Treatment for emphysema can help slow its...
by Lung Health | Oct 31, 2018
Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath. Emphysema damages the air sacs in your lungs with inflammation that builds up scar tissue. This scar tissue keeps your air sacs from working properly, and it cannot be...
by Lung Health | Oct 31, 2018
Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that damages the air sacs in your lungs. These air sacs are responsible for exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide into and out of your bloodstream. When a condition such as emphysema causes...
by Lung Health | Oct 31, 2018
Your lungs have the important responsibility of taking oxygen from the air and distributing it into your bloodstream and removing carbon dioxide from your body. When your lungs cannot function at 100 percent, you may begin to notice shortness of breath that causes...
by Lung Health | Oct 31, 2018
Smoking cigarettes, exposure to dust particles and pollution and a couple of rare genetic factors can cause chronic lung diseases to affect your ability to breathe. One lung disease that millions of people are diagnosed with is emphysema. Emphysema is a form of...
by Lung Health | Oct 31, 2018
Emphysema is one of the major pulmonary diseases that is considered a form of COPD. It creates shortness of breath by damaging the air sacs in your lungs. People who are diagnosed with COPD usually have emphysema coupled with chronic bronchitis, which causes problems...
by Lung Health | Oct 8, 2018
Priscilla was diagnosed with emphysema in 2012. Her breathing took a steady decline, making it more difficult for her to breathe and live out her daily life. One day, she was walking her dog into the vet and had to stop because she could not breathe. Someone noticed...
by Lung Health | Jul 28, 2018
Your lungs have quite the important job in your body. Without them, none of your organs could receive the oxygen-rich blood they need to function correctly. So, if you develop issues with your breathing, the rest of your body suffers too. The lungs are made up of many...
by Lung Health | Jul 13, 2018
For patients who think they may have a lung disease, an X-ray is often a doctor’s best tool to determine the condition of your lungs. While listening to your lungs may indicate that there is a shortness in breath or even a mucus build up within the lungs, your doctor...
by Lung Health | Jul 6, 2018
Poor air quality is one of the many factors that has contributed to the increased number of people in the United States who have lung diseases. Pollutants in our air such as ground layer ozone, year-round particles and short-term particles are responsible for the...
by Lung Health | Jun 29, 2018
Emphysema is a progressive lung disease that is caused by the over-inflation of alveoli, or air sacs in the lung. It is a long-term disease in which the lung tissue that is meant to pass oxygen and carbon dioxide through the lungs is damaged or destroyed. Emphysema...
by Lung Health | Jun 29, 2018
There are numerous types of lung diseases, including pulmonary fibrosis, bronchitis, emphysema and sarcoidosis, that are caused by a variety of factors, including smoking, radiation, dust, pre-existing conditions and illnesses like the flu and pneumonia that get...
by Lung Health | Jun 29, 2018
The moment that someone receives the diagnosis of emphysema, often the first question that comes to mind is, “Can emphysema cause death?” The answer is yes, but while it is progressive and there are varying degrees of it, there are ways to continue to live with it and...
by Lung Health | Jun 29, 2018
Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that resides in the lungs, causing a shortness of breath due to over-inflation of the air sacs in your lungs. The lung tissue that is meant to help gases, like oxygen and carbon dioxide, pass through...
by Lung Health | Jun 23, 2018
While emphysema is not currently a curable disease, there are a variety of options for creating potentially helpful emphysema treatment guidelines. This disease typically results from long-term exposure to tobacco smoke, dust from hazardous minerals, air pollution and...
