by Lung Health | Jan 10, 2019
Emphysema is a chronic lung disease that damages the air sacs in your lungs, causing shortness of breath. Inflammation overwhelms these air sacs and leads to the buildup of irreversible scar tissue. This scar tissue prevents the air sacs from doing their job of...
by Lung Health | Jan 9, 2019
Emphysema causes shortness of breath and other symptoms that make life more challenging. There is no cure for emphysema, so people who have the disease must learn how to live with it. Treatments for emphysema can help reduce the severity of its symptoms and slow its...
by Lung Health | Jan 8, 2019
Shortness of breath is a normal part of life when you have emphysema. The disease progresses in stages. In its early stages, you may not notice much shortness of breath. As it progresses, though, you may suffer from more flare-ups of shortness of breath and other...
by Lung Health | Jan 7, 2019
Emphysema causes shortness of breath by damaging the air sacs of your lungs. There is no cure for emphysema, but treatments can help slow its progression and manage its symptoms. Without treatment, the disease can progress at a faster rate and you may suffer from more...
by Lung Health | Jan 6, 2019
Preventing flare-ups is one of the main goals of emphysema treatment. Flare-ups of symptoms make it difficult to breathe, and severe flare-ups can threaten your quality life. Because of this, it’s important to identify what causes your flare-ups and how to avoid them....
by Lung Health | Jan 5, 2019
Many people who have emphysema report having more symptom flare-ups and difficulties breathing during the winter months. This is because cold, dry air can cause the airways in your lungs to constrict, which is the last thing you need when you have emphysema. You can...
by Lung Health | Jan 4, 2019
When you’re living with emphysema, it’s important to get treatment and make lifestyle changes to help reduce your shortness of breath. Treatment, nutritional changes, better hygiene and breathing exercises can help you breathe better. However, despite all of your...
by Lung Health | Jan 3, 2019
Emphysema is one of the forms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that can cause shortness of breath. It causes inflammation that damages the air sacs of the lungs. These air sacs are consequently covered with scar tissue that cannot be healed. Treating...
by Lung Health | Jan 2, 2019
Life is hard when you have emphysema, but it can be harder if you aren’t active in treating the disease and improving your lifestyle. There are many ways you can make improvements in your life that can help improve your breathing. Below are four tips that we know...
by Lung Health | Jan 1, 2019
One of the main hurdles when you have emphysema is overcoming shortness of breath. Shortness of breath can strike whenever you’re doing something physically demanding or it can sometimes hit when you’re resting. Either way, there are some steps you can take to help...
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...
