emphzima

It is very serious, my mother passed away from it. Her lungs were so bad from smoking her whole life :(

Emphysema is a long-term (chronic), irreversible lung disease that occurs when the tiny air sacs in the lungs are damaged, usually as a result of long-term smoking. It causes difficulty breathing and shortness of breath that gets worse over time If you need more info on this there is all kind of information at www.webmd.com

Emphysema is a condition in which there is over-inflation of structures in the lungs known as alveoli or air sacs. This over-inflation results from a breakdown of the walls of the alveoli, which causes a decrease in respiratory function and breathlessness. In emphysema, the lungs loose elasticity and are unable to fully expand and contract. This occurs because the air sacs cannot completely deflate, thus unable to fill with fresh air for adequate ventilation. Emphysema in children is usually caused by congenital abnormalities of the lung and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. In emphysema, the patient can breathe in but breating out is difficult and inefficient. The seriousness of emphysema varies greatly. Some persons never reach a stage of incapacity and go through life with relatively litte inconvenience, while in others, the disease worsens until final degeneration of the ability to breath occurs.

It's a smoking disease, and yes it can kill you.

emphysema - 1. a chronic, irreversible disease of the lungs characterized by abnormal enlargement of air spaces in the lungs accompanied by destruction of the tissue lining the walls of the air spaces. (DICTIONARY.COM) My father had it, and at times found himself unable to breathe. He was a smoker who took in two to three packs a day. Mind you he passed away four years ago from lung cancer. Emphysema is a serious condition that, from what I hear, is with a person for the rest of their lives, but can be diminished by quitting smoking, and staying away from jobs that have a lot of dust, drywall, or fibre glass in it.

sounds bad...

My uncle had emphasema. (please excuse the spelling). He could hardly walk a few feet before he was gasping for breath and had to sit down. He was supposed to use oxygen all the time, but he was so weak that he couldn't handle messing with it. He got sicker and sicker until he finally passed away.

My father had emphazima. was hard to watch him trying to catch his breath all the time. was always on an oxygen machine and couldnt do much.

i dont know abt it

i think it is a disesse affected to lungs if you get any more details kindly let me know