Some of the consequences of emphysema include:
Emphysema is one of the consequences of smoking BUT emphysema can also be acquired by exposure to many other lung irritants. Other lung irritants include noxious chemicals in the workplace; exposure to noxious and profound smoke, such as in firefighting; diesel fumes surrounding truck drivers; exposure to coal or coke smoke which is in steel mills; coke burning (coversion of coal to coke); exposure to lung irritating paint, varnish, and other such manufacturing.
Emphysema can also be partly genetic, such as Hammond-Rich Syndrome which is closely related to emphysema.
A disease where the alveoli become overly large and merge with other alveoli. This causes the lungs to have few large alveoli instead of many small alveoli.
prefix for emphysema
Emphysema not elsewhere classified
Emphysema is the scientific name.
yes
Emphysema has been around as long as cigars. Also, Emphysema has benn around for thousands of years, since the Egyptian times. Emphysema was just recently discovered.
by smoking and dirty plice working cause emphysema
People do not recover from emphysema, but sometimes they survive for many years, despite having the disease. Eventually emphysema is fatal.
Yes, not smoking can prevent emphysema. However, it can not be cured.
Yes, it can act like emphysema.
emphysema
in emphysema the surface of exchange is reduced
The correct spelling is "emphysema" (a chronic respiratory disease).