yes. COPD is a long term condition that would later result in inability of the lungs to retain as much oxygen as possible due to insufficient space for gas exchange. a decrease amount of oxygen in the blood would activate the body's compensatory machanisms but for a short period only. as a result hypoxemia will burden the heart and other vital organs until it leads to multiple organ failure then death.
emphysema
Emphysema
Many smokers die of lung cancer, emphysema or other related diseases.
Pneumonia & emphysema
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Rockwell died November 8, 1978 of emphysema.
He died of chronic emphysema and kidney disease
Brennan died of emphysema at the age of 80 in 1974.
Dick died in 1992 of emphysema due to his heavy smoking
Destruction of alveoli reduces the surface area for gas exchange
After a long bout with emphysema, Franklin succumbed to blood in his lungs.
George Assang died in 1997, in Nowra, Australia of emphysema.