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Emphysema Complications, Don’t Smoking

Stop Smoking

Main cause of chronic pulmonary emphysema is smoking, in particular, the prognosis depends on whether the nicotine is adjusted promptly. Without quitting smoking can not prevent the progression of emphysema disease.

Those who consistently renounced cigarettes and complies with the appropriate treatment can achieve a cessation of disease. Already existing lung lesions are formed but not back again. At this emphysema advanced stage, patients have a poor prognosis. Often, the physical strength is almost absent, and there is constant shortness of breath – even at rest.

Emphysema Complications

In emphysema can occur from both acute and chronic complications of emphysema.
- Acute Complication of Emphysema : Acute complications is one of the pneumothorax (air in the pleural space, the space between the lungs and pleura). This occurs when one bursts emphysema vesicle. The entering into the Rippenfellspalt air then leads to a collapse of the lung. The consequence is a sudden shortness of breath with severe pain. Other common complications include recurrent infections of the bronchi and lungs.
- Emphysema Chronic Complication : Over time, the increased pressure in pulmonary vessels and the heart is Read more…

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Symptoms of Chronic Bronchitis and Diagnosis

The main symptom of chronic bronchitis (chronic bronchitis symptoms) is the frequently arising or chronic cough. These symptoms of chronic bronchitis are:
- Ejection, which will be coughed up ever more toughly and more with difficulty. Especially in the early hours bronchitis massive mucus must  expectoration. When a bacterial infection of the mucous looks like pus. After the morning people with chronic bronchitis symptoms are free cough and often for hours.
- In advanced chronic bronchitis stages, there is shortness of breath which gradually increased.
In the cold seasons the complaints of chronic bronchitis increase.

The Chronic Bronchitis Process

From chronic bronchitis developed, over time, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),  which can lead to cause emphysema. The transitions between the individual disease pictures are blurred :
- Chronic bronchitis
The changes of the lung may regress even if the harmful substance is eliminated, so for example smoking. At this stage, cough and expectoration in the foreground. As the bronchi are not chronically constricted, there is no difficulty in breathing exists.
- Chronic obstructive bronchitis
The lung is in the long term damaged, the changes can any longer regress. The bronchi are narrowed. Especially on exertion, patients suffer from shortness of breath and Read more…

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