Emphysema: What Is, Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis

Updated on February 9, 2025

What is Emphysema?

Emphysema is a lung malady that gets more regrettable as time goes by, which emphasizes the alveoli, a fundamental portion of the air sacs, and the trade of oxygen that happens there. These air sacs are distorted and rigidified, losing their flexibility. So, the lungs are less capable of trading oxygen from the air to the blood and evading carbon dioxide from the blood. It is...

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