What's the difference between emphysema and pulmonary embolism?

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Lung disease is usually the most easy to encounter, because like a cold, fever, cough, a period of time can not control, it may cause lung disease, such as pneumonia, emphysema, pulmonary edema disease, but there is a disease is also caused by abnormal lung, but we do not understand, emphysema and pulmonary embolism difference? Now let me tell you something.

What's the difference between emphysema and pulmonary embolism?

Emphysema can cause harm to the human lungs. Because of the damage of alveoli and capillaries, the task of inhaling oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide can not be completed, resulting in hypoxia and even lung damage, dyspnea and even life-threatening.

Pulmonary embolism, in addition to cough chest pain symptoms, more serious, that is the occurrence of hemoptysis, this may be the situation of pulmonary infarction. It's already very serious. At this time, the amount of hemoptysis is not much, but it is bright red. After a few days, it can become dark red, but not all pulmonary embolism has hemoptysis.

Also, this pulmonary embolism disease, like other lung diseases, can cause the same cough symptoms, but most of them are dry cough, there will be a small amount of white sputum, there may also be wheezing phenomenon, with the aggravation of cough, chest pain is more and more obvious, with back pain.

matters needing attention

The age of onset is very wide, young people are more likely to be infected, which has a certain relationship with the usual bad living habits. It's not good to sit by the computer for a long time, so we must pay attention to stand up every other time and drink more water, which can prevent the occurrence of lung disease.