Is emphysema serious?

summary

Generally speaking, in lung diseases, the existence of emphysema is very easy to make patients have symptoms of dyspnea. Therefore, many people are very concerned about whether emphysema is serious or not. Next, this paper analyzes whether emphysema is serious or not.

Is emphysema serious?

First of all, emphysema refers to the pathological state that the airway elasticity of the distal end of the terminal bronchioles is decreased, the lung volume is increased or the airway wall is damaged at the same time.

Secondly: emphysema is a serious lung disease, when people suffer from emphysema disease in the early stage, it will appear non-stop cough and expectoration and other symptoms, and in the late stage of the disease, it may also have dyspnea, chest tightness and other conditions exist, emphysema such chronic respiratory diseases should not be cured.

Finally: emphysema refers to the loss of elasticity of the walls of the respiratory bronchioles in the alveoli. The gas entering the body due to negative pressure can not be discharged and accumulates in the lung, reducing the area of gas exchange. The body is in the condition of insufficient air exchange for a long time, which will cause chronic damage to the tissue due to insufficient oxygen supply.

matters needing attention

In fact, emphysema is a serious disease, therefore, patients with emphysema in peacetime must pay attention to stay away from the air pollution environment.