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Emphysema
When you breathe, air travels to your lungs through airways called bronchi. The bronchi divide into smaller airways, called bronchioles, which end in clusters of tiny air sacs, called alveoli.
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/emphysema
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Emphysema
Emphysema is a destructive disease of the lung in which the alveoli (small sacs) that promote oxygen exchange between the air and the bloodstream are destroyed.
https://www.medicinenet.com/emphysema_lung_condition/article.htm
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Emphysema: Symptoms, treatment, and causes
Emphysema is a lung condition that is part of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It has genetic causes and can be worsened or brought on by smoking. Emphysema has no cure, but treatments can ease symptoms and prevent the disease from worsening. In this article, we look at the disease and how it is treated.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/8934
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Pulmonary Emphysema | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Emphysema is a chronic lung condition in which the air sacs (alveoli) may be destroyed, narrowed, collapsed, stretched, or overinflated.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/pulmonary-emphysema
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Emphysema | Cleveland Clinic
Learn more about emphysema & COPD, including causes, symptoms and treatment options. Read more about this disease caused mainly by smoking from Cleveland Clinic.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9370-emphysema
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What Is Emphysema?
Emphysema is a form of chronic (long-term) lung disease. This and chronic bronchitis are the two main types of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the third-leading cause of death in the United States.
https://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/what-is-emphysema#1
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Emphysema | Emphysema Symptoms | Emphysema Treatment | MedlinePlus
Emphysema is a type of COPD. COPD makes it hard to breathe. The most common cause of Emphysema is smoking. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
https://medlineplus.gov/emphysema.html
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Emphysema
Emphysema is a lung problem that makes it hard to catch your breath. It's one of the conditions that make up chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/emphysema/symptoms-causes/syc-20355555
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What is Emphysema
Emphysema is a form of chronic (long-term) lung disease. This and chronic bronchitis are the two main types of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the third-leading cause of death in the United States.
https://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/what-is-emphysema
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Emphysema
Emphysema is one of the diseases that comprises COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Emphysema involves gradual damage of lung tissue, specifically thinning and destruction of the alveoli or air sacs.
https://www.lung.org/lung-health-and-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/emphysema/
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