Emphysema

... addicted but how addicted you are. OH smoker . . . Your Heart is grace from God . . . keep it Almost everyone knows that smoking causes cancer, emphysema, and heart disease; that it can shorten your life by 14 years or more; and that the habit can cost a smoker thousands of dollars a year. So ...

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... black (not the normal pink) because of lack of air. Second-hand smoke is more harmful for people who suffer from asthma. You could possibly get emphysema or lung cancer, which is diagnosed during the latter stages, most of the time. Carcinogens found in smoke; if inhaled it you could develop ...

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... for example, a ZZ genetic makeup is at risk for either lung or liver disease. About 80% of ZZ alphas who have any symptoms at all will develop emphysema. About 20% will develop liver disease. The liver disease occurs because the mutant molecule is folded and cannot get out of the liver, eventually ...

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4. When the alveolar walls break down large empty spaces called emphysema are formed. This greatly reduces the surface area of the lungs for the absorption of oxygen. Also the lungs may lose its elasticity.

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even affecting the lungs can cause heart failure. for example, emphysema is a disease in which the alveoli r ruptured due to thinning of lung tissue due to inhaling cigarette smoke, irritant fumes. because of less area available, the heart has to pump blood ...

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