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Pulmonary Emphysema: The Rationale for Therapeutic Intervention : Proceedings of a Follow-Up Workshop on Treating the Underlying Causes of Emphysema (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) by Allen B. Cohen, 1991-06
Sinusitis Bronchitis and Emphysema and Their Natural Treatment by Clifford Quick, 1974-01-01
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Practical, Medical, and Spiritual Guidelines for Daily Living With Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis, and Combination Diagnosis (Hazelden Pocket Health Guide) by Mark Jenkins, 1999-10-01
Living Well With Emphysema and Bronchitis by Myra Shayevitz M.D., 1985-05-21
Battle to breathe;: What you need to know about emphysema, (Better living series) by Louis J Klingbeil, 1971
Spontaneous facial subcutaneous emphysema.(etiology and treatment ): An article from: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal by Kevin Ramchandar, Michele M. Carr, 2006-11-01
Cor Pulmonale in Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema by M. L. Murphy, 1984-07
On Winter Cough, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Emphysema, Asthma: A Course of Lectures Delivered at the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest by Horace Dobell, 2010-03-05
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Treating Emphysema and Bronchitis (Special Health Report)
Pathology of Emphysema by Lynne Reid, 1967-01
The Natural History of Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema by Charles Fletcher, etc., 1976-11
Breathe Out: Living Life to the Fullest, with Emphysema, COPD, or Smoker's Lung by Mary Callahan, 2007-11-20
COPD- Emphysema Quick Reference Guide (Quick Study Health) by Gary R. Grahn, 2004-02-03
DIAGNOSING CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE The importance of differentiating asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis (Postgraduate Medicine) by MD Fernando J. Martinez, 2010-06-29

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Emphysema - American Lung Association Site
emphysema. October 2003. emphysema and chronic bronchitis together comprisechronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). HOW SERIOUS IS emphysema?
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35043
Chapman Medical Center
Surgical procedures for lung cancer and emphysema.
http://www.chapmanmedicalcenter.com/CWSContent/chapmanmedicalcenter/ourServices/

Extractions: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for the treatment of Emphysema, Lung Cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other breathing disorders. Emphysema, Lung Cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other breathing disorders are what we treat in a caring atmosphere here at the Chapman Lung Center at Chapman Medical Center in Orange, CA. We are experienced in treating lung cancer and emphysema. Featuring new surgical procedures that may improve the quality of life for many patients with severe emphysema and minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer, the Chapman Lung Center continues to strive to be at the forefront of the medical community. For more information on our program, please click on the links to the left.
Alpha-1 Related Emphysema - American Lung Association Site
Alpha1 Related emphysema. March 2003. WHAT IS ALPHA-1 RELATED emphysema?Alpha-1 related emphysema or Alpha-1 deficiency, is caused
http://www.lungusa.org/site/lookup.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35014
Breathing Problems? Then Get In Control! Use The Buteyko Breathing Method And Se
The training video teaches a healthy, drugfree way to manage asthma symptoms, bronchitis, emphysema and other breathing problems.
http://www.buteykovideo.com/home.htm
Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Of Inherited Emphysema-Medfacts-National Jewish Me
Alpha1Antitrypsin Deficiency of Inherited emphysema and Management MedFact fromNational Jewish Medical and Research Center 1 Respiratory Hospital in America.
http://www.nationaljewish.org/medfacts/alpha1.html

Extractions: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD for short, is a lung disease that affects millions of people each year. COPD is a general term used to describe diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. In emphysema there is damage to the walls of the air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs. Most cases of emphysema are caused by smoking or other environmental factors. However, in a small number of cases of emphysema, there is a hereditary basis for the disease. The earliest symptom of emphysema is shortness of breath during activity. Later the shortness of breath occurs with rest also. The inherited form of emphysema is called alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency or "alpha - one" for short. People with this disease don't have enough of a major protein in the blood. This protein is alpha1 antitrypsin. Although there are many different genetic variations of this protein, only some will cause lung disease. It is more often seen in people of northern European descent, especially Scandinavians. What Does the Alpha1 Protein do in the Body?
What Is Emphysema?
What is emphysema? What is Asthma? What s Asthma? Some good places to go for moreinformation on chronic bronchitis and emphysema include the following
http://www.smokinglungs.com/whatemph.htm

Extractions: What is emphysema? What is Asthma? This document was last revised on August 13, 2002 by F.W. Grannis Jr. MD. Emphysema is physical destruction of lung tissue that results in obstruction to air flow and development of enlarged air sacs. Emphysema is a smoking related disease that causes progressive obstruction of the airways and destruction of lung tissue. Because the airway is obstructed, more energy is required to ventilate the lungs. The patient will experience shortness of breath, and as the disease progresses, will become progressively limited in the ability to exercise. Chronic Bronchitis is a chronic disease of the airways that results in production of excess secretions and chronic infection. Both chronic bronchitis and emphysema reduce the ability of the patient to safely recover from surgical or radiation therapy. Patients with severe COPD are unable to cough effectively and clear secretions. The result can be steadily worsening difficulty in breathing during the post-operative period, culminating in respiratory failure and sometimes death. Damage to the lungs begins early on in smokers. Forced Expiratory Volume in one second (FEV1) is a commonly used measure of lung function. In adolescent smokers FEV1 is reduced by an average of 390 ml in boys and 360 ml in girls (i.e. approximately 10-15% reduction). Reduction in FEV1 occurs normally with aging, but is faster in smokers by 15ml./year. By middle age 18% of male smokers have FEV1 reduced more than 2 standard deviations. The deficits are larger if there are other causes of obstruction such as asthma "the horse racing effect". Kerstjens et. al.. Decline in FEV1 by age and smoking status: facts figures and fallacies. Thorax 1997;52:820-7.
Emphysema
emphysema. emphysema is a disease characterized by dilation of thealveolar spaces and destruction of the alveolar walls. With their
http://oac.med.jhmi.edu/res_phys/Encyclopedia/Emphysema/Emphysema.HTML

Extractions: Emphysema is a disease characterized by dilation of the alveolar spaces and destruction of the alveolar walls. With their loss, much of the elastic recoil of the lung is also lost. Compliance of the lung in emphysema is significantly above normal; the lung becomes easy to distend but empties slowly. This results in a chronically overinflated lung (high total lung capacity, functional residual capacity, and residual volume), which lessens the curvature of the diaphragm, making it less efficient in generating even the small swings in pleural pressure necessary for breathing. Pulmonary function tests on a patient with emphysema will reveal a compromised expiratory flow (due to their low lung recoil), including a low FEV1, FVC, and FEV1/FVC ratio. See Also: Send comments about this page to the Office of Academic Computing (OAC) at oac@jhmi.edu
University Of Iowa Family Practice Handbook
A detailed description of emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
http://indy.radiology.uiowa.edu/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter03/04-3.html
What Is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPD
emphysema is what occurs as more and more of the walls between air sacs get destroyed. Often,people with COPD have both chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
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Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Smoking Cessation Respiratory Disease Home ... Photo Gallery zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Why Quit Smoking Prepare to Quit Quit Smoking Aids After You Quit ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Subscribe to the About Smoking Cessation newsletter. zau(256,152,100,'hs','http://z.about.com/5/ad/hs.htm?zIhsid=00',''); Search Smoking Cessation Email to a friend Print this page Stay Current Subscribe to the About Smoking Cessation newsletter. Suggested Reading Why You Don't Want Emphysema Christine's Quit Smoking Story Detecting COPD Most Popular How Your Body Heals After Quitting Smoking Tobacco After The Last Cigarette The First 2 Days Withdrawal Symptoms and How To Cope 101 Things to Do Instead of Smoking ... The List of Additives in Cigarettes What's Hot Zyban Side Effects Acetic Acid Curbing the Urge to Smoke 101 Things to Do Instead of Smoking ... Hydrogen Cyanide in Cigarette Smoke From Terry Martin Sign up for my Newsletter Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a disease in which the airways and air sacs inside the lungs are partially obstructed or destroyed. The result is that it gets hard to breathe. There are varying degrees of this illness, and different names for them, but it all comes back to damaged airways and air sacs. This disease occurs when a person breathes in lung irritants of some kind: smoke, chemicals, pollution, dust. It makes sense then, that the most common cause of COPD is smoking.
Emphysema
emphysema. emphysema Wheelchairs EZ Chair a wheelchair for emphysema patients AbnormalLung Anatomy emphysema What Happens With emphysema.
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Extractions: Our Aims Services Stats ... Z Emphysema Emphysema Wheelchairs: EZ Chair a wheelchair for Emphysema patients Emphysema / Bronchitis Medical Information - A professionally moderated, consumer focused free virtual medical clinic offering detailed medical and drug information and support groups on Emphesyma, Bronchitis and other long term medical conditions. National Emphysema Foundation - An organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with emphysema, asthma and related diseases. Abnormal Lung Anatomy: Emphysema - What Happens With Emphysema Emphysema treatment, prevention, and much more. BP-Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema Emphysema - Johns Hopkins University: Interactive Respiratory Physiology Efforts - A non-profit organization formed, funded and operated by patients with the disease, working to promote research for emphysema and COPD. Bronchitis, Emphysema Health Information Abnormal Lung Anatomy: Emphysema - When you have emphysema, some of the air sacs deep in your lungs have been damaged. Mediconsult.com : Bronchitis, Emphysema Health Information
Pulmonary
Services to address medical and emotional needs caused by emphysema, asthma, chronic bronchitis and other lung diseases.
http://www.stmh.org/patient_services/pulmonary.html
BBC NEWS | Health | Medical Notes | Emphysema
emphysema is a progressive lung condition which leaves sufferers struggling forbreath. In heriditary emphysema, the missing protein is given as a therapy.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/medical_notes/456591.stm

Extractions: Emphysema is a progressive lung condition which leaves sufferers struggling for breath. Miners who say their job left them with irreversible emphysema have been at court fighting for compensation from their former employers. Emphysema is caused by gradual damage to the structure of the lungs, which makes it harder to exhale. The tiny air sacs in the lungs called alveoli, through which oxygen is absorbed into the bloodstream, lose their natural elasticity, meaning spent air is pushed back out into the lungs. This leaves the lungs feeling continually over full, and it is a struggle for sufferers to force air in and out. This eventually means that the body is not getting enough oxygen, leading to fatigue and weight loss. Although it can start simply as mild breathlessness during exercise and a persistent cough, it can leave sufferers housebound and reliant on oxygen supplies, and eventually contribute to death.
Emphysema - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
emphysema. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. emphysema is achronic lung disease. It is often caused by exposure to toxic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emphysema

Extractions: Emphysema is a chronic lung disease. It is often caused by exposure to toxic chemicals or long-term exposure to tobacco smoke Table of contents 1 Signs and symptoms 2 Diagnosis 3 Pathophysiology 4 Pathogenesis ... edit Emphysema is characterised by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue. The result is that the small airways collapse early during exspiration, leading to an obstructive form of lung disease. Features are: shortness of breath on exertion (and later in rest), cyanosis and an expanded chest. Often clubbing of the fingers is observed, a feature of longstanding hypoxia Emphysema patients are occasionally referred to as "blue bloaters", a slightly derogatory term that combines their cyanosis with another feature, namely the tensing of the upper airways to create a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and keep the small airways open. edit Diagnosis is by spirometry lung function testing ), including diffusion testing . Other investigations might include X-rays bronchoscopy (when other lung disease is suspected, including
Emphysema
emphysema. Bullous emphysema. emphysema is an enlargement of air spaces caused bydestruction of alveolar walls. Centriacinar emphysema/distal acinar emphysema.
http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/overview/emphysema.html

Extractions: Emphysema Bullous emphysema Emphysema is an enlargement of air spaces caused by destruction of alveolar walls. Air spaces greater than one cm are bullae. This photo shows apical bullous disease with relatively little involvement of the rest of the lung. Centriacinar emphysema/distal acinar emphysema This lung shows centriacinar emphysema with holes located around the terminal bronchioles and preservation of more distal air spaces. The parenchyma along the major fissure shows some distal acinar emphysema. Panacinar emphysema involves the entire acinus. Centriacinar emphysema This section of centriacinar emphysema shows the enlarged air spaces around a small airway. Respiratory epithelium remains at the arrow. The more peripheral alveoli are normal. Pathogenesis of emphysemaproposed This photo is taken from a patient with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency-related emphysema. It shows an increased number of PMNs in capillaries (arrows and many more) and some alveolar and interstitial blood. These PMNs, if activated, can potentially digest the collagen and elastin of the alveolar wall. Note the megakaryocyte in a capillary (arrowhead at top). Its function is not known, but any contribution of platelets would help to preserve the integrity of the capillary bed. Contents
This Week's Program
Statistics don't tell the whole story of tobacco disease and death. That's why PBS is running a program on Pam Laffin, a woman who tells her own story of emphysema caused by tobacco products. The story of how she got started smoking, how she discovered she had the disease, and how she lives her live now with one lung, is more compelling sometimes than any amount of statistics.
http://www.pbs.org/healthweek/featurep3a_320.htm

Extractions: Smoking's Deadly Effects Books are a good way to learn. But they often fall short when it comes to teaching children the dangers of smoking. And that's why a 29-year-old woman named Pam Laffin is heading out to Massachusetts schools and appearing in TV ads, to share her moving story of smoking's deadly effects. PAM LAFFIN: "I've lost so many things to this disease. I can't play with my kids. I can't go bike riding. I can't enjoy a walk on the beach. I thought I was the only person in the world that was young with emphysema, and when I found out that that wasn't the case, I thought maybe I should warn people." "I started smoking when I was ten. Did you ever see the movie Grease? I made my mother take me to get a perm to I could have curly hair like Sandy. It seemed like to me that most of the people in her new school didn't accept her, and she started smoking, and then she was friends with everybody. So I thought maybe if I smoked I could be like her." "I ran track, I was active and healthy. I figured that nothing bad was going to happen to me. When I was 21, I started getting bronchitis a lot. Over the next couple of years, my breathing got worse and worse. Until I couldn't like walk across the street to get the bus, if I walked up the stairs to get into my apartment, it took me 20 minutes to catch my breath."
Chronic Bronchitis And Emphysema - Symptoms And Treatment
The common symptoms, causes and complications of chronic bronchitis and emphysemalung conditions BUPA health information factsheet. emphysema.
http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/Chronic_bronchitis.html

Extractions: BUPA Health insurance Financial protection Hospitals Care homes ... International cover Individuals Business Intermediaries Health professionals ... BUPA members Find local health and fitness facilities BUPA services around the world at bupa.com health information ABC of health Published by BUPA's Health Information Team December, 2002 Download this factsheet Chronic bronchitis and emphysema stop the lungs from working properly, typically causing breathlessness and wheezing. The two conditions lead to similar symptoms and are often referred to as "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease", or COPD for short. The biggest single cause of COPD is smoking, and the risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked. Due to industrial smoke and pollutants, it is also more common in people living in cities than in the country, and in people who work in dusty environments. Generally, it is more likely to affect older people and the vast majority of sufferers are aged 70 to 85. Each year, around 28,000 people die from COPD.
CNN.com - Health: Condition Clinic
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Cure - Prevention & Curing Protocol
emphysema Prevention Curing Protocol. This emphysema Preventionand/or The emphysema Cause. To understand The emphysema Prevention
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PersonalMD.com - Your Lifeline Online
Over 700 health topics for COPD and emphysema patients.
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