Friday, February 24, 2012

Rare, inherited deficiency of chemical ...

Disease in which the walls of air sacs in the lungs known as alveoli (see


), which progessively destroyed, thus reducing the area of ​​the lungs to exchange gases. Emphysema usually develops along with chronic, the condition known as. In almost all cases, emphysema caused by smoking. Rare, inherited deficiency of chemical known as alpha-antitrypsin leads to tissue damage, especially in the lungs and liver. As the disease progresses, damage to the alveoli causes an increase lasix in dyspnea. After lung injury occurred, there is no treatment that can restore it back. Quitting smoking reduces the rate at which the lungs deteriorate. .

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