emphysema
Alveoli destruction disease
Emphysema is a chronic lung disease in which the air sacs lose elasticity and become damaged, trapping air and making breathing increasingly difficult.
It develops gradually, usually from long-term smoking or exposure to air pollution.
Emphysema is one form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): He was diagnosed with emphysema after forty years of smoking.
Portable respiratory medication device
- bronchodilatorMedication widening lung passages
- nebulizerMist-making breathing apparatus
- corticosteroidsInflammation-suppressing steroid medications
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
mucolytics · expectorant · cannula · respirator · ventilator · vaccine · theophylline
Lung's gas-exchange chambers
- bronchiolesSmallest respiratory passages
- dyspneaLabored respiration condition
- breathlessnessDifficulty drawing air
- wheezingHarsh, whistling respiration
gasping · shortness · hypoxemia · ventilation · exhalation · airflow · bullae · pulmonary
Dried smoking leaf
- cigarettesPaper-wrapped tobacco for smoking
- nicotineAddictive tobacco alkaloid
- tarFile bundling utility
- carcinogensSubstances promoting tumor growth
pack-years · inhalation · addiction · cessation · quit · smoker · irritants · COPD
Difficulty drawing air
- wheezingHarsh, whistling respiration
- coughingForceful air expulsion reflex
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- cyanosisBlue skin from low oxygen
clubbing · exacerbation · mucus · phlegm · weakness · exhaustion · anxiety
Persisting over time
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- degenerativeCausing progressive decline
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
decline · incurable · worsening · stages · mild · moderate · severe · prognosis
inhaler
Portable respiratory medication device
- bronchodilatorMedication widening lung passages
- nebulizerMist-making breathing apparatus
- corticosteroidsInflammation-suppressing steroid medications
antibiotics · mucolytics · expectorant · cannula · respirator · ventilator · vaccine · theophylline
alveoli
Lung's gas-exchange chambers
- bronchiolesSmallest respiratory passages
- dyspneaLabored respiration condition
- breathlessnessDifficulty drawing air
wheezing · gasping · shortness · hypoxemia · ventilation · exhalation · airflow · bullae · pulmonary · spirometry
tobacco
Dried smoking leaf
- cigarettesPaper-wrapped tobacco for smoking
- nicotineAddictive tobacco alkaloid
- tarFile bundling utility
carcinogens · pack-years · inhalation · addiction · cessation · quit · smoker · irritants · COPD
breathlessness
Difficulty drawing air
- wheezingHarsh, whistling respiration
- coughingForceful air expulsion reflex
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
cyanosis · clubbing · exacerbation · mucus · phlegm · weakness · exhaustion · anxiety
chronic
Persisting over time
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- degenerativeCausing progressive decline
deterioration · decline · incurable · worsening · stages · mild · moderate · severe · prognosis · disability
- lung diseasespneumonia, pneumoconiosis, bronchitis, silicosis, black lung
- breathingbreathing, inhalation, breath, exhalation, breathe
- diseasescancer, diabetes, tuberculosis, influenza, measles
- health conditionsdiabetes, heart disease, cancer, asthma, hypertension
- Lungslungs, lung, bronchi, bronchus, alveoli
- Respirationbreathing, lungs, inhalation, inhaling, exhalation