Caitlyn Jenner

COPD includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both. Over time, it makes it harder and harder to breathe because less air is able to flow in and out of the lungs.

American Athlete

Luciana Berger

Banning smoking in vehicles with children in them will help protect them from the misery of smoking-related diseases, from cancer to asthma and emphysema.

British Politician

Patty Loveless

My sister, Dottie, suffered from COPD for quite a few years before we knew what it was. Hers was a form of emphysema, and she was 48 when she passed away.

American Musician

Loni Anderson

My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.

American Actress

There is no cure for emphysema, but you can start treating it and have a better quality of life.

Used in medical or health-related discussions, often in professional settings.

Technical Term

Signals a severe health issue that should be discussed with gravity and sensitivity.

Serious Condition

Emphasizes that the lung damage cannot be reversed, suggesting a chronic scenario.

Irreversible Damage

 There are lots of ways we have of avoiding and numbing and bypassing pain, but the point of all of this is to deal with the cause of the problem. The pain is not the problem, it's the symptom. And telling people they're going to die is too scary to think about, or that they'll get emphysema or a heart attack is too scary, and they don't want to think about it, so they don't.

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 a pollution-filled layer of air remains trapped near the Earth's surface by a slightly warmer layer above. Smog isn't just an aesthetic eyesore. Both forms of smog irritate the eyes, nose, and throat, exacerbate conditions like asthma and emphysema,

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 is what gives the respiratory system its name. Because of their intake of air, the lungs are constantly exposed to the elements, and sometimes fall victim to them. Lung conditions may develop, such as emphysema,

Emphysema

Technical Term

Serious Condition

Irreversible Damage

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