Emphysema does not "spread"-- it is NOT contagious.
However, the incidence of emphysema can be reduced if all countries and persons reduce lung irritants and air pollution. ANY strong chemical is a lung irritant. Smoking is just one of a long list of lung irritants.
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∙ 7y agoThe prefix for emphysema is "emphyse-", and the suffix is "-ma".
Emphysema not elsewhere classified
yes
Emphysema is the scientific name.
Emphysema has been around as long as cigars. Also, Emphysema has benn around for thousands of years, since the Egyptian times. Emphysema was just recently discovered.
by smoking and dirty plice working cause emphysema
That would be Christianity.
It's when you smoke. Smoking causes your air sacs ( littles sacs in your lungs to get bigger, decreacing the amont of surface area in your lungs) and making you unable to breathe and if you smoke too much you get Lung Cancer and you'll die.
People do not recover from emphysema, but sometimes they survive for many years, despite having the disease. Eventually emphysema is fatal.
Yes, not smoking can prevent emphysema. However, it can not be cured.
Yes, it can act like emphysema.
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