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2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia

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   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. [8] GOLD 2024 defined COPD as a heterogeneous lung condition characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms (dyspnea or shortness of breath, cough, sputum production and/or exacerbations) due to abnormalities of the airways (bronchitis ...

3. Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction - Wikipedia

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   Endobronchial valves are inserted using a bronchoscope into sections of the lungs damaged by emphysema. Endobronchial valves are medical devices that allow air to exit these sections but not to re-enter. The valves, in effect, cause damaged lung tissue to deflate, thereby reducing the excessive lung volume (hyperinflation) caused by emphysema.

4. Emphysema - Wikipedia

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   Panlobular emphysema, also called panacinar emphysema, affects all of the alveoli in a lobule, and can involve the whole lung or mainly the lower lobes. [ 18 ] [ 24 ] This type of emphysema is associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD or AATD), and Ritalin lung , [ 24 ] and is not related to smoking.

5. Not All Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapies Are Created Equal - AOL

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   “It’s a medical treatment that’s been around for a very long time,” says Scott Gorenstein, M.D., director of hyperbaric wound care services at New York University Langone Hospital-Long Island.

6. Endobronchial valve - Wikipedia

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   Endobronchial valves may be the first successful medical device treatment of emphysema, a disease that affects millions of people worldwide and has no known cure, being managed traditionally by lung transplantation and/or lung volume reduction surgery (though some people do not meet the eligibility requirements for one or both of these invasive ...

7. David Lynch Started Smoking at Age 8 — Now He Needs ... - AOL

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   Director David Lynch, 78, was diagnosed with emphysema in 2020 Lynch smoked since he was 8, but stopped two years ago and wants to warn others to quit Lynch is an acclaimed director of films like ...