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Please describe your experience with emphysema.

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Cigarette smoking is the primary cause of emphysema. Emphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes ...
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What were the symptoms of your emphysema?

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Shortness of breath is the most common symptom of emphysema. Cough, sometimes caused by the production of mucus, and wheezing may also be...
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Please describe your experience with pneumothorax.

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Picture of Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax) What Is a Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)?A collapsed lung or pneumothorax refers to a condit...
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If i have positive test results for staph and mold why dont my drs try to cure it?

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chronic cough after pneumonia gram negative staph and cladosporium mold and klebsiella oxytoca ,all cureable but my dr wont try he said h...
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What else do I need to do?

AggieCHS
I have COPD and bullous emphysema. I have had pneumonia for several months. I have done levaquin, then 20 days of cefepime IV 3 times a d...
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Strange sudden burst of involuntary breath?

mtmc
I'm a healthy 23 year old male. Not sure what it is but I have been doing it for a couple of months. Every now and then just out of the r...
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