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Post by Admin on Feb 27, 2014 0:42:53 GMT
Emphysema is always caused from smoking. Is this always the case?
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Post by Kathleen Nicke on Jun 17, 2014 10:20:13 GMT
Emphysema is usually caused by smoking or air pollution, rarely is it heiratary
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Post by Narmie Carpenter on Jun 17, 2014 23:45:40 GMT
Main cause of emphysema is long-term tobacco smoking,marijuana smoking,exposure to air pollutions, factory fumes, coal and silica dust. Rarely, emphysema is caused by an inherited deficiency of a protein that protects the elastic structures in the lungs. It is called alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency emphysema.
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kasey
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Post by kasey on Jun 26, 2014 4:09:24 GMT
Emphysema is usually caused by smoking but can also be from long term exposure to certain industrial pollutants or dust. a small percent is caused by the inherited disorder alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency
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