2007-01-10 12:17:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
False.
Emphysema is the loss of elasticity of your lungs. When it gets really bad, you have to force the air out of your lungs- it won't just come out under the elastic pressure of healthy lungs....horrible disease.
2007-01-10 12:23:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strictly speaking, false. Emphysema is characterized by the breakdown of the walls between the tiny air sacs, or alveoli, in the lungs. This results in a reduced surface area necessary to aerate the blood passing through the lungs. Elastic recoil is also lost. In chronic bronchitis, cilia are destroyed. Many, perhaps most patients have elements of both chronic bronchitis and emphysema, usually as a result of many years of smoking.
2007-01-10 20:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you can have damage to the cilia in emphysema, but the disease itself is a destruction of the lung tissue, which causes a loss of elasticity (amongst other things).
2007-01-10 20:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by The Doc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋