HELLO! WELCOME TO MY PAGE ABOUT EMPHYSEMA.

I HAVE 5 SISTERS AND A HALF SISTER. MY FATHER WAS MARRIED BEFORE HE WAS MARRIED TO MY MOTHER.

THIS PAGE IS ABOUT MY MOTHER WHO DIED OF EMPHYSEMA ON MOTHERS DAY 1998.

SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER TO HER 6 DAUGHTERS, AND WE ALL MISS HER VERY MUCH.

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING OVER THE INTERNET TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE DREADED DISEASE

THAT TOOK OUR MOTHER. I HAVE FOUND MANY INTERESTING AND SAD INFORMATION

THAT EXPLAINS EMPHYSEMA AND ALSO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD

FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES THAT HAVE DIED. THEY HAVE CONSTENTED FOR ME TO LINK TO

THEIR SITES AND THEY WILL BE LISTED AT THE END.

EMPHYSEMA IS A CONDITION WHICH THERE IS OVER INFLATION OF STRUCTURES

IN THE LUNGS KNOW AS ALVEOLI OR AIR SACS. THIS OVER INFLATION RESULTS FROM

A BREAKDOWN OF THE WALLS OF THE ALVEOLI WHICH CAUSES A DECREASE IN THE WAY

THE LUNGS WORK YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR EARLY SYMPTOMS OF EMPHYSEMA INCLUDING

SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND A COUGH. IT IS A WIDESPREAD DISEASE OF THE LUNG.

THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 2 MILLION AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE EMPHYSEMA.

IT IS RANKED 15 AMONG CHONIC CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE

TO ACTIVITY LIMITATIONS: AMOST 44 % OF PEOPLE WITH EMPHYSEMA

REPORT THAT THEIR DAILY ACTIVITES HAVE BEEN LIMITED.

IT IS PREDOMINANT IN THE OLDER MALE BUT IS INCREASING AMONG WOMEN.

THE MEN OUTNUMBER THE FEMALES BY MORE THAN 54%. SMOKING IS THE MAIN FACTOR

ATTRIBUTING TO COPD WHICH MEANS CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE,

AND EMPHYSEMA IS JUST ONE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS CATEGORY.