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pulmonary emphysema
- Question
- Pulmonary emphysema is caused by the liver disorder? The ascendant pressure of the liver contributes to the increase of the bronchi, of the lungs and of the heart? Do CF patients that have billiary cirrhosis develop also pulmonary emphysema? How does pulmonary emphysema evolve? Is it treatable (how)?
- Answer
- Hello,
Pulmonary emphysema is not secondary to cirrhosis. Emphysema is due to an increase of the remaning air in the lungs. Emphysema is produced in the evolution of many chronic pulmonary affections, including CF, in correlation with other modifications. So, we are not talking about the evolution of the emphysema or about the means of therapeutic intervention, but global pulmonary affection (condensations, bronchiectasis, emphysema etc), that evolve simultaneously. But the most important fact is that these changes and their evolution depend of the moment of the disease`s diagnosis and of the treatment accuracy. If you have any other question, please let us know.
Sincerely yours,
Dr.Ioana Ciuca - 24.05.2011
