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Health Encyclopedia: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Causes
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Causes
Cigarette smoke accounts for over 80% of all cases of chronic obstructive lung disease. It contains irritants that inflame the air passages, setting off a cascade of biochemical events that damage cells in the lung, increasing the risk both for COLD and lung cancer. Different effects of smoking can lead to emphysema or chronic bronchitis, but smokers generally have signs of both conditions. The diagnosis of a specific type of COLD depends on which disease process predominates.
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Health Guide
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Symptoms
...Symptoms may vary, however, or others may be present depending on which disease predominates.Symptoms of EmphysemaTypically, first symptoms of emphysema occur in heavy smokers in their mid-50s.... Read more »Acid Reflux (GERD) Risk Factors
...risk for GERD.One study indicated that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (e.g., emphysema or chronic bronchitis) were more likely to have GERD.Chronic obstructive pulmonary... Read more »Acid Reflux Complications: Symptoms & Erosive Esophagitis
...lung. People with GERD appear to have an above-average risk for chronic bronchitis, chronic sinusitis, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis (lung scarring), and recurrent pneumonia. If a person inhales... Read more »Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Introduction
...alveoli are small sacs where oxygen is exchanged in the lungs.The two major diseases in this category are emphysema and chronic bronchitis, both covered in this report. Asthmatic bronchitis, the... Read more »Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Surgical Procedures
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