Yes emphysema is a chronic, progressive illness. It gets worse overtime. If you have emphysema and you still quit you may develop complications pretty fast.

Emphysema with acute excarbation is coded 518.18. Emphyema is a chronic, progressive illness. A person with emphysema is admitted for acute respiratory failure.

Although there is no cure for emphysema and it cannot be reversed there are effective treatments.Vaccines can help prevent respiratory infection. Lung reduction surgery is beneficial to help breathing with emphysema. An alternative, close to emphysema cure is lung transplant(either one or both).

Emphysema was discovered in 1721 by a dutch anatomist and botanist Fredrick Ruysch. He discovered large spaces in the lungs and termed it emphysema. Emphysema in greek means free space.

Emphysema can be caused due to excessive cigarettes smoking. In some cases emphysema may also be caused due to alpha 1- antitryspin deficiency.This may develop the cirrosis of the liver.

Emphysema is not contagious. It cannot transmit from one person to another. You will get emphysema if you have been smoking for more than 20 years.

Emphysema destroys the cells of the lung and distrupts the structure and function of the lungs.Emphysema causes the abnormal expansion of the chest wall. This takes up the lungs space and decreases the effeciency of breathing.