When someone has emphysema, this causes the over expansion of the pulmonary lobe. This causes dead space of the lungs and as a result your organ has to work harder to help you breathe. This is a chronic, progressive situation.
When someone has emphysema, this causes the over expansion of the pulmonary lobe. This causes dead space of the lungs and as a result your organ has to work harder to help you breathe. This is a chronic, progressive situation.
One response to “Explain how emphysema increases work of breathing?”
I have to say that I didn’t know until now that emphysema actually causes dead space of the lungs and the results is that the organ has to work harder for you to breathe. So thanks for informing us and providing this useful data.