Glossary for Familial emphysema
- Blue skin: Blueness of the skin
- Breathing difficulties: Various types of breathing difficulty (dyspnea).
- Bronchiectasis: Chronic bronchiole dilation from secretions and blockages.
- Bronchitis: Bronchitis is an inflammation of the air passages within the lungs. It occurs when the trachea and the large and small bronchi within the lungs become inflamed
- Cyanosis: Blueness or purple coloring of skin.
- Emphysema: Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is defined as an abnormal, permanent enlargement of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles accompanied by destruction of their walls and without obvious fibrosis.
- Finger clubbing: The proliferation of soft tissue around the ends of fingers and toes
- Heart failure: Slow failure of the heart (cardiac insufficiency).
- Lung conditions: Various conditions affecting the lungs or related airways.
- Respiratory conditions: Any condition that affects the respiratory system
- Right heart failure: Heart failure of the right side of the heart
- Shortness of breath: The feeling of being short of breath
- Shortness of breath from exercise: Feeling short of breath from exercise or exertion
- Smoking: The smoking of cigarettes
- Sputum: The phlegm like substance that is expelled from the bronchi, trachea, and lungs
- Tuberculosis: Bacterial infection causing nodules forming, most commonly in the lung.
- Wheezing: A whistling like continuous sound that is caused by the respiratory system
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