What causes emphysema?

The lungs are very important organs in our human body. We breathe with our lungs. If our lungs accidentally get diseased, it will definitely affect our breathing and even the whole body. Emphysema is a type of lung disease. Many patients with emphysema still don’t fully understand the cause of emphysema. Below we will introduce the causes of emphysema.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, emphysema is caused by external pathogens or due to aging and physical weakness, while from the perspective of Western medicine, the occurrence of emphysema is related to factors such as smoking, coughing, and heredity.

1. Exposure to external pathogens should be the cause of lung distension

Not only will it cause long-term cough, long-term wheezing, long-term asthma, and pulmonary edema, but it will also induce and aggravate these symptoms, making them recurring and difficult to heal, causing the pathogenesis to change and eventually evolve into emphysema.

2. Due to old age and physical weakness, both lung and kidney are insufficient

The inability of the body to defend itself from the outside is the basis for the repeated attacks of diseases. After being infected by evil, the body's strength cannot overcome it and the disease becomes more serious. Repeated illness makes the body even weaker. This cycle gradually leads to lung swelling and eventually the formation of emphysema. Although there are also adolescent patients with lung distension due to old age and physical weakness, they are still a very small minority after all, and the majority of patients are elderly.

3. Chronic lung diseases that are not treated for a long time may also be the cause of emphysema

Chronic lung diseases such as internal injuries, long-term cough, long-term wheezing, long-term asthma and tuberculosis, etc., if left untreated for a long time, will worsen and eventually cause emphysema, a hidden danger of chronic lung diseases.

What are the causes of emphysema?

1. In addition to symptoms of chronic bronchitis such as cough and sputum, expiratory dyspnea, shortness of breath, chest tightness, cyanosis and other hypoxia symptoms often occur due to obstructive ventilation disorders.

2. Smoking is one of the main causes of emphysema.

3. Environmental pollution: Long-term exposure to organic or inorganic dust and harmful gases can easily cause emphysema. Repeated airway infections can cause bronchial mucosal congestion, edema, glandular hyperplasia, hypersecretion, increased protease activity, etc., which will lead to emphysema.

4. Genetic factors. Studies in recent years have found that emphysema is also related to certain genetic factors.

5. Repeated viral and bacterial infections in the respiratory tract also have a certain impact on emphysema.

6. Emphysema often occurs secondary to diseases such as chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma and pulmonary fibrosis.

Above, we introduced the importance of lungs to our human body. We must protect our lungs, try not to smoke and stay away from air pollution. The occurrence of emphysema is related to many factors. Above, we analyzed the causes of emphysema from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.