Mayo Clinic Q and A: Rare, inherited risk factor can result in emphysema and liver damage

DEAR MAYO CLINIC:?A family friend was recently diagnosed with emphysema, but he never smoked and was told that his condition was caused by alpha-1. What is this, and how is it diagnosed? ANSWER: Emphysema?is one of a group of lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis, that make up chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Tobacco smoking [...]
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