Emphysema Focal

Focal pulmonary emphysema

***Pulmonary emphysema*** is a diffuse thickening of the lung tissue in combination with a violation of the elasticity of the walls of the alveoli, the loss of their pneumonic function, which contributes to normal gas exchange in the lungs. With emphysema, the airiness of all or part of the lungs is impaired.

Today, both non-smokers and heavy smokers are aware of pulmonary emphysema. There is a saying in the medical community: “As long as there are smokers, there will be emphysema.”

**Pulmonary emphysema** is a disease of the respiratory system characterized by an irreversible increase in the air space distal to the terminal bronchioles due to destructive processes in the wall of the acinus or small bronchi