Emphysema Life Expectancy and Stages<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPeople who have emphysema generally live six to eight years less than other people. Emphysema life expectancy is difficult to predict emphysema stages because emphysema disease often develops slowly and emphysema symptoms may not be noticeable until emphysema's late stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emphysema life expectancy ranges from sufferers living as many as 20 years to late emphysema stage patients dying only five years after emphysema diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stages:<\/strong> Emphysema stages range from a mild case of emphysema to severe stages, which can be fatal.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEmphysema stages usually include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Emphysema Pre-Stage 1:<\/strong> May not have symptoms of the disease, but an individual is at risk for developing emphysema or other lung problems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Emphysema Stage 1:<\/strong> Breathing is slightly hindered, but lung function can be improved through treatment. Symptoms include mild shortness of breath that may only require little treatment or medication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Emphysema Stage 2: <\/strong>Difficulty breathing while at rest with the potential for more advanced stages if fast measures are not taken. However, emphysema stages 2 to 3 are the stages where lung function usually begins to improve with treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Emphysema Stage 3: <\/strong>Shortness of breath at rest, which can interfere with daily activities and require supplemental oxygen or pulmonary rehabilitation. Lung function may begin to improve during this stage if treated early enough.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Emphysema Stage 4: <\/strong>Stages where oxygen levels in arterial blood is low and where stages 4 and 5 patients need supplemental oxygen or a lung transplant. This can begin to impact the quality of life and may even interfere with normal cardiac activity if left untreated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Emphysema Stage 5: <\/strong>The most severe stage that cannot be reversed and may lead to death. Lungs become stiff, making it difficult for an individual to breathe without supplemental oxygen. A lung transplant is the only medical option at this point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Emphysema stages 4 and 5 can decrease life expectancy by as much as two years with each stage due to the severity of emphysema stages 4 and 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Emphysema is a chronic lung disease that damages the air sacs in the lungs and reduces the ability to breathe. The damage makes it hard for oxygen to get into the bloodstream. People who have emphysema often feel out of breath, especially when they are doing something that takes a lot of physical effort. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9676"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10125,"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9676\/revisions\/10125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaf.care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}