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Does a person in the final stages of emphysema ever cough up lung tissue?
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Heart Disease: The leading cause of death for patients with emphysema is cardiac disease (heart attack) irrespective of the stage of copd).
Answered 4/25/2016
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No: That doesn't happen. Patients may cough up mucus/phlegm but not really lung tissue. Lung cancer patients, on the other hand, may cough up blood or little pieces of their cancer if that is in their airways, same with throat/head and neck cancer.
Answered 2/24/2018
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