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Why do people with emphysema lose weight?
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Breathing: Patients with emphysema work hard to breath. This effort uses up calories quickly. Also the inflated lungs push on the stomach and limit the size of the stomach causing patients to ingest less food.
Answered 7/18/2018
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Stress of: Hypoxia and increased nutritional needs.
Answered 4/6/2013
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