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Can one have asthma and emphysema?
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Yes: Overlapping asthma with COPD is not that uncommon.
Answered 11/18/2018
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Yes: Asthma is a clinical diagnosis. Emphysema is a radiological diagnosis . Overlap between chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema is a known entity. However, pulmonary function testing and ct scan of the chest should atleast differentiate between asthma and emphysema, but once again they are not mutually exclusive conditions.
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