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A member asked:
Will early emphysema (changes in small airways caused by smoking, leading to some air trapping/hyperinflation) in a young person always get worse, or can stopping smoking allow for some damage to reverse & copd to never fully develop? live long life?
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I've seen many patients with small airways disease who had given up smoking and never developed COPD, but gave up smoking at a relatively early age and only smoked for several years.
Answered 1/9/2023
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