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  1.                               Emphysema
  2. SYMPTOMS include hard chronic coughing, wheezing, thick sputum and even mild
  3. exercise will cause labored breathing.
  4. CAUSES. Smoking and air pollution may cause a chronic disease that causes the
  5. air spaces of the lung to undergo destructive changes.
  6. TREATMENT. Antibiotics, postural drainage, prescribed regular exercise, stop
  7. smoking, liquidfying agents and expectorants to help remove mucus, drugs to
  8. enlarge the airways and breathing exercises.
  9.