The lungs consist of tiny air sacs called alveoli. Emphysema damages the alveoli and destroys lung tissue. Bullous emphysema (BE) refers to damaged alveoli that distend to form large air spaces ...

When a bleb ruptures the air escapes into the chest cavity causing a pneumothorax (air between the lung and chest cavity) which can result in a collapsed lung. If blebs become larger or come together ...

A new study finds that the development of bullous lung disease occurs in marijuana smokers approximately 20 years earlier than tobacco smokers. A condition often caused by exposure to toxic ...

Bullae are large air pockets that form inside the lung due to certain medical conditions, such as emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Doctors may recommend a bullectomy, which is ...

Lung-volume–reduction surgery has been performed in thousands of people with emphysema in recent years. 1 More than 30 separate reports of over 2000 operations have found substantial and ...

“My lung collapsed because it was building up with the liquid from my vape,” she said, per LadBible.. “One of the pulmonary bullae ended up bursting and that could’ve killed me instantly.” ...

Loyda Cordero Faliero, 39, switched from smoking to vaping, but said the new habit caused her to develop air pockets in her lung walls, a condition called bullous emphysema, according to the ...

Due to a chronic lung condition, the surgery required extra care. “The patient had severe COPD” — chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — “which causes bullae (large air-filled sacs) to ...

Vanishing lung syndrome, also known as type I bullous disease or primary bullous disease of the lung, is defined as large bullae involving at least one-third of a hemithorax.2 It usually occurs in ...

About 15 percent of cigarette smokers will develop emphysema by age 65, but less is known about the effects of marijuana on the lungs, Dr. Su W. Hii of Monash University in Victoria, Australia and ...