How many years can you live with lung atrophy is determined by the degree of atrophy of the patient. Lung atrophy is the ventilation dysfunction of the lungs, the lungs don’t expand anymore, this situation is very dangerous, because if the lungs don’t expand, it is easy to make the lung function completely lost, resulting in the human body losing the ability to breathe, so how long can you live with lung atrophy depends on the loss of human lung function, so it is recommended to treat it as early as possible. Lung atrophy cannot be cured by itself, it can be treated by surgery, and the treatments are different for different reasons, for example: if it is caused by pleural effusion, it needs thoracentesis; if it is caused by tuberculosis bacillus invading the pleura, it is necessary to take anti-tuberculosis medication; if it is caused by inhalation of foreign bodies, it is necessary to take foreign body clamping surgery and so on. Lung atrophy should be treated immediately, so that the doctor can determine the cause of the disease and then solve the problem.