Does emphysema actually affect life expectancy?

Emphysema can affect life expectancy if left untreated, and can lead to complications such as respiratory failure or pulmonary heart disease, which in turn affects survival. Emphysema is mainly manifested as progressive dyspnea, mostly aggravated after labor, and the treatment of the disease is related to factors such as whether or not reasonable treatment has been carried out and whether or not prevention is in place. If the disease is not treated reasonably or prevented properly, it will lead to recurrence of the disease, resulting in further development of emphysema, and possibly complications such as respiratory failure or pulmonary heart disease, which will affect the quality of life and jeopardize the life of the patient. Therefore, once emphysema is diagnosed, it should be treated actively to minimize the possibility of complications, so as to avoid affecting the quality of life and threatening the life.