Emphysema without any symptoms may be early stage of the disease or compensated emphysema.
If lung imaging such as X-rays or CT scans are performed, it is clear that the condition of emphysema is present, but self-conscious symptoms are not apparent. In the early stages of the disease, emphysema is usually relatively mild and has little impact on daily life.
This does not mean that the disease does not need to be treated, but rather it is an important time to control the progression of the disease. It is recommended to seek medical attention for chest CT and lung function tests to determine if the disease is combined with chronic bronchitis. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other lung diseases, and at the same time, according to the doctor’s instructions for the expansion of the bronchial tubes and other treatments, to avoid further aggravation of the disease, but also conducive to the later recovery.
However, it may also be compensatory emphysema, which is a normal physiological process, such as the total area of the lungs decreases after localized lobectomy, in order to ensure the body’s oxygen supply, other lung tissues will be compensatory expansion, thus forming compensatory emphysema, generally compensatory emphysema is symptomless.