Emphysema Symptoms: Managing Pain & End-Stage Care

Emphysema symptoms, including chronic pain, become increasingly severe in the end stages of the disease. Specialized care is required to manage the significant respiratory challenges of terminal patients.

End Stage Emphysema Symptoms

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Linda Ray

Emphysema is part of the process of deteriorating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, report doctors at the Mayo Clinic. When the air sacs at the end of the bronchioles, or air passages, become damaged, emphysema occurs.