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Newly Diagnosed with Emphysema and I am 31 years old Return to previous page 5/6/2017 8374 Views 10 Answers Last Activity: 1 month ago, Caroline Tags: newly diagnosed Question: 0 aarone 4 years ago I Care Report Comment Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Answers: Edit Remove Accept Unaccept Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Save Cancel Newly Diagnosed with Emphysema and I am 31 years old aarone 4 years ago Add an Answer Answers Answer View More Save Cancel Tags: Subscribe: Subscribe: Your question has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. It is low-quality It is spam It does not belong here Other (enter below) Thank you for reporting this content, moderators have been notified of your submission. Close Anonymous Unfriend Friend Requested Friend Load More Close Destination Page Area Group Destination Content Title Title Article Type Copy comments I was just diagnosed with Emphysema and I am 31 years old. I am having a lot of trouble dealing with this because I am a little lost with all the info online and by what my Doctor said. My Fev1 is 109% and my fvc is 118 I believe. After a CT scan she found a few holes and said I have it but with no symptoms yet. She told me if I quit smoking then I should be able to live a long normal life. Is that true? She also told me that I should start to see symptoms until I am in my 50's or 60's. Is that also true? A lot of stuff online says 5 years and stuff like that. I just don't know what to believe. Its supposedly rare at my age to have it so there isn't much info on people my age. I am mostly scared of dying young. Help me please!
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