Asked by marggg

Janet smoked cigarettes since she was sixteen. Now at age 45, she suffers from shortness of breath, coughing, fatigue, sleep and heart problems, weight loss, and depression. Her condition is caused by a chronic lung condition that affects the alveoli. Janet suffers from:
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emphysema
emphysema

lung cancer
lung cancer

chronic bronchitis
chronic bronchitis

cilia degeneration

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
emphysema

(Chronic smoking leads to destruction of alveolar walls → emphysema, causing shortness of breath, coughing, fatigue, weight loss, and cor pulmonale-related heart/sleep problems.)